For information on Access Arrangements and Special Consideration Examination Officers should visit the website of the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). The website address is www.jcq.org.uk
This website will provide information on regulations and guidance governing Access Arrangements and Special Consideration, as well as Transfer of Credit, Transferred Candidates and Instructions for the Conduct of Examinations’. Forms are also available on this site and are the most update forms to be used.
In the event of any further queries Examination Officers may contact the Examination Services & Special Requirements Team for further advice.
For information on Access Arrangements and special considerations for BTEC and Edexcel NVQ qualifications please refer to the Edexcel policies for centres.
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Common Principles – Access Arrangements and Special Consideration In 2004 three of the major awarding bodies – OCR, City & Guilds and Edexcel launched ‘eight pledges’ to fight bureaucracy. This was a commitment by the awarding bodies to work together to streamline and harmonise processes over a three year rolling programme (2005-2008), making administration and management in the further education sector simpler and easier. Since then considerable advances have been made and the number of awarding bodies signing up now includes WJEC and AQA. Pledge 8 concerns common access arrangements and the first output of this pledge is a Common Principles document |
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