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autismeducationtrust.org.uk

AET Guidance and

Recommendations for

Examination Boards

Increasing accessibility for autistic

students within GCSE English and

Mathematics exam papers whilst

retaining subject challenge.

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Table of Contents

1: Introduction .........................................................................................................3

2: The Autism Education Trust (AET) .........................................................................3

3: SEND Teaching School & Therfield School ..............................................................3

4: Autism ..................................................................................................................4

5: Key challenges for autistic students in English and Maths ......................................4

5.1: Phrasing of exam questions .................................................................................................... 5

5.2: English subject specific difficulties for autistic students ........................................................ 5

5.3: Maths subject specific difficulties for autistic students ......................................................... 7

6: GCSE English and Maths Exams in England and Wales ............................................7

6.1: English GCSE Content .............................................................................................................. 7

6.2: Maths GCSE Content ............................................................................................................... 8

7: GCSE Exam Workshops..........................................................................................9

7.1: GCSE Papers reviewed in the workshops ............................................................................... 9

7.2: Maths GCSE Workshop Outcomes ....................................................................................... 10

7.3: English GCSE Workshop Outcomes ...................................................................................... 11

8: Difficulties experienced by one autistic student when taking

these particular exam ............................................................................................. 12

9: Recommendations .............................................................................................. 13

10: References ........................................................................................................ 13

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1: Introduction

This guidance was commissioned in response to a concern in relation to fair access to GCSE English and Mathematics examinations in England and Wales for autistic students. This Autism Education Trust (AET) project was funded by the DfE. The SEND Teaching School, in partnership with Therfield School in Surrey, were commissioned to develop the guidance on behalf of the AET. The focus of this project was to develop guidance for Examination Boards on increasing the accessibility for autistic students within GCSE English and Mathematics exam papers whilst retaining subject challenge. This guidance aims therefore to support Examination Boards to meet their requirement to provide an inclusive design within exam papers whilst raising key issues in relation to the complexity of enabling fair access whilst retaining the integrity of the questioning. The project involved SEND Teaching School and Therfield School hosting two subject specific workshops involving a total of 30 practitioners. At the GCSE English and Mathematics workshops, particular exam papers (see section 5) were scrutinised in terms of question content, question wording and exam paper layout to analyse where alterations could have been made by examination boards without removing subject challenge that could have increased accessibility for autistic students. In addition to the practitioner workshops, a literature review of the subject relevant difficulties experienced by autistic students alongside GCSE English and Maths exam content was carried out to determine where testing through GCSE exams might intrinsically be a challenge for autistic students. Following Mock GCSE exams, the views of autistic students taking the particular exam papers were consulted.

2: The Autism Education Trust (AET)

The purpose of the Autism Education Trust (AET) is to improve the education of children and young people with autism. The Autism Education Trust (AET) is a partnership between Ambitious about Autism and the National Autistic Society (NAS). It is funded and supported by the Department for Education (DfE) and hosted on behalf of the partnership by the NAS. The AET is a partnership of a wide range of individuals and organisations focused on improving the education of children and young people with autism from the voluntary, public and private sectors. It also actively engages with young people, parents/carers and practitioners to inform its work.

3: SEND Teaching School & Therfield School

SEND Teaching School is part of the LIFT Partnership, which is a special school multi-academy trust in Surrey. Therfield School is a secondary comprehensive school in Surrey with a communication and interaction needs specialist centre. Other Surrey secondary schools involved in the practitioner workshops included: Glyn School, The Ashcombe School, The Priory

School and Woking High School.

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4: Autism

According to the NHS Information Centre (2012), there are around 700,000 people on the autism spectrum in the UK which is more than 1 in 100. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It alsoquotesdbs_dbs3.pdfusesText_6

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