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Official Statistics
Access Arrangements for GCSE and A Level: 2014/15 Academic Year
- From:
- Ofqual
- Published:
- 3 November 2015
- Applies to:
- England, Northern Ireland, and Wales
Access arrangements allow skills and knowledge to be demonstrated by candidates with disabilities, temporary illnesses or special educational needs.
Documents
Access Arrangements for GCSE and A Level: 2014/15 Academic Year
Ref: Ofqual/15/5781 PDF, 1.27MB, 26 pages
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Tables : Access Arrangements for GCSE and A Level:2014/15 Academic Year
ODS, 19KB
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Pre-release access list
MS Word Document, 12.5KB
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Details
The key findings for this release are:
- There were 284,300 requests for access arrangements, up 5% on 2013/14.
- These requests were for 173,850 candidates, up 3% on 2013/14 with the total number of candidates being stable between 2013/2014 and 2014/2015.
- There were 255,850 requests approved, up 3% on 2013/14.
- There were 138,550 approved requests for the most frequently granted access arrangement of 25% extra time, a 5% increase compared with 2013/14.
- The number of approved requests for modified papers has increased by 26% on 2013/14 , from 28,750 to 36,150.
- There were 10,150 approved requests for non-interactive electronic question papers (a type of modified paper introduced from summer 2014), an increase of 111% on 2013/14.
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