July 2026 Economics update
1 July 2026
Welcome to this July 2026 update.
In this last update of the year there are links to surveys (for both teachers and students) as well as dates for training and network events you may wish to add to your calendar for next year.
I do hope that you enjoy the summer break when it comes but, before you go...... please make sure you have completed the preparations for the results days in August which are detailed at the top of the update.
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 14 July | A level and IAL mark schemes released |
| 21 July | GCSE and International GCSE mark schemes released |
| 1 August | The 2025 exam materials will be unpadlocked |
| 13 August | Results Day for A levels and IAL |
| 18 August | A level and IAL examiners' reports released |
| 20 August | Results Day for International GCSE |
| 25 August | GCSE and International GCSE examiners' reports released |
After results have been published you may wish to analyse your results using some of the services we have available such as Access To Scripts and Results Plus.
The Access to Scripts portal and ResultsPlus can only be accessed by Edexcel Online users who have the Exam Viewer and ResultsPlus permissions ticked in their Edexcel Online profiles.
Only Exams Officers are able to give teachers this access.
Don’t forget to ask your Exams Officer for access before you break up for the summer, so that you are ready for the post-results period.
Available from results day, our Access to Scripts service allows you to view your candidates’ marked scripts online or download as PDFs, providing transparency of marking and to help you make decisions around requests for reviews of marking and inform future teaching and learning.
ResultsPlus is our online results analysis tool that gives you a detailed breakdown of your students’ performance in their exams.
Once you’ve received your students' results, you can get more insight on their performance on each question at individual student, class or cohort level using ResultsPlus.
Set up ResultsPlus now so you’re ready to review your students’ performance as soon as results are released.
Use ResultsPlus to understand your students’ performance
ResultsPlus gives you a clear breakdown of how your students performed in Pearson Edexcel exams and BTEC external assessments at:
- student level
- class level
- cohort level.
Watch our short video to see how you can use ResultsPlus to get quick, useful insights
Find out more and set up your ResultsPlus account before the end of term
For School Groups
ResultsPlus Group Analysis helps you see performance across all your schools in one place. You can also use it to analyse mock exam results, so it’s useful throughout the year.
Watch our short video to see how it works
If you’re part of a trust or group of schools, you’ll need a separate ResultsPlus Group Analysis account even if your school already has ResultsPlus.
Set up your ResultsPlus Group Analysis account before the end of term
Ofqual is launching a podcast for teachers and school leaders. 'Can I Just Qualify That?' will be built around conversations that matter and advice you can use. The first few episodes will cover everything from qualification reform and how GCSE and A level grading works, to helpful tips for exam season, results days, and cyber security.
Episode one drops on Thursday 4 June on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Subscribe to Ofqual's YouTube channel now so you don't miss it:
Waiting for exam results can be nerve-wracking for many students. Our guide for students, parents and carers on Understanding results and grades contains helpful information about what to expect on results day and where to find further support.
The guide includes information on:
- dates for results days
- receiving and understanding results
- grades and grade boundaries
- what steps to take if they are not happy with their results
- university applications
- certificates
- where to find further support.
Please pass this information on to your students.
If your students took any exams in the May/June 2026 series, please share your experience. Your feedback helps us understand what’s working well and where we can improve, so we can give your students the best possible exam experience.
We’ll share your feedback with senior examiners and subject teams to shape future papers and improve assessments.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey
Thank you for your support.
| 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.
This recent podcast from the Institute for Fiscal Studies might be interesting for students in relation to:
- Economics A: 2.6 and 4.5
- Economics B: 2.6 and 4.4
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 2026 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.
Please take a few minutes to provide your feedback, thank you.
If you have a chance to ask any student who has just completed the qualification to provide us with feedback we would find it very useful.
Please visit the delivery support pages to learn about both free and paid-for support available for our qualifications.
The after-school network events have finished for the year and will resume in the autumn term.
The latest recordings can be viewed here:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 16 November 16.00 - 17.30 | A Level Economics A: Exam Insights Summer 2026 |
| 2 February 16.00-17.00 | A Level Economics A: Tackling the 15-mark 'discuss' question |
The A level Economics A You Tube Channel includes recordings of events from previous years.
We would welcome any feedback you may have on our FT case studies to help us improve these resources.
Two new case studies have recently been added and we now have twenty case studies mapped to the specification.
| Number | Title | Specification references | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Nickel prices | 1.2.4 Supply 1.2.6 Price determination 3.3.4 Normal profits, supernormal profits and losses 4.1.6 Restrictions on free trade |
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| 20 | Tunisian olive oil | 2.4.3 Equilibrium levels of real national income 4.3.2 Factors influencing growth and development 4.3.3 Strategies influencing growth and development |
Economics class: teaching ideas
The FT panel of teacher advisors has also picked articles to help improve study, exam and interview success, with suggestions on questions for class activities and discussion.
Summer 2027 - Economics A
Summer 2027 - 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 |
|---|
| 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.
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 2026 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.
Please take a few minutes to provide your feedback, thank you.
November 2026 Timetable
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Subject advisor
Colin Leith
Subject Advisor - Business and Economics
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Phone :
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