This update allows tutors and SEND teams to record additional barriers to learning within the Tutor Report, even if these barriers were identified outside of the Cognassist cognitive assessment.
Once barriers are selected, relevant reasonable adjustments will be automatically recommended, helping tutors identify appropriate support more quickly.
You can select barriers from a predefined list across several categories, including:
These barriers may be identified through sources such as EHCPs, prior diagnoses, tutor observations, or learner self-declaration.
Yes. One of the key benefits of this update is that you can record barriers and generate recommended reasonable adjustments even if a learner has not completed the cognitive assessment.
This means Cognassist can still support learners where barriers are already known.
Recommended adjustments are generated based on the barriers to learning you select for the learner.
These adjustments appear alongside any adjustments already generated from the learner's Cognassist cognitive assessment, helping create a more complete support plan.
All adjustments are curated by the Cognassist Cognitive Science team and supported by our internal LLM, ensuring they follow the same structure and quality as existing adjustments within the platform.
Each adjustment includes a clear breakdown aligned to the Ofsted "3 I's" framework:
Where available, course details are also considered to make recommendations more relevant to the learner's context.
This first release includes a curated list of commonly identified barriers to learning.
We recognise that some learners may have more specific or unique circumstances, and work is already planned to support custom barriers to learning in a future release.
Barriers can be added within the Tutor Report in two places:
This allows tutors to record barriers either independently or collaboratively with the learner.
Once barriers to learning have been selected, you will be able to review and choose recommended adjustments from the "All Adjustments" tab within the Reasonable Adjustments section of the Tutor Report.
Adjustments that you then assign to the learner will also be included in the PDF export of the Tutor Report, ensuring agreed support can be clearly recorded and shared where needed.
The adjustments table now shows linked barriers and cognitive domains directly within the list view.
For example, if an adjustment relates to Autism, the barrier will appear as a visible tag without needing to expand the adjustment.
This makes it easier to quickly identify adjustments relevant to specific barriers.
Yes. You can now open the Tutor Report for any learner and record known barriers to learning. Once barriers are selected, recommended adjustments will be generated automatically.
Yes. This early access release is the first step towards capturing a fuller picture of learner support needs within Cognassist.
Future improvements will include features such as custom barriers to learning and additional ways to tailor adjustments.