The EBEA student conference and the FT
One of the speakers at the conference outlined how useful and important the FT offer can be for students. You can watch a recording of the session here:
Olivia Hylton: An Introduction to FT resources
March 2025 Economics update
28 February 2025
Welcome to this March 2025 update.
This update invites you to look at our examiner vacancy pages and the chance to work with us for the May/June 2025 exam series.
We would also invite you to provide feedback on the 2026 provisional exam timetables before the 21 March deadline.
There are also links to a new resource for International GCSE as well as to dropbox folders for the two A levels.
| Date | Activity |
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| 21 March | Entry deadline for IAL and International GCSE |
| 21 March | Deadline to feed back on 2026 provisional timetables |
| 14 August | Results day for A level and IAL Economics |
| 21 August | Results day for International GCSE Economics |
| 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.
We are recruiting examiners for our Economics qualifications and would invite you to join one of our examining teams.
Are you an ECT?
Apply to be an NQT economics examiner for Economics A
Source booklets are to be added to the AS and A level papers for specification A and to the A level papers for specification B. This change is being made following feedback from teachers and will make it easier for students to refer to the sources when writing their answers. Candidates will receive the source booklet as an insert when they sit the exam.
We have provided revised versions of the 2024 question papers should you want to use these for mocks.
Recent case studies for Economics A
New case studies based on articles from the FT have been written for you to use with your students. These have up-to-date content and also have suggested answers.
| Case study | Theme 1 | Theme 2 | Theme 3 | Theme 4 | |
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| 1 | Coffee | 1.2.6 Price determination 1.2.8 Consumer and producer surplus 1.2.3 Price elasticity of demand |
4.3.2 Factors influencing growth and development: volatility of commodity prices | ||
| 2 | Electric cars | 2.1.4 Balance of payments | 4.1.6 Restrictions on free trade | ||
| 3 | Rent controls | 1.2.7 Price mechanism 1.4.1 Government intervention in markets 1.4.2 Government failure |
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| 4 | UK public sector borrowing | 2.5.3 Public sector finances | 4.5.1 Public expenditure | ||
| 5 | European carmakers | 1.2.3 Elasticities of demand | 3.1.2 Business growth 3.3.4 Normal profits, supernormal profits and losses 3.4.7 Contestability |
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| 6 | Disposable income | 2.1.1 Economic growth 2.2.1 The characteristics of AD 2.2.2 Consumption (C) 2.4.3 Equilibrium levels of real national output |
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| 7 | Italy's small businesses | 3.1.1 Sizes and types of firms 3.1.2 Business growth 3.2.1 Business objective |
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| 8 | Workers in the global economy | 4.1.1 Globalisation 4.2.2 Inequality |
There are also some other case studies in the Files section of the Facebook group.
Recent case studies for Economics B
The FT case studies above have been mapped to the Economics A specification but they could work for Economics B teaching as well. The command verbs used in the exam-style questions would need to be changed.
New case studies with up-to-date content have been added to both the dropbox folder and to the Files section of the Facebook group.
May/June 2025 timetable - Economics A
Summer 2026 Provisional Timetable
Please send any feedback to timetables@pearson.com before 21 March
May/June 2025 timetable - Economics B
The June 2025 pre-release material for Paper 3 is now available to download.
Summer 2026 Provisional Timetable
Please send any feedback to timetables@pearson.com before 21 March
| 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.
This new resource pack is available now.
100 worksheets with answers, and it covers the whole 2-year course.
Once purchased you are sent access to Word versions of each worksheet to enable you to edit them.
We are recruiting examiners for our Economics qualifications and would invite you to join one of our examining teams.
Are you internationally based?
We are currently looking to expand our Examining workforce ahead of our assessment activities. We are seeking applicants to mark our International GCSE and International A Level qualifications in Economics.
The Outstanding Pearson Learner Awards (OPLAs) recognise and celebrate the highest achieving learners at International GCSE and International A level.
