BTEC and T Level Art, Design and Media March 2025 update

This month sees the release of results to those learners who sat assessments in January. For important information and resources to help you access and understand your results, please see the March 2025 Tech Awards update.

You can access Pearson-Set Assignments (PSAs) for the May/June assessments on each subject’s page.

Remember, the PSA for Art and Design released on 2 September are for use within the May/June window.

We have published new exemplar standardisation materials (ESMs) for the internal components. We add new ESMs after every assessment series to give you additional fresh examples based on the most recent Pearson Set Assignments. Be sure to review them to support you in your marking.

Art and Design Practice exemplar standardisation materials

Creative Media Production exemplar standardisation materials

Art and Design Practice resources

Creative Media Production resources

 

Art and Design Practice Exemplar Gallery

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This exemplar gallery has been created to make accessing our exemplar materials more effective and straightforward.

The gallery contains exemplar materials for component BAD01 organised by mark band. A thumbnail is provided for each exemplar as a visual reference point, accompanied by details of the mark and title.

View the Art and Design Practice exemplar gallery

We have published new sample marked learner work (SMLW) for the external components. We add new SMLW after every assessment series to give you additional fresh examples based on the most recent Externally Assessed tasks. Be sure to review them to support your planning and delivery.

Check out the latest updates on Tech Awards (2022) and sign up for future updates.

Dates for the external assessments can be found in the Pearson exam timetables for the relevant assessment series. Also, key dates and guidance for Quality Assurance activities can be found the quality support page.

If you are still struggling to understand what the outcomes of the review mean for you, your learner and the qualifications you offer, we have developed an interactive quick guide to support you. 

Our Level 2 Skills qualifications in Art and Design Skills and Creative Media Skills have been extended in England and Northern Ireland. 

The last registration date is now 31 July 2027. The last certification date is 31 July 2029.

For internally assessed units, check out our BTEC quality assurance pages for key dates, centre guides, support, and training.

LIVE events online

Visit our Quality Assurance page to register for these free events:

• BTEC Roles and Responsibilities of the Lead Internal Verifier (45 minutes)
• Roles and Responsibilities of a Quality Nominee (1 hour)

On-Demand CPD 

Also available on the Quality Assurance page, each pack will include a YouTube video that will provide an overview along with supporting activities and answer sheets. 

Assessment:

• Roles and Responsibilities of the Assessor
• Good Practice Producing Assessment Plans
• Marking, Assessment Records and Feedback
• Understanding and Managing Plagiarism
• BTEC Resubmission and Retake Rules

Internal Verification:

• Roles and Responsibilities of the Internal Verifier
• Planning for Internal Verification - BTEC
• Effective Internal Verification

Visit the BTEC quality assurance page for live and on demand training

 

Quality Assurance templates

Access free BTEC assessment and internal verification templates used to support production of the key quality assurance documentation. You can create your own versions although must include the same content shown within our templates.

View our BTEC forms and guides

 

Quality Assurance catch-ups

These online drop-in sessions with your Vocational Quality Assurance Manager are designed to discuss current Quality Assurance activities and answer related questions.

Quality Assurance catch up dates (pdf | 89.1 KB)

The BTEC International Quality Assurance centre guides are for everyone involved in delivery, assessment and verification of BTEC qualifications and gives full details of our quality assurance processes for the academic year. 

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Centre Guide to Internal Assessment 24-25

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Centre Guide to Internal Verification 24-25

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Centre Guide to Assignment Writing 24-25

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BTEC International Delivery and Assessment Roles and Responsibilities 24-25 (pdf | 629.0 KB)

View all International BTEC Quality Assurance guidance

View information and support for the International BTECs 

The aim of the 2023 BTEC Higher Nationals qualifications for Art, Design and Media is to give you more flexibility and scope when designing your curriculum so we hope you enjoy our new titles.

The documents to help support the delivery of the BTEC Higher National qualifications are located on HN Global. 

First, click on this link to log into your HN Global account:

Sign in to HN Global 

Second, click on this link to access the Art, Design and Media (2023) delivery materials:

Art, Design and Media resources

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With our quality assurance process for all BTEC higher-level programmes we can be sure our centres are meeting national standards.  

Our enhanced quality assurance (QA) processes are in place for all Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications. The enhanced processes embed specific higher education expectations alongside Pearson’s QA expectations for its other BTEC qualifications. This enables us to work with approved centres to ensure that our qualifications are delivered to the required, UK Higher Education, national standards. 

Look out in the coming week for updated key dates schedules, which have been adjusted to provide more time in the assessment windows for most Occupational Specialisms. This will improve manageability, scheduling and provide contingency time in the assessments.  

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The approval window is now open for providers commencing delivery in September 2025.  You must gain approval for each Technical Qualification you wish to deliver.  

Entries for Core Component assessments are open. You must make an entry for every student wishing to enter the assessment.  

We have made several minor updates to the specifications for both Craft and Design and Media, Broadcast and Production. The updates have not impacted the content or structure of assessments and are mainly limited to summary information tables where greater clarity was required.

For the full details, please review the summary of changes table at the front of each specification.

Overview of common updates: 

• Updated lists of job roles that the T Level could lead to
• Component weightings added to qualification summary

Media, Broadcast, and Production specific specification updates:

• Events and Venues Technician resource list updated
• Spelling error within CPK3.6 corrected

Craft and Design specification updates have targeted the schemes of assessment for the Occupational Specialisms (OS):

• Assessment tasks have been renumbered
• Assessment timings references made consistent 
• Performance outcome (PO) tables updated to include absent PO
• Resource lists updated for each OS

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