Pearson Level 1 and below November 2026 newsletter
We hope you have had a lovely half term break and are looking forward to the festive season. We know it's a busy time of year approaching with much work to do so please do reach out if you need any support.
We hope you have everything you need to deliver your qualifications, please see our website as we are currently updating sample learner work for you and hopefully you will find something that is useful, especially if you are new to our qualifications.
New teaching and learning content
This month we have some produced some useful content to help support you in your centres as we prepare to welcome you to our BTEC Level 1, Home Cooking Skills and Personal Growth/ Workskills training sessions this month.
Explore our live training sessions
This month we have added to the website sample exemplar marked work for our BTEC Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing programmes.
You can find these under teaching and learning resources for each relevant qualification.
We have also produced a guide on how to contact your SV in response to your queries on how to do so. Your SV will usually contact you via email once allocated but we are aware sometimes these email’s go into spam.
If you haven’t heard from your SV please use this guide to contact them.
Help with our qualifications and training events
The following events are upcoming for our new Pearson Skills for Life and Work qualification which is first teach September 2027. Please note these are for Welsh centres only to support with migration across to the new Wave 3 qualifications.
This session is aimed at teachers of 14–16-year-olds in Wales only preparing to deliver the Pearson Skills for Life and Work qualifications from September 2027 and will cover everything you need to know to be able to deliver and offer this in your centre.
- Date: 24 November
- Time: 3.30-5.00pm
Getting ready to teach the Pearson Skills for Work and Life in Wales
This session is aimed at teachers who are currently teaching or internally verifying the BTEC Home Cooking Skills qualifications in Wales for Pre 16 Learners. Our trainer Kelly will talk you through how to transition from our current BTEC Home Cooking Skills to our new Pearson Skills for Life and Work qualifications.
- Date: 16 December
- Time: 3.30-4.30pm
This session is aimed at teachers who are currently teaching or internally verifying the BTEC Leadership Through Sport qualifications in Wales for Pre 16 Learners. Our trainer Kelly will talk you through how to transition from our current BTEC Leadership Through Sport to our new Pearson Skills for Life and Work qualifications.
- Date: 15 December
- Time: 3.30-4.30pm
Monthly blog
This month’s blog is about How Motivation can help learners re engage with learning. We explore why motivation is so important in helping learners develop a love for learning and how it helps learners to progress in a meaningful way.
Best wishes for November!
With best wishes
Kelly Adams
Product Manager Level 1 Below Including Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing.