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Update on Awarding Extra Time Anwen Jones SpLD Specialist Disability Advisory Service The University of Oxford

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Candidate OfQualTeacherSENCO Centre policy EP / STParent JCQ / Exam Board

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Aim of AA is to allow access to all without conferring unfair advantage Equality Act 2010 Reasonable adjustment Impact is substantial and long-term

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Interpreting guidance Who is eligible for an arrangement? Those with or without a formal disability / diagnosis What is reasonable? Set out in JCQ guidance Define substantial and long-term? Not minor or trivial evidenced through standardised tests and school-based data.

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Being dyslexic is not enough Painting a picture of need balance is the key Quantitative Qualitative

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Quantitative: Speed of Working?