October 2025 BTEC update for Business, Applied Law, Enterprise and Marketing
3 October 2025
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Welcome to this October 2025 update!
This month we are really wanting to hear from you on several projects we are working on across the business, from enhancing the teacher experience in quality assurance to better understanding the use of technology in your centres.
BTEC Tech Award in Enterpirse teachers, note the upcoming training sessions focused on the assessment of Component 1 and 2 - not to be missed!
This update also marks the first inclusion of BTEC support for all our international colleagues - welcome all!
| 17 October | Entry deadline for December/January internal and external assessment entries (BTEC Firsts, Nationals, Tech Awards) |
| 15 December | Tech Award deadline for mark submission and upload of work of sampled learners for internal assessments |
Calling all Centres who deliver BTEC Nationals (2016) in Business, IT, Health & Social Care, Applied Law and Sport & Exercise Science!
Help us design and shape a new Verification Process - get involved in the Verify Trial.
We’d love your help shaping a new Verification Process.
Please join us by participating in the Verify Trial, launching this academic year.
Whether you deliver some, or all the above programmes we want to hear from you.
The Verify Trial focuses on providing Centres with a dedicated tool designed to assist in quality assurance processes and to improve accuracy in internal assessments. By taking part, your Centre will benefit from early access to resources aimed at supporting robust and transparent quality assurance, ensuring fairness for all learners.
If your Centre is keen to drive improvement and be part of something exciting, we’d love to hear from you!
As part of an ongoing project within Pearson, we are seeking to understand the technology infrastructure and assessment practices for BTECs, FSQs, and other Vocational and Technical Qualifications.
Understanding centre technology infrastructure, the use of Learning Management Systems and how you store learner work is pivotal to a number of different projects that are happening across the business.
Your help in sharing your experiences will be greatly appreciated.
Deadline for completion is 7 October.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education has published a new report.
The report highlights persistent gaps in provision across the UK that need further attention and calls for a Financial Education Youth Guarantee; including financial education at every stage of learning; Financial Education Champions in every school; and a national financial education resource hub.
The report also highlights examples of positive practice and recent developments that could be scaled up, as well as specific recommendations to improve financial education.You can access the full report, and executive summary, on the APPG’s webpage:
The Centre Guides are available below.
The first document is the BTEC Centre Guide to Internal Assessment (although it is just labelled 'Document Title').
The latest information page from the JCQ includes
- guidance for teachers on malpractice
- presentations for teachers and learners
- an information sheet for teachers
- a poster for learners
The PSAs released on 1 September are for the May/June 2026 assessment series.
The deadlines for submission of learner work will remain unchanged at 15 May.
If you are intending to submit work for the 15 December deadline, you must use the PSA titles which were released in June.
| PSA release date | PSA submission deadline |
|---|---|
| 2 June | 15 December |
| 1 September | 15 May |
January 2026
May 2026
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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
Tutor2u are running four in-person CPD courses supporting the externally-assessed units in the BTEC National.
All held in London, the dates are:
- Thursday February 4th 2026 | Success in Unit 2
- Wednesday February 5th 2026 | Success in Unit 3
- Friday February 6th 2026 | Success in Unit 6
Tutor2u now offer a new, FREE, self-paced CPD course to support all teachers new to the RQF (2016) programme. The course focuses on developing attendee confidence in the planning and delivery of the BTEC National Business Programme.
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
An official welcome to our International teachers who are delivering the International BTEC Business/Enterprise & Entreprenership and Marketing qualification suites all over the world.
We have a variety of pages devoted to keeping you updated with the specifications, teaching resources, sample assignment materials as well as all authorised assignment briefs and Pearson Set Assignments.
Also find access and support the Pearson Progress platform to help simplify the planning and assessment of BTEC qualifications
| 03 November 2025 at 08:00 - 14:00 GMT | Grading Standardisation Workshop for BTEC International Level 2 & 3 Business |
| 13 November 2025 at 08:00 - 14:00 GMT | Holistic Assessment Planning and Assignment writing for BTEC International Level 3 in Business |
Find ot more about our work with strategic partners such as Liverpool Football Club and the British Esports Federation, amongst others, allowing us to maintain content relevance and global reach.
We have developed digital resources to support your delivery of our suite of BTEC International Level 3 qualifications and cover the mandatory and some of the more popular optional units.
Our Study Texts have been thoroughly developed and feature international examples, scenarios and references to make them relevant across a broad range of geographical territories and support learning and teaching delivery.
Subject advisor
Sarah Mark
BTEC Business, Enterprise, Esports and Marketing
Email :
Phone :
+44 (0) 161 528 7357
(Teaching Services team | Mon-Fri, 9am - 5pm GMT)
