Pearson BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice: September 2025 update
Read the latest information on BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice, including key dates, results and news to help you prepare for the year ahead.
In this update
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.
Principal Examiner Report
The Principal Examiner 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.
There are detailed instructions on how to access the principal moderator/examiner report in a support article.
Read the principal examiner report support article
Moderation Analysis
If your cohort were not adjusted at moderation then the 'Raw' marks that you submitted will match those used for awarding and the BTEC marks convertor will confirm this.
See the BTEC marks convertor tool
If your cohort were adjusted then you may want to compare your submitted 'Raw' marks with those used for awarding and to do that please use the Results -> Reports - Bulk Download "Component Results[*.csv]" report which can be downloaded from Edexcel Online (EOL) if you cannot download this report ask your Exams Officer to provide it for you. This report will have the 'RawScore' column which represents the adjusted raw mark that was used for awarding. You can compare this to your submitted 'Raw' marks to understand how much adjustment has been applied.
Moderator Report (E9)
Your moderator writes a report to explain where it was necessary to adjust your centre’s marks. Where possible, your moderator advises you on how you could make improvements for future series.
You can find these on Edexcel Online. Please speak to your examinations officer if you don't have access to Edexcel Online.
There are detailed instructions on how to access the moderator report in a support article.
Read the moderator report support article
Principal Moderator Report
The Principal Moderator 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.
There are detailed instructions on how to access the principal moderator report in a support article.
Read the principal moderator report support article
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.
Post Results Fees
Details of all updated fees for our post results services from 1 August 2025 can be found online.
See post results fees from 1 August 2025
Understanding marks
Get an overview of how we mark assessments and consistently award grades that fairly reflect a learner's performance. This includes setting grade boundaries.
Preparing for 2026 assessments
The PSAs for submission by 15 December 2025 were released online in June. These are to be used for learners registered for the January 2026 series. The PSAs for submission by 15 May 2026 were released online on 1 September. These are to be used for learners registered for the June 2026 series. You must enter learners for the series where you want them to complete the assessment and use the correct PSA for the series. The entry deadline for the January 2026 series is 17 October 2025.
To help you prepare for the year ahead I am running an online session on 11 September at 4pm.
Book a place on the Preparing for 2026 assessments support session
Training
We are pleased to be running free online training events for components 1 and 2 for marking and moderation.
During this session, you learn how to apply a 'best fit' approach to marking your learner's work in response to the Pearson Set Assignments for internally assessed components.
You can find the events by using the filter using the keyword 'music'.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 September 2025 | Release of PSAs for Components 1 and 2 for submission by 15 May 2026 |
| 25 September 2025 | RoMM deadline for Services 1, 2 and 3. |
| 25 September 2025 | Access to Scripts deadline for ATSPE and ATSO services |
| 17 October 2025 | Entry deadline for internally assessed components for December submission |
| 12 December 2025 | Access to Scripts deadline for ATSC and Script Viewer services |
| 15 December 2025 | Submission deadline for marks and moderation sample for internally assessed components |
| 12 January 2026 | Release of Component 3 external assessment brief for May submission and start of assessment window |
| 23 January 2026 | Deadline for amending marks following moderator feedback (where necessary) for internal assessments December submission |
| 21 February 2026 | Entry deadline for internally and externally assessed components for May submission |
| 19 March 2026 | Release of results to learners from December submission |
| 5 May 2026 | Assessment window ends for Component 3 |
| 15 May 2026 | Submission deadline for marks and moderation sample for internally assessed components |
| 15 May 2026 | Deadline for upload of learner work for Component 3 external assessment |
| 26 June 2026 | Deadline for amending marks following moderator feedback (where necessary) for internal assessments May submission |
| 20 August 2026 | Release of results to learners from May internal and external component submissions |
Subject advisor
Jeffery Hole
Music and Music Technology
