What arrangements are generally made for students with Personalised Assessment Arrangements (PAA)?

What arrangements are made for students with PAA?

Here we have a list providing down examples of arrangements that we grant for certain Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) and medical conditions at King’s.

Important to know: If you have multiple conditions, then the arrangements listed below will not be combined. Instead, we will arrange for your PAA to reflect your individual situation and discrete combination of needs.

ADHD

For ADHD that has been diagnosed:

30 minutes extra time per hour
Neurodiversity assessment coversheet

Anxiety, depression (and similar conditions)

15 minutes additional time per hour to work or rest (as appropriate).

Diabetes

15 minutes rest breaks per hour to test and treat blood sugar levels
Permitted to bring in food and drink
Permitted to bring in testing equipment

IBS, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease (and similar conditions)

15 minutes rest breaks per hour to visit the toilet
To sit in a room with other students granted PAA

Pregnancy

15 minutes rest breaks per hour
Ergonomic chair, provided by the Exams Team
Permitted to bring in a cushion

Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs)

This is for conditions such as Dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and ADHD:

15 minutes extra time per hour
Neurodiversity assessment coversheet
Use of a computer (as appropriate)
Permitted to bring own coloured overlay (as appropriate)

Visual impairment

This may a combinations of these arrangements, as appropriate, for your condition:

Extra time and/or rest break
Enlarged font
Scribe and/or reader
Use of a computer

Cerebral palsy

For this we would have:

Neurodiversity Assessment Coversheet

Preparing for online assessments if you have Personalised Assessment Arrangements

Will I receive additional time for online assessments?

If you are granted PAA, the format of the online exam you are taking will determine if additional time will be included for your assessment:

For online exams taken over a 24-hour period where you can submit your assessment at any time within the 24 hours provided, no additional time will be awarded. The expectation is that such assessments will take approximately the same length of time as a traditional exam, and thus the 24-hour time period allows for any extra time or rest breaks you would have taken in an invigilated exam on campus.
For online exams where you will have 24 hours within which you may open your assessment at any point and once the assessment has been opened, becomes timed and you have an allocated amount of time to complete the assessment, additional time will be awarded.
For online exams with a fixed duration (e.g. 2-4 hours), if your PAA includes additional time then this will be added. Additional time may also be included for online exam paper download and collation/upload periods.

Can I use my neurodiversity assessment coversheet for online assessments?

If you have a neurodiversity assessment coversheet as part of your PAA provisions, then you should attach this to the first page of your document.

Important to know:

If you have any queries about your PAA for in-course assessments, we advise that you contact your faculty/department to inform them of your approved arrangements
It is your faculty/department's responsibility to make sure that arrangements are in place for any in-course assessments that you may have.

Take a look at our other articles for more information on PAA:

Guidance for applying for Personalised Assessment Arrangements
After you have applied for Personalised Assessment Arrangements

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