December 2024 BTEC update for Business, Applied Law, Enterprise and Marketing

We have now published national results data on the Level 1/2 Tech Awards covering key information on registrations, performance, and trends across the main qualifications.

The key dates for the Component 1 and 2 PSAs are in the Key Dates Schedule.  Please note that the deadline for mark submission and upload of work of sampled learners for internal assessments has been moved from 1 May to 15 May.

The 2022 Tech Awards FAQs page is now live.

Go to the FAQ page

BTEC Tech Award training page

Our new BTEC Tech Award training and resources page is where you can find all the live and on-demand training resources for Tech Awards.

The BTEC Bitesize BTEC Tech Award in Enterprise videos

These videos cover Components 1 and 2, breaking each component down into the five tasks required in the PSA with suggestions to help prepare learners for each task.

We have published new exemplar standardisation materials (ESMs) for the internal components. You can download these from the course materials page, under teaching and learning materials.

We add new ESMs after every assessment series to give you additional fresh examples based on the most recent Pearson Set Assignments.

The terminal assessment rule requires learners to take the external assessment at the end of their qualification (when the learner is due to certificate). This means that learners must sit internal component assessments either prior to or in the same series as the external assessment to fulfil this terminal rule.

If a learner chooses to retake an internal assessment in a series after they sat the terminal external assessment, they will also need to resit the external component to satisfy the terminal rule.

Learners are allowed one resit of the external assessment within the programme.

January 2025 timetable

Summer 2025 timetable

We have now published national results data on the BTEC Firsts and Nationals covering key information on registrations, performance, and trends across the main qualifications.

January 2025 timetable

Summer 2025 timetable

Due to the timing of the Easter break in 2025, we will release summer pre-release material from 31 March 2025.

Funding - England

Funding - Northern Ireland & Wales

Professional Body partnerships

We have partnership agreements with the following organisations:

• ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
• CII (Chartered Institute of Insurance)
• CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing)
• CMI (Chartered Management Institute)

Your completing learners might be interested in progression opportunities provided by these professional bodies.

Find out more.

January 2025 timetable

Summer 2025 timetable

Due to the timing of the Easter break in 2025, we will release summer pre-release material from 31 March 2025.

Funding - England

Funding - Northern Ireland & Wales

Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Award in Business (600/4786/0)

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

January 2025 timetable

Summer 2025 timetable

Due to the timing of the Easter break in 2025, we will release summer pre-release material from 31 March 2025. 

Funding - England

Funding - Northern Ireland & Wales

Funding - England

Funding - Northern Ireland & Wales

January 2025 timetable

Summer 2025 timetable

Funding 

The BTEC Works site can help with recruitment of learners.

Please be advised that the BTEC Higher Nationals in Business (2021) e-book is to be withdrawn. It will be available on the HN Global platform in the Business Subject Page until the 28th February 2025.

You can access the link in the reading section of the subject resource library.

Please share this with all relevant delivery staff for Business at your centre. 

15 January 2025 at 16:00 - 17:00 GMT

BTEC Post 16 Levels 2 and 3: Briefing Session for Business, Marketing and Enterprise

This session is for centres in England only and will focus on the impact of Government reforms on post 16 qualifications and funding. You will hear our latest updates in response to Government's announcement (scheduled for December) after the pause and review and have the opportunity to ask questions or hear from other centres who may have questions of their own.

The Curriculum and assessment review page invites you to both share your views and join a live event.

Please take 5 minutes to complete this Microsoft form to support a Pearson research project on the impact of qualification reform on internally assessed criterion referenced assessments.

Launch of Skills England

The Prime Minister and Education Secretary have announced the launch of Skills England. This new organisation will bring together central and local government, businesses, training providers and unions to meet the skills needs of the next decade across all regions, providing strategic oversight of the post-16 skills system aligned to the Government’s Industrial Strategy.

Skills England will be established in phases over the next 9-12 months to create a responsive and collaborative skills system and the Skills England Bill will transfer functions from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to Skills England.

Richard Pennycook CBE, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group and lead non-executive director at the DfE, has been appointed as the interim Chair.

As part of the Level 3 Vocational Qualification reforms we would like to invite you to help influence the next generation of BTEC Nationals. We want to ensure we capture the teacher and learner voice in our qualifications and support materials.

This is your opportunity to have your say and get involved.

Although too early for Business-related qualifications we do have two new pages where new AAQ and technical qualifications will be featured.