Access Arrangements & Reasonable Adjustments
We have steps in place to aid our students that have personal circumstances and/or additional needs that would affect their ability to read and type in the standard exam time.
If you would like to apply for access arrangements or reasonable adjustments, please fill out the form below. The second page of your application form must be completed by a medical practitioner, educational psychologist, GP or other relevant medical professional.
Alternatively, students can provide supporting medical documentation instead of Part Two being completed, e.g. diagnostic assessment report/health report, medical letters etc. You will need to submit any supporting medical documentation (as up to date as possible) along with your form before the closing date of the examination you intend to sit. Please note - you also need to fill out the form if, for example, you need the use of medical equipment and/or devices in a Test Centre.
The deadline to apply is six weeks before the date of the first CTA written paper each sitting (the written exams are held in May and November each year).
No applications can be accepted after the deadline.
The on-demand Computer Based Exams (CBEs) are slightly different. If you are wanting to apply before sitting a CBE, please make sure you send in the requested form prior to booking your exam sitting.
Note - for CTA written exams, previously granted arrangements/adjustments do not require the form to be filled in again, as the extra time or accommodating support (in most cases), will apply to future examinations.
However, if you happen to have a separate, or temporary reason, in addition to an already granted access arrangements/reasonable adjustments, then you would need to fill out a new form as each case is assessed on an individual basis.
For CBEs, we do ask that you still contact us before you sit your exams so we can apply your additional support, as this needs to be manually added every time. This will help to avoid any potential mistakes.
Please download this form and submit it, along with copies of your supporting documentation, via email to [email protected].
CIOT's Access Arrangement & Reasonable Adjustment Policy can be found here and Procedure here.