Edexcel A level Music and Music Technology: September 2019 update

Summer 2019 results

Your students' results were released to centres on 15 August 2019.

The question paper, mark scheme and Principal Examiner's report for this summer's 8MU0/01, 8MU0/02, 8MU0/03, 9MU0/01, 9MU0/02 and 9MU0/03 Music exams and 8MT0/01, 8MT0/02, 8MT0/03, 8MT0/04, 9MT0/01, 9MT0/02, 9MT0/03 and 9MT0/04 Music Technology exams are now available to download from the website.

The grade boundaries for overall qualifications for Music and AS level Music Technology were released online on results day. On this day we also issued notional component grade boundaries for individual components.

For the legacy A level Music Technology specification individual unit grade boundaries were released on results day as well.

View the grade boundaries documents for A levels

Some of the new specifications use scaling to calculate the correct percentage of marks across the components and the raw marks are then multiplied by a scaling factor. To help you understand and work out the marks we have developed a component scaling calculator for the qualifications that use the weighting factors.

Find the component scaling calculator

ResultsPlus

ResultsPlus is a free online results analysis tool for teachers that gives you a detailed breakdown of your students’ performance in Edexcel exams. It provides the most detailed analysis available of your students’ performance and helps you to identify topics and skills where your students could benefit from further learning, helping them gain a deeper understanding of their subject. 

Access ResultsPlus

Principal Examiner Report

The Principal Examiner also compiles a report on how candidates performed in this year’s examinations. It provides general feedback and highlights good approaches that can be taken forward to future examination series.

You can find these reports on ResultsPlus. Please speak to your examinations officer if you don't have access to ResultsPlus.

Watch our short video on how to find the Principal Examiner Report.

Reviews of marking and moderation (RoMM)

If you're a centre with a concern about a student's results, you can use our post-results services. We have details about these services and their cost online.

Visit the RoMM pages

Access to scripts

After the summer 2019 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:

• Thursday 15 August - Friday 13 December 2019

Customers should save and/or print any scripts they need for teaching and learning purposes before the post-results 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.

These scripts will also be free of charge, but the final dates to request them are the same as the published JCQ Access to Scripts deadlines.

Visit the Access to scripts pages

Post Results Fees

Details of all updated fees for our post results services from 1 August 2019 can be found online.

See Post results fees from 1 August 2019

Preparing for 2020 assessments

To help you prepare for the academic year ahead I have included all the key documents and dates for each qualification with assessments in summer 2020.

Key dates