I'm a year 13 student soon to sit the a level exams, all of my exams are in June.
I got diagnosed with ADHD around a bit more then a month ago and I immediately contacted my SENCO and head of house/teacher,
after waiting for a long while for things to be sorted and for the SEN exam coordinator to speak to me (past the 21st of march deadline) by that time she and my head of house/teacher had already mentioned something about a seperate room to sit my exams in, by this point on the 26th of march they mentioned it was too late past the deadline for me to get extra time but still mentioned something about a seperate room.
I then asked this SEN teacher multiple questions (e.g "do I need to go speak to my teachers about my diagnosis and ask for in class arrangements?") and she told me I didn't need to do anything and that she will sort out support.
After a month of waiting I get no kind of response or action plan or EHCP and so I decided to email her and at least see what room I would be in for the seperate exam sitting because classroom support is now useless.
She then emails back saying:
"Exams concessions are based on your normal way of working (NWOW), and I require substantial evidence of this to process any arrangements.
Unfortunately, your teachers have not identified a separate/smaller room as your NWOW. As you sat your GSCE’s, and mock exams, I do not have the evidence required."
And now I litterly have no support at all.
1.) How am I supposed to have evidence for me being supported for ADHD when I wasn't diagnosed for ADHD up until a month ago.
2.) It being too late for extra time is a lie it litterly says on the JCQ access arrangement document
"Late applications on account of a temporary injury or impairment, or a diagnosis of a disability or manifestation of an impairment relating to an existing disability arising after the published deadline are permissible. Centres must process applications as detailed in Chapter 8, section 8.3 using Access arrangements online where required."
3.) Their is clear and repeated evidence of me either: i) asking in lesson support from my teachers pre-diagnosis, ii) Trying for over half a year to get the school to even consider sending a referral for my ADHD assessment (they didn't and i had to beg the GP by myself).
Im honestly at a loss for what to do, I'm gonna have a chat with her with my parents next week but other then that I'm clueless about what else I can do.
Any advice? I don't really need extra time because I rush everything anyway but a seperate room would be the most perfect support arrangement for my symptoms of ADHD.