The course tutors are Caroline Read and Amy Martin.

Caroline Read

Caroline is one of the founders of Communicate-ed. She is a specialist teacher who has practical experience in all areas of the access arrangements process and trains for local authorities, universities and SEND services. Caroline has contributed to a range of publications, including academic journals. She has worked with a number of publishers to develop tests, and has been involved in various DfE and Ofqual training and policy projects. She was a member of the working party that established the Access Arrangements Online system. In 2024 Caroline was presented with a University of Roehampton Chancellor’s Alumni Award, for Innovation and Inspiration in her industry.

Amy Martin

Amy is the Managing Director of Communicate-ed. She holds a BSc in Psychology, is a qualified primary teacher and has worked as an access arrangements assessor for a number of years, supporting both secondary schools and FE colleges. She runs our Helpline and Mentoring schemes, and also manages our sister company, Include-ed, who provide the popular PAPAA and APAAC qualifications.

This online course is designed to be administered in one of two ways.

1. Ideally a group of subject teachers, support assistants etc will be able to access the course together at the same time. For this we recommend that you use a digital projector and large screen with speakers to amplify the presentation.
2. If one or two staff members are unable to make the group session, the centre administrator (i.e. the person who was sent the login details, password etc) can arrange for individual staff members to access the course individually using the login details provided. Please note that due to the login requirements it is only possible for one person to be accessing the course at one time using this method.

You will have 10 days from the start date you choose to login and view the course – you can run the course as many times as you want within this 10 day period, and there is not a maximum number of delegates for the total course fee of £40. All delegates must all be from your school or college, you can’t use the course to train staff from other centres. We do not provide individual certificates for delegates attending this course, but on request we can provide a certificate confirming that the centre accessed the training.

This course costs £40.

This course is designed to be accessed as a group. Please note that due to the login requirements, if you want staff members to access the course individually, it is only possible for one person to be accessing the course at one time using the login details provided. If you would like a number of staff members to access the course individually using unique login details, please contact us at admin at communicate-ed dot org dot uk for a bespoke price.