Access arrangements to allow skills and knowledge to be demonstrated by candidates with disabilities, temporary illnesses or special educational needs, increased by 14% in summer 2022 on the previous year*.  

The 512,085 approved access arrangements in 2022 are a continuation of the upward trend seen in recent years.  

Over 92% of schools and colleges (5,485 centres) had approved access arrangements for one or more of their candidates this year, up by nearly 5%.

Arrangements for 25% extra time made up 65% of all requests - a similar figure to the previous year but amounting to nearly 100,000 additional requests since 2018.

Requests for modified papers were up by nearly 5% to 61,125 on the 2019 figure – the last time that exams took place.


*Although public exams did not go ahead in 2021, centres were still asked to submit requests for access arrangements for their own assessments so a comparison of figures is possible.