Exam accommodations

StephMW 8 months ago

I wonder if anyone has advice please. My daughter, 17, has recently been diagnosed with autism by the NHS after years of waiting. She has impending A Levels and one of the accommodations proposed was extra exam time due to her not understanding inference and having processing difficulties as a result of which she struggles with exam questions and the way they are worded. The school are saying ‘no’ to extra time because it is not her usual way of working. Does anyone have any experience with this please? Thanks in advance

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Kate Kestrel 8 months ago

My son got extra time for his exams - as I remember 50% extra.
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StephMW 8 months ago in reply to Kate Kestrel

Thanks for your reply. Can I ask if he’d always had extra time for exams? As the school seem to be asserting that even with a diagnosis and the exams being mentioned in a speech and language therapy care plan plus subject teachers saying she needs the time, the SENco is saying no.
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Kate Kestrel 8 months ago in reply to StephMW

I know that he had extra time for his GCSEs he took and for the A level he took. The school seemed perfectly happy to do it and didn’t make a big deal about it at all. My son had an EHCP - which is always helpful in these situations I think.
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Kate Kestrel 8 months ago in reply to StephMW

I know that he had extra time for his GCSEs he took and for the A level he took. The school seemed perfectly happy to do it and didn’t make a big deal about it at all. My son had an EHCP - which is always helpful in these situations I think.
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