Exam arrangements on EHCP not met

My daughter is 17 and was sitting a mock exam in her consortium school this morning.  Her EHCP states she gets extra time, use of a laptop and a smaller room (smaller than hall).  When she got there she was brought into a room with 17 other students and then told she had to write.  She was very distressed and began crying.  They took her outside and left her sitting there for about 15 minutes.  Then a lady came up to her and was talking very forcefully (even though she was still crying), she was telling her that this is the last chance she has to sit the exam and was rolling her eyes at another teacher.  Then after a while the lady told hr that she could do ithe exam n a separate room with her laptop but my daughter was in such a bad place she was not fit to do it and had to come home.  I have emailed her school who said they have heard about this (but didn't contact me about it) and they would get back to me.  

Am I right in being angry?  Am I right that 17 in a room is not a small room? 

Any advice on how to proceed would be very much appreciated. 

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  • Yes you are right to be angry. The school should have discussed the access arrangements with you prior to the exams and if it is written in her EHCP then a laptop should be her normal way of working regardless whether it's an exam or not. I would be making sure you have it in writing what her access arrangements will be for real exams so that this doesn't impact on her actual results.

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  • Yes you are right to be angry. The school should have discussed the access arrangements with you prior to the exams and if it is written in her EHCP then a laptop should be her normal way of working regardless whether it's an exam or not. I would be making sure you have it in writing what her access arrangements will be for real exams so that this doesn't impact on her actual results.

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