Pearson Edexcel A level Music and Music Technology: June 2026 update

In this update

2026 Exam Feedback Surveys

Music Technology Recording Brief released

Results and post results services

ResultsPlus

Principal Examiner reports

Access to Scripts

Review of marking and moderation

Understanding marks

Key dates

2026 Exam Feedback Surveys

We’re now over halfway through the May/June 2026 exam series, and we’d like your feedback on this year’s exam papers.

If your students took any exams in the May/June 2026 series, please share your experience. Your feedback helps us understand what’s working well and where we can improve, so we can give your students the best possible exam experience.

We’ll share your feedback with senior examiners and subject teams to shape future papers and improve assessments.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey

Thank you for your support. 

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey

Music Technology Recording Briefs released

On 1 June the briefs for A level Music Technology and AS level Music Technology Component 1: Recording were released online. These are available to help centres prepare resources for the next academic year.

Results and post results services

The question papers and mark schemes from this summer's assessments will be published on our website in July. 

Results will be released to centres on 12 August with results released to candidates on 13 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. 

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.

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.

Visit the Access to scripts pages

Review 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

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

Key dates