Pearson Edexcel GCSE Music: September 2025 update
Read the latest information on Edexcel GCSE Music, including key dates, latest news and post-results services to help you prepare for the year ahead.
Summer 2025 results
Results day for GCSE was Thursday 21 August. You will be able to find out the results for your cohorts and see the grade boundaries, examiner reports and begin any post-results process, including our free Access to Scripts service.
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.
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.
Principal Moderator/Examiner Report
The Principal Moderator or Examiner 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/examiner report in a support article.
Read the principal examiner/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.
Access to scripts
After the summer 2025 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.
The Self-Service Portal will be available until the final post-results deadline for each exam series:
- Thursday 21 August - Friday 12 December 2025
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
Post Results Fees
Details of all updated fees for our post results services from 1 August 2025 can be found online.
See post results fees from 1 August 2025
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.
Preparing for 2026 assessments
On Wednesday 10 September at 4 pm BST I will be running a Preparing for 25/26 Assessment session. You can book a place on the session using the link below.
Book a place on the GCSE Music - Preparing for 25/26 Assessment session
The briefs for Component 2: Composing for submission by 15 May 2026 were released on 1 September. You can access the briefs in the 'Exam materials' section of the qualification pages.
Training
We are pleased to be running free online training events for components 1 and 3 in our GCSE Music qualification this term.
Our GCSE Component 1 coursework marking training event is designed to help you feel more confident understanding and applying the assessment criteria when marking work internally through live marking exercises. Our Effective strategies for teaching the GCSE Music appraising paper will support you delivering the exam component.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 September 2025 | Release of Composing briefs for assessment in 2026 |
| 25 September 2025 | RoMM deadline for Services 1, 2 and 3. |
| 25 September 2025 | Access to Scripts deadline for ATSPE and ATSO services |
| 12 December 2025 | Access to Scripts deadline for ATSC and Script Viewer services |
| 21 February 2026 | Deadline for entries in the June 2026 exam series |
| 15 May 2026 | Final date for submission of coursework marks and moderation samples |
| 5 June 2026 | Component 3: Appraising exam |
Subject advisor
Jeffery Hole
Music and Music Technology
