You may wish to use one of the following options:
- Make a special activity submission: If a candidate has a long-term disability you can apply to adapt activities, or use one which is not listed on the specification by making a special activity submission. We will work with you to produce assessment criteria. Section 1e of the Guide to non-exam assessment details how to complete your application. Special activity submissions must be made by 1 December.
- Propose reasonable adaptions/alternatives to existing assessments: Email our special requirements team ocrspecialrequirementsteam@ocr.org.uk detailing what a candidate can do and how activities in the specification could be customised (or replaced with an acceptable alternative) to meet the assessment objectives.
- Use objective measures to ensure fairness and comparability: Some practical activities use OCR performance tables as part of the measure of attainment. Using other, objective measures of a candidate's performance can help to ensure they are fairly assessed:
Example:
British Swimming operates a functional classification system which has 15 categories (S1–S15). At A Level, by providing evidence of candidate attainment in a classification at local, regional or national level, and evidence of where their classification places them in the context of national performance, a judgement can be made about what mark on the existing performance tables their best performance is equivalent to.
If your candidate chooses to not apply for adaptations or new sports, and therefore has no sport they can be assessed in, it is not possible to award them marks for this part of the assessment.