Pearson Edexcel GCSE Music: October 2026 update

In this update

Pearson Edexcel Music Facebook group

JCQ Summer 2026 results and new dashboards

Training events

Key dates

Pearson Edexcel Music Facebook group

The Pearson Edexcel Music Facebook group has been running for around a year and has seen several hundrends of you join. It is for teachers delivering GCSE Music, A level Music and/or A level Music Technology with Pearson Edexcel. It is a private, professional group, created to support you in delivering our UK Music specifications. If you haven't joined yet follow the link below to sign up.

Join the Pearson Edexcel Music teacher Facebook group

JCQ Summer 2026 results and new dashboards

JCQ have now published summer 2026 results on their website for GCSE and A level.

The results provide insights into student entries and attainment in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. JCQ has published results data for 26 years and all the data is on their website to facilitate comparisons.

For the first time JCQ has also published interactive data dashboards for A levels and GCSEs. These dashboards are being piloted with GCSE and A level data in the first instance.

See the JCQ GCSE interactive results dashboard

Training

We are pleased to be running free face-to-face and online training events for components 1 and 2 in our GCSE Music qualification this term.

Our GCSE Component 1 and Component 2 coursework marking training events are designed to help you feel more confident understanding and applying the assessment criteria when marking work internally through live marking exercises. 

Book a place on a training session

Key dates