April 2026 Protective Services Subject Update

Hello all,

My name is Jenna Wyatt and I'm excited to introduce myself as your new Public Services / Protective Services Subject Advisor. I look forward to continuing to grow and develop all the wonderful work the Public / Protective Services team have done with you.

My role is to support centres in providing the best Public Services / Protective Service experience for their students and to represent the teacher and student voice.

Prior to joining Pearson, I have worked in mixed state secondary schools since 2019, delivering Religious Studies at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5. In this time, I have mentored ECTs, delivered CPD across schools and worked as an examiner. This diverse range of roles has helped me understand the needs of teachers and I look forward to working with you to support the delivery of Protective Services.

I’m thrilled to be starting as the Subject Advisor and look forward to sharing resources, ideas and working with teachers to support students across all of our Public Services / Protective Services qualifications.

BTEC Public Services examiner reports will be available after results day.

These reports provide valuable insight into how assessments were marked and highlight common strengths and areas for improvement to support future delivery.

Please note you will need your Edexcel Online log in to access these secure materials. 

BTEC Nationals

Examiner Report - Unit 2

Examiner Report - Unit 6

BTEC Firsts 

Examiner Report - Unit 1 

Examiner Report - Unit 6

If you’re running BTEC external assessments, you want to find everything you need to know quickly and easily so that everything runs smoothly. We’ve made a new tool to help you do exactly that. 

We’ve now added the ability to filter to multiple programmes at the same time, so you can export just what you need all at once. 

BTEC External Assessment Overview Tool

As we move into the January series and beyond, remember that ResultsPlus is now accessible for BTEC qualification for the examined units.

ResultsPlus is our online results analysis tool for teachers. Included as part of your qualification fees, ResultsPlus gives you a detailed breakdown of your students’ performance in Pearson Edexcel exams and BTEC external assessments. 

Why should I use ResultsPlus?

• Provides detailed analysis of your learners performance.
• Identify potential topics, skills and types of question where students may need to develop their learning further.
• See actual scores for each exam question for a student, class or group.
• Understand how your students’ performance compares with class and Pearson Edexcel national averages.
• Acquire data that may support effective learning and teaching approaches. 

ResultsPlus

The DfE has now published the outcomes of the post-16 level 3 and below pathways consultation in England: 

Government consultation response

To maintain stability during the transition to the new qualifications, the government has confirmed that existing funded qualifications will remain funded until the reformed qualifications are available.

For Protective Services, this means funding for the current BTEC qualifications will be removed in the academic year 2029 to 2030, to coincide with the availability of the new qualifications. This means you can continue to register learners on the current qualifications until July 2029.

You can read our full response to the outcomes of the consultation our website, as well as our updated funding guides:

Pearson's response

A reminder that the Centre Guides are available below.

Centre Guide BTEC Internal Assessment

Centre Guide BTEC Quality Assurance

Centre Guide to Policies & procedures

Centre Guide BTEC Lead Internal Verifier