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Assessment arrangements

Assessment arrangements allow candidates who are disabled, and/or have been identified as having additional support needs, appropriate arrangements to access the assessment without compromising its integrity.

About assessment arrangements

Consider the individual needs of candidates when looking at appropriate assessment arrangements.

Digital question papers

Digital Question Papers and the technical information required to use them.

Toolkit

Templates and exemplars that have been shared by centres, to support the process of gathering and verifying requests.

Braille question papers

Duxbury files (.dxb) for Past Papers that had been produced in braille are available.

Using sign language in exams

Read the guidelines and view videos of National 5 exam questions translated into British Sign Language.

Quality assurance

Our quality assurance requirements for the provision of assessment arrangements.

Related Information

  • Guide to Reasonable Adjustments in Regulated Qualifications (121 KB)
  • Understanding Standards of the talking and listening components
  • Support in National Literacy Units
  • Supporting candidates in Literacy assessments
  • Reasonable Adjustments for SVQs and Related Qualifications (84 KB)
  • Section 96(7) Equality Act 2010

     

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  • 0345 213 6890

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CALL Scotland

Information, guidance and training on Digital Question Papers and Speech Recognition Software

SSC BSL Glossary of Curriculum Terms

A list of subject-specific terms in British Sign Language.

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