June 2026 Politics subject update

You can find the Summer 2026 exam timetable below:

This summer we will be releasing question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports via the relevant qualification page on our website on the following dates:

• AS / A level question papers will be released on 30 June 2026.
• AS / A level mark schemes will be released on 14 July 2026.
• AS / A level examiner reports will be available on our website from 18 August 2026.

You will also be able to download A level examiner reports from results day via ResultsPlus.

The A level Politics Summer 2026 exam insights event is now available to book online:

• A Level Politics: Exam Insights Summer 2026 - 12 November 2026 at 16:00 - 17:30 GMT

Find out more and book your place by searching for Politics on our training page.

You can now find recordings of the recent A level Politics Paper 3 US and Global network events on our website and they have been added to the list of recordings below:

We’ve created a brand-new case study on ‘The UK party system and first-past-the-post’, using the Financial Times for Schools resource.

This case study, based on FT article, ‘The new politics may be more like the old politics than we assume’, relates to the following UK Politics specification points:

• 2.4 UK political parties in context: The development of a multi-party system and its implications for government
• 3.1 Different electoral systems
• 3.3 Electoral system analysis

It contains research activities, discussion points, suggested homework exercises and sample student responses.

We are keen to hear from Edexcel Politics students about their experiences of studying our qualification and sitting exams this summer. We’d be grateful if you could encourage your students to complete this survey before the end of term to help give us more insight into our qualifications and assessments. We’ve used a similar survey with students over the past exam series and received lots of helpful feedback from Politics students.

To enable us to improve the experience of teachers using our qualifications and students sitting our exams, we gather feedback after each exam series. If you're a teacher, and your students have taken any of our exams in the May/June 2026 series, we are eager to hear your thoughts. On the link below you can find our teacher survey for A level qualifications.