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Access Arrangements 2025-26: Understanding the New JCQ Requirements - Castiglione Consulting Ltd. - 10 Sep 2025

Access Arrangements 2025-26: Understanding the New JCQ Requirements - Castiglione Consulting Ltd. - 10 Sep 2025

Overview

  • Date(s)
    10 Sep 2025 - 10 Sep 2025
  • Cost
    £25.00
  • Provider
    Castiglione Consulting Ltd
  • Delivery type
    Face-to-Face
  • Course level
    Intermediate
  • Course summary

    This face-to-face course provides an essential update on the 2025–26 JCQ Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (AARA) regulations. Designed for SENCos, access arrangements coordinators, and assessors, it focuses on the key changes to the regulations, clarifications, and their practical implications for schools and colleges. The session includes a Q&A to address delegates’ specific questions and scenarios, along with opportunities for reflection and planning next steps.
  • CPD credit hours
    2 hours
  • Course themes
    SpLD testing methods, interpretation, report writing, feedback and test materials
  • Audience
    Assessors, Support, Assessment centres
  • Website
    https://www.castiglione-consulting.com/contact)
  • SASC Code
    SASC-20250815-1543

Description

** This is an In-House event**
This two-hour face-to-face session provides a clear and practical update on the JCQ Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (AARA) regulations for the 2025–26 academic year. The focus is on helping delegates understand the updated requirements, the areas they affect, and the practical steps needed to implement them in their own setting.

 

The course will look at the regulations section by section, explaining their application to different types of access arrangements and the evidence required. We will explore the implications for centre-based processes, including gathering and recording evidence, completing the correct JCQ forms, and ensuring that arrangements reflect a candidate’s normal way of working. Guidance will also be given on inspection readiness and maintaining compliance throughout the academic year.

 

The session combines clear explanation with practical examples and the opportunity for delegates to ask questions, ensuring they leave with a confident understanding of the requirements and how to put them into practice.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, delegates will:

  1. Understand all key changes and clarifications to JCQ Access Arrangements regulations for 2025–26
  2. Be able to identify where current centre practice aligns with the updated requirements and where changes are needed
  3. Recognise the implications of regulatory changes for evidence gathering, form completion, and inspection readiness
  4. Be able to apply the updates to real-world scenarios in their own school or college
  5. Have a personal action plan to implement necessary changes effectively

Course prerequisites

** This is an In-House event**

·      Delegates should be familiar with the purpose of access arrangements and the JCQ Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments process

·      Access to the 2025–26 JCQ AARA document before the session is recommended

·      The course is most relevant to:

o   SENCos and access arrangements coordinators

o   Assessors of candidates for access arrangements

o   Exams officers involved in the access arrangements process

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