June 2025 BTEC update for Business, Applied Law, Enterprise and Marketing
Welcome to this June update!
This month there is information about the amendments to the Tech Award in Enterprise specification and a reminder of the 2 June publication date for the new PSAs for the December/January series.
If you haven't had a chance to look at the new AI guidance from the JCQ you can find it in the last section of this update.
| 2 June | Release of the Tech Award PSAs for the December/January 2025/26 assessment series |
| 5 July | Claiming deadline: all internally assessed unit grades to be submitted and full award claims to be made by 5 July. |
| 14 August | Level 3 results day |
| 21 August | Level 2 results day |
| 1 September | Release of the Tech Award PSAs for the May/June 2026 assessment series. |
We’ve made some important amendments to the BTEC Tech Award in Enterprise to
- add clarity to some of the content, and
- better align the content with the assessment tasks.
The assessment grids and descriptors have not changed.
| Learning Aim A 1-3 | Task 1a | No change |
| Learning Aim A4 | Task 1b | No change |
| Learning Aim B | Task 2 | Alignment of the wording in sections B2 and B3 of the specification. |
| Learning Aim C1 | Task 3a | No change |
| Learning Aim C2 | Task 3b | Realignment of specification content to assessment grid. Addition of factors from the other learning aims to the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (as previously advised in moderator reports). |
| Learning Aim A 1 | Task 1a | Reduction of factors to consider from eight to six as content is rearranged. |
| Learning Aim A2 | Task 1b (Part 1) | Realignment of content with a clearer business plan template. |
| Learning Aim A2 | Task 1b (Part 2) | Realignment of content with a clearer business plan template. |
| Learning Aim B | Task 2a | No change |
| Learning Aim C | Task 2b | No change |
PSAs will now be available three months earlier
New PSA Release Dates
- 2 June 2025 – PSA for the December/January 2025/26 assessment series
- 1 September 2025 - PSA for the May/June 2026 assessment series.
The deadlines for submission of learner work will remain unchanged each series, and the updated release schedule will not affect learners who recently completed a PSA for the May/June 2025 series.
Delivery support page
- Admin and delivery
- Free and paid-for resources
- Training videos
Assessment support page
- The three components
- Terminal assessments and resits
- Grade boundaries and statistics
January 2026
May 2026
We have a variety of pages devoted to keeping you informed about the reforms.
The interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review was published in March with the final report due in the autumn.
The report seems to acknowledge that "a significant proportion of young people require a mix of qualifications, or cannot access A levels or T Levels, or have not yet decided on career plans."
Applied Law
Business
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.
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
Esports
Marketing
Applied Law - January 2026
Applied Law - May 2026
Business - January 2026
Business - May 2026
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship - January 2026
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship - May 2026
Marketing - January 2026
Marketing - May 2026
Delivery support page
- Admin and delivery
- Free and paid-for resources
- Professional bodies partnerships
Assessment support page
- internally assessed units
- externally assessed units
- examiners' reports
- grade boundaries and statistics
Chartered Institute of Marketing dual certification ending July 2025
The Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) offer of dual certification for learners on the BTEC L3 National in Marketing qualifications will end this summer, due to the to the new CIM L3 qualifications being the sole offer for learners starting in September 2025.
As such, you must register any learners wishing to claim dual certification by 23 May 2025 if registering in bulk, or 1 June for individual registrations. The last date for learners to submit their hybrid CIM/BTEC assignments to CIM will be 27 June 2025, with a deadline for 4 July for centres to approve these submissions.
The Economics, Business and Enterprise Association would love to know about your subject-specific professional development needs to help plan activities for 2025-2026.
We would like to invite both teachers and learners to share their stories with us so we can work together to inspire others.
We will work with you to create the content and guide you through the process.
On 30 April 2025 the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) published their updated JCQ guidance on AI Use in Assessments.
The guidance is designed to help students and teachers to complete NEAs, coursework and other internal assessments successfully, giving students the chance to demonstrate skills which cannot be assessed in exams.
Please do share the latest version of the guidance with senior leaders, teachers and assessors in your school or college. It’s vital the guidance informs school policies on AI use, and schools and colleges provide staff and students with clear information.
A summary of the key updates is available on the JCQ website. They also have a poster for students on the use of AI and assessments and an information sheet for teachers along with PowerPoint presentations for teachers and students.
The ERA Licence provides seamless access to television and radio recordings, offering a single point of clearance for the rights needed to create and use authentic media resources in your classroom. With ERA’s free video streaming platform, licensed institutions can explore a rich library of curriculum-mapped TV and radio clips tailored to GCSE, AS, and A-level teaching.
Engage your learners with curated clips, full-length documentaries, and programmes that bring business contexts to life.
To access this free resource registration is required - but is quick and simple. State schools in England are licensed under a central agreement with the DfE and the vast majority of independent schools also hold a current ERA Licence.
Secondary schools around the world can get free online access to the Financial Times, with articles, games and multi-media content on many topics to enrich studies and improve exam performance in business, economics, politics, geography, psychology and other topics.
The FT can help strengthen global and media literacy, and offer insights into preparation for further study and the world of work. It also has competitions, an online work experience programme and teacher selected articles with suggested questions, alongside resources developed by Pearson/Edexcel.
Details at www.ft.com/schools . A staff member can check if their school is already registered and to create student or staff accounts at www.ft.com/schoolsarefree
The EBEA student conference and the FT
One of the speakers at the conference outlined how useful and important the FT offer can be for students. You can watch a recording of the session here:
Olivia Hylton: An Introduction to FT resources
Subject advisor
Colin Leith
Business
