…or anytime online
This training course is for everyone involved in the access arrangements process. This includes Access Arrangements Assessors, SENCos, Access Arrangement Coordinators, Examinations Officers and Educational Psychologists working at school and FE level.
This course is also relevant for schools and colleges which are based outside the UK.
The course covers:
The course can take up to 8 hours to complete, which includes plenty of time for the action points and case studies.
The online course is presented by Caroline Read. The live webinars for 25/26 will be presented by Lia Castiglione. The venue course in Richmond, North Yorkshire will be presented by Rebecca Thompson.
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.
Lia has been teaching and supporting learners of all ages for over 30 years and in varying educational settings. She is a specialist teacher assessor who is highly experienced in all aspects of access arrangements, has held a current Assessment Practising Certificate since 2008 and regularly assesses in schools and colleges. An accomplished educational trainer, Lia is the co-creator of a postgraduate access arrangements assessor course and is the author of the Patoss/JCQ book, ‘Assessing the Need for Access Arrangements’. She works as an independent educational consultant through her company ‘Castiglione Consulting Ltd’.
Rebecca is a Specialist Teacher with more than 21 years’ assessment experience. She has a current Assessment Practising Certificate, regularly carrying out diagnostic assessment for dyslexia and dyscalculia, as well as carrying out access arrangement assessments. She is a senior assessor and IQA for the PAPAA course, supporting students with the course demands. She is a member of the APC accreditation team for the BDA and is a SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) approved CPD provider, with current SASC courses for mentoring on diagnostic report writing; building assessment confidence in report writing for SpLD in maths; branching out into EAA: a guide for Level 7/APC holder; and using the SASC 2025 report format for SpLD in maths.
This course is available as an online video presentation. Click ‘Book Pre-recorded Online Course’ below for this option.
The current online course relates to the JCQ Regulations for 2025/26.
The next live training dates are:
When you select to book an online course, you will be able to select a start date.
From this date, you will have ten consecutive days access to your chosen course (unless the course specifies otherwise).
Once you have filled in your details and submitted the booking, you should receive a couple of emails within a few minutes. One of these will confirm you order and payment. The other will be a confirmation email for the course and include login details to access your course.
If you select today as your start date, the login details should work from the time you receive the email. If you have chosen a start date in the future, the login details will only work from that date.
You will be able to access any video presentations and course notes for ten days. Assessments can only be taken once. Please note that if you have watched all the video presentations through once and then log back into the website to go over the material again, you will get the following message: ‘You are not registered for any courses at this time’. To get back into the course you need to:
If you are already registered for an online course with us, please click here to log into your course.
This course is not assessed. However, for an extra £10 you can take an online multiple choice assessment that proves your knowledge of the JCQ regulations and procedures. If you pass, you can print out a certificate confirming your knowledge of the regulations to put in your CPD folder. To add this to your booking, please select it below when it asks if you want to ‘add assessment’.
The following discounts are available for multiple delegates booked on the same face to face course or webinar at the same time and will automatically be applied at checkout.
| 2nd delegate: | £10 |
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| 3rd and subsequent delegates: | £20 |
The following discounts are available for multiple delegates booked on the same face to face course or webinar at the same time and will automatically be applied at checkout.
| 2nd delegate: | £10 |
|---|---|
| 3rd and subsequent delegates: | £20 |
Communicate-ed is an Authorised Assessment CPD provider for the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC). This is a SASC approved course giving 5 core hours for renewal of SpLD Assessment Practising Certificates.
SASC limit all approved CPD courses to 5 core hours; additional hours can be counted towards general CPD.
The current online course relates to the JCQ regulations for 2025/26. The course on the JCQ regulations for 2026/27 is available to book with start dates from 1st September 2026.
You can book online using the form below. You can Pay online, or we can supply you with an invoice.
The following discounts are available for multiple delegates booked on the same face to face course or webinar at the same time and will automatically be applied at checkout.
| 2nd delegate: | £10 |
|---|---|
| 3rd and subsequent delegates: | £20 |
The following discounts are available for multiple delegates booked on the same face to face course or webinar at the same time and will automatically be applied at checkout.
| 2nd delegate: | £10 |
|---|---|
| 3rd and subsequent delegates: | £20 |
Demonstrate your knowledge of the principles learned during the course with a validated multiple choice question assessment with a printable certificate.
Once you have booked by clicking the button below and checking out, you will be emailed a spreadsheet with headings to fill in your delegate details. You can then return this to us and we will process your booking within one working day. The spreadsheet should arrive within a few minutes of booking; if you do not receive it, please email online@communicate-ed.org.uk