Special Requirements: Access Arrangements & Special Considerations

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Title	Special Requirements: Access Arrangements & Special Considerations

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Welcome to the Special Requirements: Access Arrangements & Special Considerations Support page.

Some candidates may have special needs during their examinations. In such cases, centres can apply for special requirements on their behalf. Access Arrangements, Reasonable adjustments and Special Considerations are all applied using the Centre Admin Portal (CAP).

JCQ guide to the special consideration process, effective from 1 September 2025, please make sure you bookmark or download this document.

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FAQ

Access Arrangements & Reasonable Adjustments

Centre Admin Portal (CAP)	Access Arrangements FAQs
Access Arrangements: Deadlines	Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments 2025/26 (PDF download)
PAAO FAQs - UK Centres (PDF download)	PAAO FAQs - International Centres (PDF download)
PAAO: Pearson Access Arrangements - Creating an Application	PAAO: Pearson Access Arrangements - Finding an Application / Viewing Outcomes
Access Arrangements: PAAO No awarding body error message	Access Arrangements/Special Consideration Appeals Process
Access Arrangements: Making Applications	Access Arrangements: Late Applications
Access Arrangements: Viewing Approved Applications	Access Arrangements/Special Consideration Appeals Process
Access Arrangements: Word Processors	Access Arrangements: Alternative Site Arrangements
Access Arrangements: Reasonable Adjustment	Access Arrangements: Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
Timetable Variations And Clashes	Applying Extra Time - GCSE Speaking & Listening Tests
Access Arrangements: BTEC Onscreen and Paper-Based Test Application Deadlines	Access Arrangements: Guidance for International Centres
Reasonable Adjustments: Statement of Recognition and Alternative Assessment Evidence	Access Arrangements: Guide for Functional Skills Access Arrangements

Modified Papers

Modified Papers FAQs Index Modified Papers FAQs: Available And Ordering Modifications Modified Papers FAQs: General Questions And Troubleshooting	Modified Papers: Deadlines
Modified Papers: Making Applications	Modified Papers: Withdrawing Applications
Modified Papers: Despatch

Transferred Candidates

JCQ Guidance Notes for Transferred Candidates 2025/26	Transferred Candidates
Transfer Of Credit

Special Considerations

Applying for Special Considerations FAQs	Guides to Special Consideration Applications
Special Considerations: Deadlines	Special Considerations: How to apply for NQF BTECs
Special Considerations: General / International Academic Qualifications	Special Consideration: Application Status
Special Considerations: Late Request	Special Considerations: Appeals
Special Considerations: Aegrotat Calculation	Special Consideration: GCSE/GCE Checking Mark Applied To Grade
Special Consideration: Posthumous Award/Certification	Special Consideration: NQF BTEC Checking Mark Applied To Grade

For more information about transferred candidates, please see our website.

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