BTEC Nationals September Update
Welcome back to another new academic year, I hope you and your students had a successful results this summer and you are refreshed and ready for another year.
BTEC National Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs)
Alternative Academic Qualification (AAQ) Availablility
Our BTEC Nationals Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs) are approved and will be open for registrations for your September 2025 cohort:
Alternative Academic Qualification (AAQ)
AAQ Getting Started events
Getting Started events will cover ways to Plan and Teach BTEC National AAQ in Computing and Information Technology.
Links to recordings of these events can be found below.
| Qualification |
Date | Time | Recording/ Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computing | 19 May 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Recording |
| Information Technology | 12 May 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Recording |
| Information Technology | 7 Oct 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Register |
| Information Technology | 21 Oct 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Register |
| Computing | 14 Oct 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Register |
| Computing | 4 Nov 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Register |
Getting ready for Internal Assessmant
These events are aimed at UK based teachers preparing to deliver the new BTEC Level 3 qualifications.
| Qualification |
Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 11 Nov 2025 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Information Technology | 2 Dec 2025 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Information Technology | 3 Feb 2026 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Information Technology | 3 Mar 2026 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Computing | 18 Nov 2025 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Computing | 25 Nov 2025 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Computing | 10 Feb 2026 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
| Computing | 10 Mar 2026 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Register |
Getting ready for External Assessmant
These events are aimed at UK based teachers preparing to deliver the new BTEC Level 3 qualifications.
Information Technology
For Information Technology AAQ we have the 'Student Book', 'Student eBook' and 'Complete Package' are all available now
Computing
For Computing AAQ we have the 'Student Book', 'Student eBook' and 'Complete Package' are all available now
Information Technology AAQ
Planning and Teaching Guide, Unit guides and Transferrable Skills Framework and Transition guide.
Pearson Set Assignments for the two internally assessed units, 4 for Unit 3 and 3 for Unit 4
Computing AAQ
Planning and Teaching Guide, Unit guides and Transferrable Skills Framework and Transition Guide.
Pearson Set Assignments for the two internally assessed units, 4 for Unit 3 and 4 for Unit 4
Current BTEC Nationals (RQF)
Accessing and analysing your results
Preparing for Summer Results
Multi-Factor Authentication for Edexcel Online
To avoid any unnecessary delay in accessing your results and supporting learners, we are asking you to log on to one of the following platforms, ensuring you have a valid password and can authenticate using the MFA app.
- Edexcel Online (EOL)
- ResultsPlus
- Exam Viewer
The sooner you do this and ensure that your access is working the better.
Secure callbacks: Some issues, such as the need for an MFA device reset, requires us to complete a secure callback on the number we have on file. This usually means speaking to your centre reception first.
We have adapted our secure callback process to allow the use of a personal mobile number. If any secure callbacks are required during the summer holidays while you are not in centre, we are still able to do this quickly and securely.
Further Support: We appreciate that you may have questions about multi factor authentication..
Accessing Pearson Services Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Results days: Key dates
| Qualification |
Exam session | Results to centres | Results to students |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTEC Nationals | Summer 25 | 6/08/2025 * | 14/08/2025 |
* These are embargoed released dates specifically for registrations that are pending an external assessment result from summer 2025. Qualifications that are 100% internally assessed or are not awaiting an external assessment result from summer 2025 are not embargoed and can be released once an overall qualification grade is awarded.
View the key date schedule documents for all relevant dates
Grade Boundaries
You can access Summer 2025 grade boundaries by component by using the Raw Mark to UMS convertor tool called 'BTEC marks convertor support' found on the website.
Using this tool you can access all raw to UMS conversions for all externally assessed units in the BTEC Nationals.
Availability of Summer 2025 Question Papers, Mark Schemes and Examiner Reports
Exam materials from the Summer 2025 exam series will be made available on our website (secure download) on the following dates:
| Assessment materials | Date of availability on website |
|---|---|
| Question Papers | Available |
| Mark Schemes | Results Day |
| PSA Examiner Reports | Results Day |
| GCSE Examiner Reports | Results Day |
ResultsPlus - our online results analysis tool
ResultsPlus is our free online results analysis tool, that gives you a detailed breakdown of your students’ performance in Pearson Edexcel exams.
It provides you with detailed analysis available of your students’ performance compared to national and other schools.
You can access ResultsPlus using your Edexcel Online username and password if your account profile has ResultsPlus access granted by your Exams Officer.
Details for use of Results Plus for the BTEC Nationals can be found in the support guide
Access to Scripts - Exam Units
You can use our free Access to Scripts service to view your candidates’ marked exam scripts online or download as a PDF. It is available from results day until the 12 December 2025.
Providing a rich source of information, you can use this service to help make decisions about requesting a review of marking, but it can also help inform future teaching and learning and gives insights and visibility that performance data alone cannot provide.
Note, you will need 'Exam viewer' in your Edexcel Online profile if you want to download candidate scripts from results day. Please ask your Exams Officer if you need this adding to your profile.
What if you have questions about results
Post-results support services
If you're not happy with your students' results this summer, you should take the following steps:
- View the grade boundaries, question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for the paper/qualification concerned.
- View your students’ scripts using our free access to scripts service.
- Log in to ResultsPlus to see how your students have performed on every question in externally assessed units and compare their performance to the national average.
- If you are still unhappy with your students' results, you may apply for a review of marking via our post-results services.
Full details of all our post-results services are available on our website.
The deadline for requesting a Review of marking and moderation (ROMM) is 25 September 2025.
How to apply for post-results services
Please speak to your Exams Officer if you wish to proceed with a review of marking or moderation. Exams officers should contact their Centre Account Specialist on 0344 463 2535 if they require guidance or watch our post results video. All applications for reviews of marking or moderation must be submitted through Edexcel Online.
Post-results support for students
We have a dedicated web page for student post-results support. Please forward this link to your students where they can find information on the services for students.
Appeals
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of a review of marking or moderation, you may wish to appeal against the decision. We will allow the head of centre (or designated member of the centre’s senior management team or examinations manager) 30 calendar days from the receipt of the outcome of the review of marking or moderation, during which an appeal may be lodged by filling in the form below. All appeals must be submitted by the entering centre. We cannot accept appeals directly from candidates, their parents or other third parties acting on their behalf. The only exception to this is if private candidates are appealing directly without the support of the entering centre. There is further guidance on appeals on our website.
Remember from September 2025 no new registrations can be made on the smaller qualifications, the Certificate 180glh, the Extended Certificate 360glh and the Foundation Diploma 520glh will not be available.
The Diploma 720glh and Extended Diploma 1080glh have had registrations extended by one year so you can register students in the September 2025 cohort for a full program on these sizes only.
We have shared an important update regarding the key dates and term-time checkpoints. To every centre that has recently delivered any of our BTEC Level 3 National qualifications. These key dates have been designed to ensure BTEC results are delivered successfully to all learners expecting a result in 2025
Subject advisor
Tim Brady
Computer Science and ICT Subject Advisor
