July 2024 Psychology subject update
16 June 2024
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Welcome to your Pearson Edexcel Psychology July 2024 subject update.
Hello colleagues,
If this reaches you during your holiday, I hope that you are not spending too much of it on this kind of work (apologies for adding to it!) and that you have a very well-deserved break.
Ahead of results day, there is a reminder here about the Pearson authenticator app in case you have not recently logged in to Edexcel Online and will need to on or around the results days in August, and a link to my earlier 'Getting Ready for Results Day' update and our Post-exam series survey in case you have some more time now to look at those!
Looking ahead to the new term, there are links to register for Exam Insights training for GCSE and UK A Level psychology, I look forward to talking to some of you at those.
Best wishes,
Tim Lawrence
Psychology Subject Advisor
If you have any questions, then please do contact me:
☎ Call: 0344 463 2535
✉ Email: teachingpsychology@pearson.com
💻 Book a Teams meeting with me: https://bit.ly/4bBZjpB
This update includes:
- Exam feedback: our post-exam series teacher survey.
- Getting ready for results days: multi-factor authentication for Edexcel Online, a letter to students from Ofqual and UCAS, and a reminder of where to find information on key services.
- Exam Insights: dates and registration links for GCSE and UK A Level exam feedback training.
- Specification clarification: no changes to psychology specifications for the next cohort.
Thank you to those of you who have already completed our post-exam feedback survey for teachers. The data gathered is very helpful in informing our work as we reflect on the recent exam series and consider how we might improve the experience of teachers and students in the future.
If you haven't yet completed the survey, please do take a look!
Qualification |
Date released to centre |
Date released to student |
|---|---|---|
A Level, International A Level |
14 August 2024 |
15 August 2024 |
GCSE |
21 August 2024 |
22 August 2024 |
Remember that since the introduction of multi-factor authentication you now need to use the Pearson authenticator app to log into Edexcel Online and ResultsPlus. We want to ensure you can login ahead of results day so you can support your learners with their results. Please try logging into Edexcel Online before results day to make sure you can access ResultsPlus. If you need any support with this now, or during the holidays, please read the information provided in the email linked below and access the support documents should you need any additional help..
Please see my recent 'Getting Ready for Results Day' update for all the information you need to support students and understand their results once they are published in August.
A letter to Year 13 students from Ofqual and UCAS has recently been published on the gov.uk website. It clarifies how exams are marked and grade boundaries are set, with some advice regarding preparations for results day.
Registration is now open for our autumn 'Exam Insights' events. This is free online exam feedback training for teachers, sharing insights from senior examiners regarding the performance of candidates in the May/June 2024 exam series, with advice regarding the preparation of students for future exams.
Event |
Date and time | Registration link |
|---|---|---|
| UK A Level Psychology Exam Insights training | Monday 7th October 16:00 to 18:00 | Register |
GCSE Psychology Exam Insights training |
Monday 14th October 16:00 to 17:30 |
Exam feedback training for International A Level Psychology is also being planned and we will share details in a future update.
Our three specifications, for GCSE psychology, A Level psychology and for International A Level psychology, remain unchanged for the new cohort of students who will be starting the course in August or September (or in January 2025 for some international centres). For A Level and International A Level, the 2015 specifications remain current, and for GCSE the 2017 specification remains current, and all the resources on the qualification website are up-to-date.
Subject advisor
Tim Lawrence
Psychology and Science
Email :
Phone :
+44 (0) 344 463 2535
(Teaching Services team | Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm GMT)
