November 2025 Citizenship subject update

A new date has been set for the upcoming online training on 'Exam Insights 2025'. 

Please join us 18 November 2025 16:00-17:00 to:

• look at candidate performance from the summer 2025 exam series
• review key observations and trends identified in the examiner reports
• explore these key observations in more detail using annotated exemplars 
• discover teaching and learning strategies to address challenges identified.

To book your place:

Keep an eye on PD Academy 

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This on demand video is designed for teachers who wish to familiarise and/or improve their understanding of assessment practices for GCSE Citizenship Studies. 

This will enable you to mark mock assessments in school more confidently, as well as to understand the marking of candidate responses from live assessments.

Watch now
 

The Curriculum and Assessment Review is an important milestone for education and skills in the UK – and it’s just the beginning.

We welcome the Review’s support for many of the recommendations we shared. All of these have been inspired by our work with schools and colleges across the country. And we’ll keep working to build an education system that empowers students, champions teachers, and drives the UK’s long-term success.

As we now move from ideas into further action, we’ll keep collaborating with educators, students, partners, sector experts to drive manageable and truly impactful change.

We’ve already started to do this and would love for you to join us in our next steps.

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We’ve just launched a brand-new teacher group for GCSE Citizenship!

It’s a dedicated space just for Citizenship teachers, a place to swap ideas, share what’s working in your classroom, and ask any questions you might have.
I’ll be running the group, and I’d love for you to join us. It’s private, professional, and designed to support you in your teaching journey.

Join the group! 

ACT is holding an online panel discussion to explore the Independent Curriculum and Assessment Review Panel’s key recommendations and their potential implications for Citizenship teaching from KS1 to post-16. 

It is also an opportunity to discuss prospective updates to the Citizenship curriculum and how these changes may be implemented across schools in England. 

Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 15:30

Find out more and book your place 

Chris Mitchell has created support resources in the form of podcasts on topics from themes A, B, C and D. 

Explore the Podcasts

These resources have been generously shared by Chris Mitchell.  They aren't Pearson produced or endorsed and any copyright belongs to citizenshippodcasts@gmail.com 

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