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Home Education: Assessments

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 15 January 2025UIN 22405

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students will require individual home invigilation to sit their (a) GCSEs, (b) A-Levels and (c) other exams in 2025.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

Alternative site arrangements for sitting exams, including home invigilation, can be put in place as an access arrangement if, in exceptional circumstances, it is required to enable a candidate to access exams and assessments.

As in any year, there is no way of knowing in advance of the exam season how many candidates will need access arrangements.

As the use of alternative site provision is a decision for centres based on the needs of individual candidates and for which centres do not need exam board approval, data on this arrangement is not published in Ofqual’s annual statistics on access arrangements.

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