The role of the exams office/officer
• Ensure applications are processed as required by the awarding bodies
• Ensure a candidate/candidates (or a parent/carer) understands that all cases must be dealt with by the centre (SC 6)
• Ensure that special consideration is applied for at the time of the assessment
• Ensure special consideration is not applied for in a cumulative fashion and where a candidate may be affected by different indispositions, ensure special consideration is only applied for the most serious indisposition • Keep evidence to support all applications on file until after the publication of results and provide • the appropriate evidence signed by a member of the senior leadership team to support an application where this may be requested by an awarding body (SC 6)
• Meet the awarding body deadline(s) for submitting applications
Submitting applications for special consideration
At SCL Education &Training, where a candidate or group of candidates is/areeligible for special consideration, applications will be submitted to the relevant awarding body following the published processes in A guide to the special consideration process. In cases of online applications for special consideration, the candidate/candidates will be informed when an application for special consideration is submitted to the awarding body (to ensure compliance with the UK GDPR/Data Protection Act 2018).
Evidence to support all applications will be retained on file until after the publication of results.
Timetabled written examinations
• Applications for individual candidates will be submitted online by
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