# Access Arrangements

This guidance is intended to help candidates understand the evidence required to support an application for access arrangements. The requirements vary depending on your examination history and circumstances.

**1\. First-Time Examination Candidates**

If this is your first time sitting examinations, you will need to provide the following:

-   Evidence of your additional needs from a **specialist doctor or psychologist**. Please note that a letter from a GP alone is not sufficient.
-   A current **Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)**, if applicable.
-   A **candidate statement** outlining:

-   the difficulties you experience;
-   how these affect your learning and examination performance; and
-   any strategies or support you use to manage these difficulties.

(A template will be provided.)

-   A **tutor statement** (if you have a tutor) explaining:

-   the difficulties you experience;
-   how these affect your learning and examination performance; and
-   any strategies or support in place to help overcome these difficulties.

(A template will be provided.)

-   Copies of **mock examination papers or test scripts** demonstrating your normal way of working. For example, work completed during additional time may be shown in a different-coloured pen.
-   A **work log** showing your normal way of working and any adjustments you routinely use to support your learning.

(A template will be provided.)

If your additional needs relate to a specific learning difficulty, you may also be required to undergo an assessment with our centre assessor, depending on the nature of your needs.

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**2\. Candidates Taking New Subjects After Previously Sitting Examinations**

If you have taken examinations before but are now studying different subjects, you will need to provide:

-   A **fully completed and signed JCQ Form 8 or JCQ Form 9**.
-   If you have previously undergone an assessment, a copy of the assessor's qualification certificate.
-   A **candidate statement** outlining:

-   the difficulties you experience;
-   how these affect your learning and examination performance; and
-   the support or strategies you use to manage these difficulties.

(A template will be provided.)

-   A **tutor statement** (if applicable) covering the same areas.

(A template will be provided.)

-   Copies of **mock examination papers or test scripts** demonstrating your normal way of working.
-   A **work log** showing your normal way of working and any adjustments you routinely use.

(A template will be provided.)

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**3\. Candidates Resitting Subjects Previously Taken**

If you are resitting examinations in subjects you have taken before, you will need to provide:

-   A **fully completed and signed JCQ Form 8 or JCQ Form 9**.
-   If you have previously undergone an assessment, a copy of the assessor's qualification certificate.

The following evidence is **not required** if you are resitting **GCSE Maths and/or English in November immediately following the summer examination series**. For all other resits, the following must also be provided:

-   A **candidate statement** outlining:

-   the difficulties you experience;
-   how these affect your learning and examination performance; and
-   the support or strategies you use to manage these difficulties.

(A template will be provided.)

-   A **tutor statement** (if applicable) covering the same areas.

(A template will be provided.)

-   Copies of **mock examination papers or test scripts** demonstrating your normal way of working.
-   A **work log** showing your normal way of working and any adjustments you routinely use.

(A template will be provided.)

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**Next Steps**

If you believe you may be eligible for access arrangements and are able to provide the relevant evidence outlined above, please contact our **Access Arrangements Coordinator** at:

**access@englishandmaths.com**

Your application will be reviewed once all required documentation has been received.

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> Source: [Exam Centre Birmingham](https://www.examcentrebirmingham.com/pages/access-arrangements)