Schools and colleges may require additional specialist assessment capacity to support their examination access arrangements processes.

V.A.S.E.N provides planned assessment services for educational settings seeking external assessment expertise for individual learners or larger cohorts.

The service can include:

• Review of relevant information supplied before assessment.

• Planning assessment activity according to the referral requirements.

• Administration of appropriate standardised assessments.

• Scoring and interpretation of assessment findings.

• Preparation of written assessment reports.

• Completion of relevant assessor documentation, where applicable.

• Communication of assessment findings to the designated school or college contact, where included in the agreed service.

Assessment arrangements are agreed in advance according to the purpose of the referral, the available evidence, the cohort size and the time required

V.A.S.E.N offers individual assessment appointments for learners whose circumstances require assessment in relation to examination access arrangements.

Each enquiry is considered individually to establish the purpose of the assessment, the relevant examination context, the information available and the documentation required.

The process may include:

• Review of relevant educational and assessment information.

• Identification of the assessment requirements.

• Appropriate assessment and interpretation.

• A written report setting out the assessment findings.

• Relevant assessor documentation, where applicable and within the agreed scope of the service.