Official Statistics

Access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A Level: 2018 to 2019 academic year

Access arrangements allow skills and knowledge to be demonstrated by candidates with disabilities, temporary illnesses or special educational needs.

From:
Ofqual
Published
21 November 2019

Applies to England

Documents

Access Arrangements for GCSE AS and A level: 2018 to 2019 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/19/6563/1

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Background information: Access Arrangements for GCSE AS and A level, 2018 to 2019 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/19/6563/2

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Data tables: Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, 2018 to 2019 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/19/6563/3

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Pre-release access list: Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, 2018 to 2019 academic year

Details

The main trends in access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A Level for 2018 to 2019 academic year in England were:

  1. There were 404,600 approved access arrangements, up 3.4% on 2017/18.
  2. 5,420 centres (91% of all centres) had approved access arrangements for one or more of their students this year, a similar percentage to last year.
  3. 25% extra time arrangements made up 63% of all approved arrangements in 2018/19, compared to 60% in 2017/18.
  4. There were 58,245 requests for modified papers this year, up 16.5% on 2018.

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Published 21 November 2019

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