Welcome to your Pearson Edexcel Citizenship Studies April 2026 subject update!
Hello colleagues,
Time is certainly moving quickly, and the exam season is upon us. On behalf of the Citizenship team, we extend our best wishes to all GCSE Citizenship students for their success! As always, please do get in touch with me if you have any queries or if I can help with anything regarding our qualifications.
Best wishes,
Jenna Wyatt
Citizenship Subject Advisor
I wanted to re-share a copy of the 2026 exam timetables so that you had easy access to them during the exam period. You can access these for each qualification below:
We’re excited to share details of an upcoming online event designed to support teachers delivering Pearson Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies.
The online event is intended to support teachers who are delivering Pearson Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies and would like training to support their understanding of Theme E: Taking Citizenship Action.
30 June 2026 at 16:00-17:00 BST
As we look ahead to curriculum and assessment reform, we really want to hear directly from those teaching GCSE Citizenship day in, day out.
We’ve created a short survey to give centres the chance to share their views.
Your feedback will play an important role in making sure centre voices are heard as future thinking develops.
If you can spare just a few minutes, we’d be very grateful if you could take part.
GCSE Citizenship Curriculum and Assessment Review - Feedback Survey
We’ve just published a detailed guide to understanding Active Citizenship, designed to help you feel confident guiding students through planning, carrying out and evidencing their action.
The guide includes:
You can access the guide via our GCSE Citizenship Teaching + Learning materials or by clicking below:
Understanding Active Citizenship Guide
Please note you will need your Edexcel Online log in to access this resource as it contains secure materials.
As we start to gear up for the GCSE Citizenship exams this summer, I thought it would be useful to remind you of the readily available resources that we have to support.
Available for each paper, collating all past exam questions.
*You will need your Edexcel Online login to access these as it includes the most recent exam materials.
Just a reminder that we also have exemplars available from both papers which help teachers and students see what different mark levels actually look like in full responses.
Also take a look at the two documents below which explore how to approach different questions in Paper 1.
School visit bookings for Autumn Term in Parliament open on 13 May at 10am.
To book a visit for your school, you’ll need to have a user account for their online booking portal. Registration closes at midnight on 12 May.
Register for an education visit
