Mocks Service Guidance

The Pearson Edexcel Mocks Service provides schools and colleges with GCSE, A level, International GCSE and International A level exams for use in mocks. This suite of pages are intended as guidance to administering your mocks.

Before you start

Before using the service, ensure you have:

Selected and purchased your subjects and service
Planned your assessment window
Have access to the Booking App
Candidate details to hand

Step 1 - For Paper-based, Online and Moderation

Upload candidate details

This step must be completed before papers are dispatched or onscreen assessments set-up.

Log into the Booking App

Once logged in, you are presented with the ‘Dashboard’ where you can carry out candidate related activities.

Booking App login

Select the relevant ‘Series’ you are booking from the drop-down list

Click on the 'Series' drop down menu and select a series e.g. 'Mocks Service 2026_2027'

Please refer to the Mocks Service 'Available subjects' web page to identify in which series the paper you have purchased is located.

Visit the Mocks Service 'Available subjects' web page

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Once a series is selected, the ‘Booking Options’ field will appear

Here you will see a list of all the available options for candidate upload. These options are broken down by qualification and service. Please select the booking option that is applicable to you based on the mock product you have purchased via the Pearson UK Schools shop.

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After selecting the booking option, the available assessments will be listed.

Click the ‘Download Template’ button

The template will then be downloaded to your device. This template is needed to import your candidate data.

Complete the template with the ‘candidate’ details

The template contains the following fields:

The forename and surname must be entered as a candidate would write them on an exam paper and as their name would be entered for their high stakes exam. They should not have any special characters that also includes hyphens.
DOB should be in format: dd/mm/yyyy
Candidate_id –is a unique 4 digit candidate number that should be used every time the candidate is assigned an assessment. This could be their high-stakes candidate number or one given internally.
The file must be saved as a .csv file.

When the template has been populated, it is ready to be uploaded.

Find the paper or product you have purchased and click ‘Import’

Use the ‘Search assessments’ field to find the assessment you are assigning by subject code or name and click on the 'Import' button.

Attach the file using the paper clip icon and click on the 'Import Candidates' button

Once the upload has been completed you will see a message appear in the top right-hand corner.

If there are any errors with the file and the upload cannot be completed, an error message will appear. Please revisit the candidate upload spreadsheet and try to upload again once the issue has been addressed.

If you need help relating to the Mocks Service, please contact the Customer Services team for Qualifications via our Contact us form. Please refer to the Mocks Service in your communication.

Step 2

See guidance for each Mocks Service

Click on the link (top right of this page) to follow the next steps guidance for your chosen mocks service.

Not yet ordered your mock exams?

Visit our Pearson Schools and Colleges page to order you paper-based, onscreen or moderated mocks.

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Contact us

If you need help relating to the Mocks Service and can’t find the answers in the FAQs, please contact the Customer Services team for Qualifications via our Contact us form. Please refer to the Mocks Service in your communication.

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