I can reassure you that her results will be the same as everyone else's and won't indicate whether she had extra time, a reader, a laptop, toilet breaks, timing reminders, practical assistance, a quiet room or any of the other considerations. (Scribing would obviously take place in a separate room: those with extra time will probably be sat together at one end of the exam venue so they aren't disturbed too much when the rest leave)
I'm not a SENCO so not sure exactly how the entitlements are decided, and what evidence needs to be provided to JCQ, but I imagine it would depend on exactly how her condition affects her writing - does it make it slower, does it make it illegible, or does it become more painful so she can't get the answers down fast enough or would struggle to finish the paper (Science exams are mostly short answers and multiple choice, although there may be longer questions at the end). Her opinion and preferences can certainly be expressed - the idea is that the special consideration shouldn't give her an advantage over her peers, but enable her to demonstrate her knowledge and understanding. How does she cope with note-taking in lessons where word processing is difficult - completing worksheets, writing out chemical structures, drawing diagrams of the cell etc? These are all the questions that the school will be looking at in order to justify any special considerations as her normal way of working (and it seems like "normal" can mean "from the beginning of Yr 11". (However unless she's got an EHCP she's unlikely to have a regular scribe in lessons so I'm not exactly sure how that would be demonstrated)
But anyway if she's offered a scribe, with or without extra time, she doesn't have to use them for every question and can rattle through the multiple choice on her own if she prefers
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