BTEC Firsts in Music and BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice: May 2018 update
Read the latest information on BTEC Firsts in Music and BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice, including key dates, latest news and training.
BTEC First Award in Music
We have issued some guidance for centres for Unit 8 - Music and Production Analysis. This details how centres can transfer the audio from the CD to a digital file and managing the security and copyright issues when doing this.
Read the update for transferring audio for Unit 8 - Music and Production Analysis
We are now in May and the deadline for completing first dampling is approaching rapidly. This must be completed by 30 May and I ask you to work with your SV to make sure they have all necessary documents in time so they can complete the sampling and reporting by deadline. Any further sampling must be cmopleted by 30 June and again I ask you to work with your SV to meet this deadline.
The exams are also upon us and I wish every learner the best of luck in their exams in this series. Results will be released on 22 August 2018. You will be able to access the exam paper and mark scheme online by the end of July with the Examiner's report being available from results day.
After the summer 2018 results are published in August, centres will be able to view and download scripts which have been marked online free of charge from our self-service portal via Edexcel Online.
The self-service portal will be available until the final post-results deadline for each exam series:
- Wednesday 22 August 2018 - Friday 14 December 2018
Customers should save and/or print any scripts they need for teaching and learning purposes before the deadline.
Scripts do not have examiner annotation on them. The marked script allows teachers to evaluate how the student performed on particular questions in relation to what they have been taught; the Principal Examiner's Report and the exemplars that we make available demonstrate how the mark scheme is applied.
If scripts have been marked "traditionally" (i.e. not online), centres will have to request them via the Post Results section of Edexcel Online as in previous exam series.
Training
There are currently places available to book the free courses for the new BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice.
Book your place on one of our free training events
Key Dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 21 May 2018 | Music - Unit 8: Music and Production Analysis summer assessment |
| 30 May 2018 | Deadline for first sampling |
| 6 June 2018 | Access to scripts - copy deadline for January assessments |
| 30 June 2018 | Deadline for any further sampling |
| 5 July 2018 | Deadline for reporting results in order to receive certificates for August results day |
| 22 August 2018 | Results released to centres and learners |
| 20 September 2018 | EAR1, EAR2 and EAR3 deadline |
| 20 September 2018 | Access To Scripts Post Review of Marking (ATSPE) deadline |
| 27 September 2018 | Access To Scripts Original (ATSO) deadline |
| 14 December 2018 | Access To Scripts Copy (ATSC) deadline |
