Welcome to your Pearson Edexcel Citizenship Studies July 2025 subject update!
Hello colleagues,
This update provides guidance and key dates for the August results period, news and advice for Edexcel Citizenship teachers.
I hope the term is wrapping up smoothly for you and that you're looking forward to a well-deserved break. As always, please do get in touch with me if you have any queries or if I can help with anything regarding our qualifications.
Jenna Wyatt
Citizenship Subject Advisor
Next week, I will release a 'Getting Results Day Ready Update' which will include key information and guidance for the Summer 2025 results period for GCSE Citizenship.
GCSE May/June 2025 question papers are now available to view on our website.
To view the May/June 2025 papers below you will need your Edexcel Online log in.
We hope the exam season has gone well for you and your students.
As we come towards the end of the exam series, we would like you to share your feedback on this year's exam papers. We wish to provide students with the best possible exam experience, and your insights are crucial in helping us achieve this goal. If you're a teacher whose students have taken any of our exams in the May/June 2025 series, we are eager to hear your thoughts.
Your feedback will play a vital role in shaping the future of our qualifications and assessments. Your input will be shared with our senior examiners and across our subject teams to help us continuously improve future assessments and enhance the exam experience for students.
We really appreciate your participation in this process, thank you. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.
On 17 June, ACT hosted an insightful online event, "Young People, Citizenship and Democracy Education: What the Evidence Tells Us", bringing together educators, policymakers and researchers to explore how GCSE Citizenship Studies is helping to strengthen democracy and support inclusive political engagement among young people.
If you missed it, you can catch up on the headline findings from the research:
What Citizenship Education Really Does for Democracy: Insights from New National Research
You may also wish to view the full report below:
On behalf of the Pearson Edexcel Citizenship team, we want to thank everyone in centres for your dedication in supporting students and helping to make sure they achieve the grades they deserve. We wish you and your students a well-deserved rest over the summer.
