Pearson Edexcel A level Music and Music Technology: August 2024 update
Read the latest news for Edexcel A level Music and A level Music Technology. This will include the latest information as we move towards results day this month.
Results and post results services
The question papers and mark schemes from this summer's assessments will be published on our website in July. Question papers will be available on 2 July and mark schemes will be available on 16 July. Examiners Reports will be available on our website from 20 August.
Results will be released to centres on 14 August with results released to candidates on 15 August.
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.
Watch our short video on how to find the Principal Moderator/Examiner Report.
Access to scripts
After the 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.
Customers should save and/or print any scripts they need for teaching and learning purposes before the deadline(to be confirmed but is usually in December).
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.
Training and support
We have planned some training sessions for the following components during the autumn term.
Music
- Understanding the Assessment Criteria - Performance
- Understanding the Assessment Criteria - Composition
Music Technology
- Understanding the Assessment Criteria - Recording
- Understanding the Assessment Criteria - Technology-based Composition
- Exam Insights - Listening and Analysing
- Exam Insights - Producing and Analysing
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 14 August 2024 | Results available to centres |
| 15 August 2024 | Results released to candidates |
Subject advisor
Jeffery Hole
Music and Music Technology
