Pearson BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice: September 2026 update

In this update

Summer 2026 results

Preparing for 2027 assessments

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Summer 2026 results

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 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.

Visit the RoMM pages

Post Results Fees

Details of all fees for our post results services can be found online.

See post results fees

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.

Visit the Understanding marks pages

Preparing for 2027 assessments

The PSAs for submission by 15 December 2026 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 2027 will be released online on 7 September. These are to be used for learners registered for the June 2027 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 2027 series is 16 October 2026.

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