If the AA results in significant modifications to your examinations, your examination certificates and result slips will have either of these annotation symbols placed next to your subject(s) that had the approved AA:

• Exemption Symbol (#) - 'The candidate was exempted from satisfying the full range of assessment objectives in this subject.’

• AA Symbol (+) - 'The candidate sat for the paper under access arrangements.’

The following AAs granted to candidates during the examinations will be annotated:

• Extra time allowance (including silent reading / preparation for oral examination);

• Exemption from satisfying the full range of assessment objectives in a subject (e.g. exemption from oral, listening comprehension examinations);

• Modification of examination papers;

• Use of word processor facilities and other computer aids;

• Use of Reader or Reader Pen or Scribe;

• Practical assistance in areas such as handling apparatus and instruments or graph plotting.

The annotations are necessary to indicate factually that you had taken the national examinations under conditions that are different from the standard prescribed conditions, to uphold the integrity and fairness of the examination. Your examination certificate will not have the details of the AA. SEAB does not share the details of your granted AA with any third parties.

You can request to withdraw the approved AA and this must be submitted within the stipulated timelines (see section below). Otherwise, your examination certificates and result slips will be annotated, even if you do not utilise your approved AA during your coursework or examinations.

More information can be found on this page.