Pearson Edexcel A level Music and Music Technology: October 2023 update

In this update

Access to scripts

Training events

Key dates

Access to scripts

Centres are able to view and download scripts which have been marked online free of charge from our Self-Service Portal via Edexcel Online.

The Self-Service Portal will be available until the final post-results deadline for each exam series:

• Thursday 17 August - Friday 15 December 2023

Customers should save and/or print any scripts they need for teaching and learning purposes before the post-results deadline.

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

Training

We are pleased to be running a series of free online training events for each component in our A level Music qualification this term.

Our A level 'Understanding the assessment criteria' courses for Component 1 and Component 2 guide teachers through the criteria, and through live assessment tasks help teachers understand how to support their students through NEA tasks. Our new course, Effective strategies for teaching essays on the appraising paper is specifically targeted at supporting students when it comes to writing essays in section B of the exam.  

Key dates