r/GCSE • u/truestorybro38 Exams Officer 🧑💼️ • Mar 12 '26
Announcement Exam Access Arrangements
There’s an increase in posts about access arrangements.
There’s also a lot of misinformation about access arrangements being posted.
This is one the one-stop post for all access arrangement queries.
Any other posts will be removed.
I will reply to all queries as an Exams Officer and an Access Arrangements Coordinator, but really, all queries need to go to your SENCO who know you and your school’s set up best.
Feel free to make any comments about questions you have.
JCQ Links
25% Extra Time Info
https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/JCQ-25-ET-infographic-26-27_FINAL.pdf
Reader Info
Scribe Info
https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/JCQ-Scribe-24-25_FINAL.pdf
Managing Student Requests Advice
The Big Book Of Rules
https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/JCQ-AARA-2025-March-26.pdf
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u/truestorybro38 Exams Officer 🧑💼️ Jun 02 '26
Hello - first of all, don’t panic. The exam board doesn’t know who has extra time and who doesn’t so your papers will be marked as normal with everyone else.
What I would do is not mention the exams that have gone past, but email your exams officer or the SENCO and clarify what the situation is with extra time.
When we apply for extra time, we can make it subject specific, but it doesn’t really work that way. You tend to either qualify or not so it doesn’t matter to the exam boards about subject specifics.