December 2025 Economics update
28 November 2025
Welcome to the December 2025 update!
As we conclude the year, please remember that free access to exam scripts via Script Viewer for last summer's exams will end this month. We also have the upload dates for the autumn series exam materials, along with new timetables for the autumn 2026 exams (international).
You'll find links to the Curriculum and Assessment Review report, as well as two new FT case studies. If you're seeking an engaging activity for your tutor group at the start of next term, you may consider participating in the January Challenge.
Wishing you a wonderful festive break when it arrives!
| Date | Activity |
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| 2 December | International GCSE question papers (November series) uploaded |
| 12 December | Last date to use the Access To Scripts service via Script Viewer. |
| 16 December | IAL (October series) and International GCSE (November series) mark schemes uploaded |
| 22 January | Results day for IAL October 2025 series |
| 22 January | Results day for International GCSE November 2025 series |
| 27 January | IAL (October series) and International GCSE (November series) examiners' reports uploaded |
| 3 February | A level Economics A network event (8-mark questions) |
| 21 February | Entry deadline for International GCSE and AS/A level for UK centres |
| 3 March | A level Economics A network event (Paper 3) |
| 5 March | Results day for IAL January 2026 series |
| 21 March | Entry deadline for International GCSE and IAL for international centres |
Now that the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review and the timelines have been published, we are now considering the implications for A level Economics. We will keep you informed of any further developments.
See the timeline (on page 52)
| A level Economics A |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Delivery support focuses on free support materials, networking and both free and paid-for resources. There are links to Pearson, Hodder and other publishers.
A level Economics B |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Assessment support focuses on assessment news and tools, support in understanding the command verbs, and information about grade boundaries and statistics.
| 3 February | A level Economics A: Tackling the 8-mark 'examine' question |
| 3 March | A Level Economics A: Tackling Paper 3 |
The A level Economics A You Tube Channel includes recordings of events from previous years.
The pre-release material for the June 2026 Paper 3 is now available.
Please visit the delivery support pages to learn about both free and paid-for support available for our qualifications.
Two new case studies were added in November and we now have sixteen case studies mapped to the specification.
| Number | Title | Specification references | |
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| 15 | UK economic growth | 2.1.1 Economic growth 2.5.1 Causes of growth |
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| 16 | China's EV price wars | 3.3.1 Revenue 3.3.2 Costs 3.3.3 Economies and diseconomies of scale 3.3.4 Normal profits, supernormal profit and losses 3.4.4(f) Price wars |
Summer 2026 Timetable - Economics A
Summer 2026 Timetable - Economics B
| IAL Economics |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Delivery support focuses on free support materials, networking and both free and paid-for resources. There are links to Pearson, Hodder and other publishers.
| International GCSE Economics |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Assessment support focuses on assessment news and tools, support in understanding the command verbs, and information about grade boundaries and statistics.
Now that the exams are over, we’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts on our IAL and International GCSE Economics exams this term.
Your feedback helps us improve. It’s shared directly with our senior examiners and subject teams, and it plays a key role in shaping future assessments and making the exam experience even better for students. It only takes a few minutes, and your insights make a real difference.
Summer 2026 Timetable
November 2026 Provisional Timetable
Results day for the October 2025 series will be Thursday 22 January 2026.
January 2026 Timetable
Summer 2026 Timetable
October 2026 Timetable
Join the final January Challenge!
Pearson is proud to partner with 64 Million Artists for the last-ever January Challenge – a free programme of daily creative prompts throughout January. Perfect for classrooms, staff rooms, and whole-school activities.
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.
At Pearson, we've helped create the schools resource pack again this year and two prompts were written by your Subject Advisors!
To get involved, you can:
- Sign up to receive daily creative prompts in January
- Download the schools pack
- Use the schools pack to help your school get creative and make change
Last year 360,000 people took part and we’re hoping to make the last one the biggest and best. There’s no better time to make change than now, so sign up and take part, and we’ll see you there!
Please take a look at the information below and click on the links for further details.
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This review explores how financial education is integrated, supported and delivered as well as what a UK vision for financial education could look like, what is working and what needs to be improved.
The report calls for a Financial Education Youth Guarantee including financial education at every stage of learning, Financial Education Champions in every school and the establishment of 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.
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The Professional Development Academy summarises the training that is available to you.
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Colin Leith
Economics
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