A step by step guide on Applying for access arrangements on the Walled Garden is available on our website, alongside other useful information about access arrangements.
Please check the relevant qualification handbook to make sure all access arrangements are appropriate for the assessment and qualification.
Access arrangements allow people to show what they know and can do without changing the demands of the assessment. For example, through the use of readers, scribes and extra time for an assessment.
Access arrangements are agreed before an assessment. They allow apprentices with special educational needs, disabilities or temporary injuries to access the assessment.
The Equality Act 2010 requires City & Guilds Limited to make reasonable adjustments where a learner, who is disabled within the meaning of the Act, would be at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to someone who is not disabled. Access arrangements is a wider term, which includes adjustments made for learners who are not disabled.
The evidence of need will vary depending on the disability and the access arrangement(s) being applied for. Evidence of need is required for extra time and use of a scribe.
Please see the JCQ website for more information:
Screening tests cannot be used as evidence of need.
The arrangement(s) put in place for assessments should reflect the support given to the candidate in the centre. This can include support given:
This is referred to as ‘normal way of working’. Normal way of working evidence is designed to show how the candidate will benefit from the access arrangement, for example, that they know how to work with a reader or scribe, as it does take some practice.
Normal way of working evidence is not required for access arrangements due to a temporary injury. For short courses, please contact City & Guilds Limited.
For more information please see: