Edexcel A level Music and Music Technology: March 2022 update

NEA submission

Submission of the NEA components must be made by 15 May 2022. This will be via the Learner Work Transfer portal. You will need to digitally upload files for your sample.

The administrative support guide gives details of how to present the work for the examiner.

You will need to complete either the PDF or Word version of a PAS and CAS form for each candidate when submitting work for assessment.

Each candidate will need to complete either the PDF or Word version of the logbook  for each component and then both yourself and the candidate will need to sign the declaration when submitting work for assessment.

What are the grade boundaries?

The controlled assessment and coursework grades will be awarded at the end of each examination series using the standard code of practice awarding process.

Grade boundaries, which are subject to change each exam series, are published on the website on the grade boundaries page. For summer 2022, they'll be available to download from results day: 18 August 2022 for GCSE.

To receive a result for a linear qualification, all of the marks achieved from different components are added together and the candidate receives a grade for the qualification. There is no need for a uniform mark scale - a single grade is issued to each candidate.

How do I submit the assessment material?

How to present the material is detailed in the Administrative Support Guide. You will need to upload all material through the Learner Work Transfer (LWT) portal. There are guides on how to use the LWT system.

Support sessions and Q and As

Over the next couple of months I have some support sessions for submitting NEA and also some drop-in Q and A sessions. You can find details of these ssessions and book a place via the link.

Book a place on a support session or Q and A session

Advance Information

The advance information for A level Music, A level Music Technology and AS level Music Technology was published on 7 February. This detailed the set works that will appear on the exam paper in summer 2022, the area of study for the dictation question and the unfamiliar music, and the set works for the four optional questions for question 6 in A level Music.

For A level Music Technology, the era and topic for component 3 section B is given along with the topics linked to the higher mark questions in section A and B of component 4. 

The advance information forAS level Music Technology detailed the era linked to the question in section B for component 3 and the topics linked to the higher mark questions in component 4 section A and section B.

Advance information is intended to help revision leading up to the exams and shouldn't narrow the teaching content of the specification. 

Access A level Music Advance Information

Access A level Music Technology Advance Information

Access AS level Music Technolofy Advance Information

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