Unlock Extra Exam Time: Faster & Fairer for Every Learner.

Secure time-based adjustments in exams and EPAs with confidence. Identify, evidence, and support processing speed needs without the wait or expense of external assessments

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Say Goodbye to Delays & Guesswork in Extra Time Approvals

Are you spending weeks gathering evidence for reasonable adjustments, only to face uncertainty and potential rejection from awarding bodies? The cost of external assessments, the administrative burden on tutors, and the risk of non-compliance create a constant headache for your quality and finance teams.

Cognassist replaces this slow, manual process with a single, scalable platform. Our Cognitive Diversity Assessment provides a “Learner’s Cognitive Insights” report, including a specific analysis of their processing speed. This gives you an instant, standardised, and robust evidence pack to confidently secure time-based adjustments.

Empower Learners with the Support They Deserve

Do your learners feel anxious about timed exams and assessments? Many students with genuine processing speed difficulties go unsupported because they lack a formal diagnosis, putting them at an unfair disadvantage and impacting their confidence and results.

Give every learner a fair chance to succeed. The Cognitive Diversity Assessment speed of working report identifies processing speed difficulties early and empowers learners by validating their challenges. The evidence generated allows you to secure the accommodations they are entitled to, reducing anxiety and enabling them to perform at their best.

Case study

Transforming learner outcomes: Bradford College's journey to personalised education with Cognassist

Bradford College collaborated with Cognassist to identify and support neurodiverse learners, resulting in improved engagement and achievement rates.

Key outcomes

3,000

learners assessed

82.1%

LDD learner success rate

10%

increase in learner attainment

Inclusive Assessment Organisations


How it works


Assess Cognitive Needs at Scale

Your learners take our accessible, 30-minute online cognitive assessment at the start of their programme

Generate Instant Speed of Working Insights

The platform automatically analyses each learner’s cognitive profile and generates a detailed “Learner’s Cognitive Insights” report, identifying any processing speed challenges

Secure Adjustments with Compliant Evidence

Use the auto-generated, robust report as evidence to confidently apply for extra time in exams and EPAs, in line with awarding body requirements.

Every country has legislation that protects individuals with learning differences form being discriminated at high stakes exams. In Europe it is the Equality Act, in the US it’s the Americans with Disabilities Act and in Australia it’s the Disability Discrimination Act. Cognassist cost effectively identifies and evidences cognitive learning difficulties that can be defined as having a ‘substantial and long-term adverse effect; for the individual, which is the threshold for most nations disability definitions.  

By including Cognassist into learner workflows your organisation is taking proactive steps to early identification and support of your legal responsibilities.  

Yes, Cognassist is one of only a very few digital assessments that can be used for Form 8. It is important to note that to be JCQ eligible an appropriately qualified practitioner must be present when the user completes the assessment.

It depends on which authority is regulating your qualification.  

  • No, if the regulating authority is JCQ. They require an appropriately qualified practitioner to be present 
  • Yes, if the regulating authority is anyone other than JCQ and this is because Cognassist has advanced cheat detection in the form of performance validity tests 

These insights enabled personalised learning strategies, improving learner outcomes and tutor efficiency.

 

Stephanie Taylor

Learning Support, Safeguarding and Inclusion Manager, Hawk Training

 

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