September 2025 Economics update
Welcome to this September 2025 update.
This first update of the year looks back at the summer 2025 series and also looks forward to the new year.
Looking back at the 2025 exam series there are still some post-results services you may wish to use.
Looking forward, there are training events and resources to explore as you prepare your teaching. Later this term, the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review may well answer the questions you have been asking about future qualification reform and the longevity of the current specifications. We will, of course, keep you informed of any announcements.
I hope that the start of term goes well.
| Date | Activity |
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| 25 September | Deadline to submit requests for Reviews of Marking |
| 12 December | Last date to use the Access To Scripts service via Script Viewer. |
Post results services for the May/June 2025 exams.
The most immediate deadline is for requests for Reviews of Marking which must be submitted before 25 September.
The Access to Scripts portal is available until December and you may also wish to use Results Plus and find aout about grade boundaries and grade statistics.
The August update provided a comprehensive guide to these post-results services.
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.
You may wish to find the 2025 grade boundaries for your subject on our Grade Boundaries page.
If you would like to see the cumulative percentage of candidates at each grade boundary as a percentage of the total cohort, you will need to visit the Grade Statistics Page.
The A level Economics maximum mark is 335 as this reflects the different weightings of the three A level papers. All three papers are out of 100 but Papers 1 and 2 have a 35% weighting whereas Paper 3 has a 30% weighting. This means that the marks you see are adjusted marks and not raw marks. The conversion works by multiplying Paper 1 and 2 marks by 1.1725 and the Paper 3 mark by 1.005.
Feedback from examiners' reports as well as grade boundaries and statistics from previous exam series can be found on the assessment support page.
| 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.
| 10 November | A Level Economics A: Exam Insights Summer 2025 |
| 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.
Please visit the delivery support pages to learn about both free and paid-for support available for our qualifications.
The Tutor2U Essential A-Level Economics CPD series will run in September.
These in-person courses are designed to support non-specialist, new or inexperienced A-Level Economics teachers.
There are four courses running in London:
Year 12 Microeconomics | Monday 22 September 2025
Year 12 Macroeconomics | Tuesday 23 September 2025
Year 13 Microeconomics | Wednesday 24 September 2025
Year 13 Macroeconomics | Thursday 25 September 2025
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.
October 2025 timetable
Results day will be Thursday 22 January 2026.
January 2026 Timetable
Summer 2026 Timetable
November 2025 Timetable
Summer 2026 Timetable
The interim report was published in March with the final report due in the autumn.
Many teachers have been emailing me asking about the future of our GCSE and A level qualifications. We have had no indication as yet that reforms are in the pipeline but the final report of the Review may provide more information.
These monthly updates will keep you informed of any announcements.
This is a recorded session which focuses on best practice when using ResultsPlus, alongside ExamWizard to analyse your students’ examination results, and improve your in-house approach to teaching the topics your students find challenging.
The Professional Development Academy summarises the training that is available to you.
Do you currently use ActiveLearn?
ActiveLearn will be retired by the end of 2026 and you will be upgraded to Active Hub our digital teaching and learning platform.
With ActiveHub, you’ll get:
- a user-friendly interface with improved navigation
- enhanced functionality including an insights dashboard, auto-marked activities and an assessment library (dependent on subscription package)
- a mobile-friendly platform, allowing your students to complete homework and interactive activities on the go
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.
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
