Special Considerations and Reasonable Adjustments

Special considerations and reasonable adjustments 

A reasonable adjustment is any action that helps to reduce the effect of a disability or difficulty that places the learner at a substantial disadvantage during an assessment.

Reasonable adjustments may involve:

• changing usual assessment arrangements, for example allowing a learner extra time to complete the assessment activity
• adapting assessment materials, such as providing materials in Braille
• providing assistance during assessment, such as a sign language interpreter or a reader
• re-organising the assessment room, such as removing visual stimuli for an autistic learner
• providing and allowing different coloured transparencies.

Reasonable adjustments are approved or set in place by an awarding organisation before the assessment activity takes place; they constitute an arrangement to give the learner access to the assessment.

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Published by Daniel Parrott (Director), last updated 20th February 2023