Requests for an assessment for extra time in exams
Have you ever asked your child ' s school( current or previous) to assess your child for additional time in exams?
Special educational needs
1,770,000 16 %
570,000 5 %
198,000 327,000 2 % 3 %
Total = 2,865,000
Yes – and an assessment was undertaken, organised by school
Yes – but we are still awaiting an assessment
Yes – but they weren’ t assessed by school so we paid for a private assessment
Yes – but they have not been assessed
Sample: 5,866 parents in England( 3,391), Scotland( 1,309), Wales( 865) and Northern Ireland( 301) who have at least one child aged 4 to 18 in school. Base: All UK parents, weighted
• Four in ten( 39 %) parents with a child at an independent school have asked for them to be assessed for extra exam time, compared to one in four( 24 %) parents with a child at a state school
• One in three( 33 %) parents of 16-year-olds have, at some point, asked for an assessment for extra exam time for their child
Who is more likely to have asked for an assessment for extra time
With a child eligible for free school meals
45 %
Parents in London
40 %
Parents aged 18 to 34
39 %
Child in an independent school
39 %
Standalone academy
38 %
Ethnic minority parents
37 %
All parents
26 %
Sample: 5,866 parents in England( 3,391), Scotland( 1,309), Wales( 865) and Northern Ireland( 301) who have at least one child aged 4 to 18 in school. Base: All UK parents, weighted
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