International GCSE Economics was in the first group of subjects to make a modular route available to learners outside the UK. This means that we have both a modular and a linear route to achieve this qualification..
Course planner and schemes of work for Modular International GCSE Economics
To help your planning we now have both a course planner and a scheme of work for the modular International GCSE in Economics.
Onscreen exams rollout
International GCSE Economics started onscreen assessment in 2024.
Make sure you’re signed up for the latest onscreen assessment news to find out how to register your school.
The Pearson onscreen sandbox (test environment) gives students all the practice they need to explore the platform’s functionality and build their confidence before they sit their exams onscreen.
It’s easy to register for an account: just click on Register for an account and enter your email address as your user ID.
The materials are digitised in the same platform as the mock and high-stakes onscreen exams and are a good opportunity for teachers and students to get to know the platform and functionality available.
Whilst the user experience mirrors what can be expected from the mocks and high-stakes assessments, please note that any solutions submitted through the sandbox environment by candidates will not be saved.
International GCSE Economics
IAL Economics
International GCSE Economics
May 2025 timetable
Summer 2026 Provisional Timetable
Please send any feedback to timetables@pearson.com before 21 March
IAL Economics
May/June 2025 timetable
October 2025 timetable
January 2026 provisional timetable
Summer 2026 Provisional Timetable
Please send any feedback to timetables@pearson.com before 21 March
Transform Economics Teaching with Multimedia Resources from the Educational Recording Agency (ERA)
The ERA Licence provides seamless access to television and radio recordings, offering a single point of clearance for the rights needed to create and use authentic media resources in your classroom. With ERA’s free video streaming platform, licensed institutions can explore a rich library of curriculum-mapped TV and radio clips tailored to GCSE, AS, and A-level teaching.
Engage your learners with curated clips, full-length documentaries, and programmes that bring economic contexts to life. The platform also includes exclusive access to the BBC Shakespeare and Literary Archives, offering unique cross-curricular opportunities to enrich your lessons with impactful media - perfect for both homework and classroom activities.
To access this free resource registration is required - but is quick and simple. State schools in England are licensed under a central agreement with the DfE and the vast majority of independent schools also hold a current ERA Licence.
Secondary schools around the world can get free online access to the Financial Times, with articles, games and multi-media content on many topics to enrich studies and improve exam performance in business, economics, politics, geography, psychology and other topics.
The FT can help strengthen global and media literacy, and offer insights into preparation for further study and the world of work. It also has competitions, an online work experience programme and teacher selected articles with suggested questions, alongside resources developed by Pearson/Edexcel.
Details at www.ft.com/schools . A staff member can check if their school is already registered and to create student or staff accounts at www.ft.com/schoolsarefree
The Pearson Edexcel Facebook page is designed to help and support you with the teaching and delivery of our UK qualifications. We share the latest news, updates and information about our support services across subjects. From our own news to updates from Ofqual and JCQ, follow us on @PearsonEdexcel on Facebook to stay up to date.
Multi factor authentication was rolled out to nearly a quarter of a million Pearson Portal users last year. Although it has now become a standard way of accessing our systems, it can sometimes present challenges if a smart device is lost or replaced.
You can read more information, see a quick start guide and access FAQs and troubleshooting for our authenticator app in our Pearson Portal Authenticator support article.
Based on feedback received this graphic was created to answer some common questions.
You can read more information, see a quick start guide and access FAQs and troubleshooting for our authenticator app in our Pearson Portal Authenticator support article.
There is a new support page for you to bookmark – General qualifications assessment support. Here we’ll share news information and updates from Ofqual, the Department for Education (DfE), the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) and Pearson, relating to the exams and assessments for our GCSE, AS and A level qualifications.
We’ll be updating it regularly so you know you’ve got all the latest announcements, news, support materials and updates to enable you to teach our qualifications, help your students with their assessments and post-results support, to enable them to progress.
If you teach any of our Business, Enterprise or Esports qualifications, you may wish to check out the monthly updates.
Subject advisor
Colin Leith
Economics
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Phone :
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