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Access Arrangements: connect the case to evidence and delivery
Student Radar helps staff bring proposed adjustments, usual-support evidence, trials, assessor information and coordinator decisions together with external-application records and exam-day preparation.
An authorised coordinator decides from the relevant evidence. A saved observation, rule checklist, generated draft or prepared application does not itself grant approval or prove delivery.
Access Arrangements
From an observed difficulty to an evidenced arrangement
Connect the pupil’s usual support, trials, assessor evidence, coordinator decision and assessment-day preparation within the correct framework and season.
01
Open the right case
Choose the framework and academic year, identify the pupil and propose the arrangement with its supported decision route and reason.
02
Gather and review the evidence
Link the relevant document version, record classroom observations, request teacher evidence and review actual trial and assessor records.
03
Record the decision and prepare the assessment
Keep the rationale and evidence attached to each arrangement, record any external portal result separately, and check staff/resources before the recorded exam session.
Find the gap
Make the missing evidence visible
The case workbench brings proposals together with a framework-specific readiness list. Missing, stale and contradictory records remain different reasons for a coordinator to inspect the source.
Record usual support
Record the usual support without assuming it is established
A dated observation names the difficulty, usual adjustment, context, independence and specific example. Confirming established use is an explicit statement, separate from saving the draft record.
Check the saved observation
Check the observation that was saved
The saved classroom observation remains a draft when the case is reopened. Outstanding readiness requirements remain visible; a draft observation has not silently become confirmed eligibility evidence.
Coordinator decision
Keep approval tied to a human rationale
Each arrangement has its own decision route and recorded rationale. School/internal decisions, approval pending external submission and actual external approval remain distinct; missing evidence can lead to more work instead of a forced approval.
A clearer access arrangements record
An authorised coordinator decides from the relevant evidence. A saved observation, rule checklist, generated draft or prepared application does not itself grant approval or prove delivery.
Keep observations, trials and decisions attributable
Prepare assessment support from the current authority
Questions about Access Arrangements
Can staff work in different assessment frameworks?
The workspace distinguishes School/internal, STA KS2, MTC, Phonics and JCQ AARA. Choose the framework and academic year for the actual assessment.
Does a school decision count as external approval?
No. School/internal decisions, statutory approval and JCQ approval are different. Record the external portal outcome and check current official guidance for the applicable season.
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The value of a connected school
A plan matters when support reaches the child.
Bring the evidence around provision into the review, so the SENCO and teaching team can decide the next step together.
AttendanceAbsence & late arrival
AssessmentRecorded learning & small steps
Family communicationFamily contributions & reviews
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Context for the next step
Student RadarFollow a connection to see what it makes possible
Relevant context, with access set by each staff member’s role and responsibilities. Staff decide the response.
Attendance + SEND
Check attendance alongside planned support
Look at absence and late arrival around provision. A pupil may have a plan in place and still miss opportunities to receive that support.
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Bring progress evidence to the review
Consider recorded learning and small steps alongside targets and provision. Keep the evidence visible while staff judge what is helping and what needs another look.
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Include the people who know the pupil
Gather family contributions and coordinate review conversations around the same pupil, with named actions and dates to keep the agreed work moving.
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Connect the pupil’s usual support, trials, assessor evidence, coordinator decision and assessment-day preparation within the correct framework and season.