December 2025 Citizenship subject update | Pearson qualifications

December 2025 Citizenship subject update

Tue Dec 09 16:25:00 UTC 2025

Welcome to your Pearson Edexcel Citizenship Studies December 2025 subject update!

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Hello colleagues, 

Thank you to all of those who have been in touch with me via email and Teams meetings this year; it has been wonderful supporting you and we are making use of your feedback to continue to drive improvements so keep the comments and questions coming!
Whatever your plans over the upcoming holiday, I hope you have a restful break!  

Best wishes, 

Jenna Wyatt
Citizenship Subject Advisor


Key dates

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  • 12 December - The deadline to access scripts online 

Past Training Events

In November, we ran an online training session for teachers wishing to take an in depth look at feedback relating to our GCSE Citizenship Studies summer 2025 exam series.

For those who were unable to join us for the event relating to 'Exam Insights' the recording is available to watch below: 

GCSE Citizenship Studies: Exam Insights Summer 2025 - YouTube


A Guide to Professional Development Training

This guide showcases the professional development opportunities available for Citizenship.

Our training is built to help educators create lessons that are both engaging and impactful. Each session strengthens teaching practice while deepening subject knowledge and understanding of the Pearson specification.

See page 15 of the guide for to explore the available training for GCSE Citizenship: 

Guide 


Teaching and Learning Resources

‘Citizenship Studies in the News’ aims to stimulate discussion for GCSE Citizenship Studies by considering contemporary issues and their relevance to our lives.

We have compiled a range of current news articles* and linked these to the key questions, explored in themes A-D of the specification. You may wish to investigate and integrate into your teaching practice to help contextualise key issues and bring the subject to life!

Edition 15 includes the following articles:

  • Theme A: Article 1 is from The Telegraph. 
    Article 2 is from The Independent. 
  • Theme B: "Budget 2025: The key points at a glance" from Sky News. 
  • Theme C: Article 1 "Furious backlash over Lammy's 'Star Chamber' plans to scrap jury trials for most crimes: Lawyers slam secret justice 'stitch-up' that risks sparking riots" 
    Article 2: "Justice secretary wants jury trials scrapped except in most serious cases"
  • Theme D: "Zelenskyy’s grim choice: Take Trump’s peace deal or rely on flaky European friends" By Tim Ross, Clea Caulcutt, Bjarke Smith-Meyer and Nette Nöstlinger from Politico

Edition 15 


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Enrichment opportunities

Applications are open for the next Teacher Ambassador Programme 22 – 24 June 2026 for UK Parliament.

For more details on how to apply please read below:

UK Parliament Teacher Ambassador Programme 

The January Challenge is a fun, free programme of daily creative prompts throughout January for you to do by yourself, with your colleagues, groups or students.

This year the theme is ‘Courageous Change’ with each of the prompts designed to help us get a new perspective, build our courage and helpus collaborate so that we can be more prepared for this ever changing world.

To get involved you can:

Sign up as an individual

Download their free resource packs 

Learn more about The January Challenge The January Challenge 2026


Subject advisor

Jenna Wyatt

Citizenship

Phone :
+44 (0) 344 463 2535 (Teaching Services team | Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm GMT)
Susan Currey
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