Pearson Level 1 and below May 2026 newsletter
We hope you are heading into the month of May having had a restful break in April and are ready to start the final term. This is also the time of year when you start to think about September and what will be delivered in your centres.
If we can help in anyway please email Kelly Adams at belowlevel2@pearson.com or book a chat with Kelly.
New Teaching and Learning Content
This month we have lots of new teaching and learning content on the website. We have added new teaching and learning activities for Land Based Studies, Performing Arts and Public Services.
You can find these new resources by clicking the links below. You will need to sign in to download these using your Edexcel online account.
Help with our qualifications
Are you a new centre with us? Do you need help understanding an aspect of delivery or assessment or are you getting ready to teach for September?
Don’t worry we have the following support available to you to help you out.
Our getting ready to teach on demand videos are available below:
How to Teach BTEC Home Cooking Skills
( 33:02 )
Getting Ready to Teach BTEC Workskills Entry 1- Level 2
( 53:49 )
Getting Ready to Teach BTEC Personal Growth and Wellbeing Entry 3 - Level 2
( 50:37 )
Getting Assessment Right: Assessing BTEC Level 1 Intro qualifications effectively in your classroom
( 1:03:12 )
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How to Teach BTEC Home Cooking Skills
( 33:02 )
Getting Ready to Teach BTEC Workskills Entry 1- Level 2
( 53:49 )
Getting Ready to Teach BTEC Personal Growth and Wellbeing Entry 3 - Level 2
( 50:37 )
Getting Assessment Right: Assessing BTEC Level 1 Intro qualifications effectively in your classroom
( 1:03:12 )
We also have our guidance for centres which can be accessed from the teaching and learning materials section on our course materials page.
Contained in this section is 15 documents that can help with a range of your questions such as what is an assignment brief and what is internal verification. If you are new to our WBL below level 2 qualific ations we highly recommend that you check these out!
Are you a Welsh centre?
Are you a 14-16 Welsh centre? Good news, we are launching Pearson Skills for Life and Work a brand-new qualification built for Welsh learners in Cycle 3, with first teach being September 2027. We will shortly be launching our draft specification on our webpages, but in the meantime, you can find out more about our qualification below.
Explore Pearson Skills for Life and Work
This qualification will replace Level 1 Intro, Entry Level, BTEC Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing for 14–16-Year-olds in Wales. Post 16 centres can continue to use Level 1 Intro, Entry Level, BTEC Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing with confidence until at least 2029.
New content for April on the skills channel
Check out our latest Teaching and Learning Skills videos.
Our newest video covers John Dewey’s Learning Theory and It’s Practical Application. In this video we provide an overview of Dewey’s Educational Philosophy and how this philosophy can be applied successfully in the Level 1 classroom by providing different examples.
You can watch the video if you are interested on YouTube.
Wishing you a great start to May!
With best wishes
Kelly Adams
Product Manager Level 1 Below Including Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing.
