You can now access a further set of Specimen Papers - these are Set 4. These Specimen papers will remain under padlock and are a very vlauable resources to be used by teachers for mocks and other in program assessments. The silver padlock means that only teachers can access these resources. Further Set 4 resources, such as exemplar training materials will be added during the next academic year.

In the meantime please utilise all Sets 1 to 4 to help prepare your students for the live assessments.

Results days: Key dates

Grade Boundaries

You can access Summer 2024 grade boundaries on our website from results day. In addition to the official grade boundaries that are produced at subject level, we will also be providing notional grade boundaries at paper level. These can help you mark and assess future mocks.

Availability of Summer 2024 Question Papers, Mark Schemes and Examiner Reports

Exam materials from the Summer 2024 exam series will be made available on our website (secure download) on the following dates:

ResultsPlus - our online results analysis tool

ResultsPlus is our free online results analysis tool, that gives you a detailed breakdown of your students’ performance in Pearson Edexcel exams.

It provides you with detailed analysis available of your students’ performance compared to national and other schools. For Computer Science Paper 1 this is fully functional. For Paper 2 you can get more detail by accessing the ILMC (Item Level Mark Capture) data sheets from your Exams Officer on results day.

You can access ResultsPlus using your Edexcel Online username and password if your account profile has ResultsPlus access granted by your Exams Officer. 

Examiner Reports can be obtained from ResultsPlus on results day by following the steps below:

• Log into Results Plus using your Edexcel Online details
• Once you are logged in under your centre, select 'ResultsPlus Analysis'.
• Then select 'Whole cohort results' followed by 'Cohort paper analysis'.
• Select the relevant qualification and series, eg 'GCSE' and 'June 2024', followed by the relevant subject and 'View paper analysis'.
• Select 'Exam docs' and you will find the Examiner Report for that component.

Detailed Paper 2 Mark Data

Your Exams officer will be sent an ILMC (Item Level Mark Capture)  Data file on results day. This Spreadsheet will have detailed marks for each of the questions from Paper 2. 

You will have retained a copy of what you sent us for marking and this is the work that your students created during the Paper 2 exam.

Using this ILMC Data you will be able to compare the work sent to us for marking against your students evidence at a very detailed level.

This can be very helpful in deciding if RoMM actions are needed.

Access to Scripts - Paper 1

You can use our free Access to Scripts service to view your candidates’ marked exam scripts online or download as a PDF. It is available from results day until the 13 December 2024.

Providing a rich source of information, you can use this service to help make decisions about requesting a review of marking, but it can also help inform future teaching and learning and gives insights and visibility that performance data alone cannot provide. 

Note, you will need 'Exam viewer' in your Edexcel Online profile if you want to download candidate scripts from results day. Please ask your Exams Officer if you need this adding to your profile.

Discover more about Access to Scripts, along with FAQs and a step-by-step User Guide.

Post-results support services

If you're not happy with your students' results this summer, you should take the following steps:

• View the grade boundaries, question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for the paper/qualification concerned.
• View your students’ scripts using our free access to scripts service.
• Log in to ResultsPlus to see how your students have performed on every question for Paper 1 and compare their performance to the national average.
• Use the ILMC data to perform a detailed analysis of Paper 2 performance.
• If you are still unhappy with your students' results, you may apply for a review of marking via our post-results services. 

Full details of all our post-results services are available on our website.

The deadline for requesting a Review of marking and moderation (ROMM) is 26 September 2024 for GCSE, A level and International GCSE. 

How to apply for post-results services

Please speak to your Exams Officer if you wish to proceed with a review of marking. Exams officers should contact their Centre Account Specialist on 0344 463 2535 if they require guidance or watch our post results video. All applications for reviews of marking must be submitted through Edexcel Online.

Post-results support for students

We have a dedicated web page for student post-results support. Please forward this link to your students where they can find information on the services for students.

Appeals

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of a review of marking, you may wish to appeal against the decision. We will allow the head of centre (or designated member of the centre’s senior management team or examinations manager) 30 calendar days from the receipt of the outcome of the review of marking, during which an appeal may be lodged by filling in the form below. All appeals must be submitted by the entering centre. We cannot accept appeals directly from candidates, their parents or other third parties acting on their behalf. The only exception to this is if private candidates are appealing directly without the support of the entering centre. There is further guidance on appeals on our website. 

Please watch this short case study video

Pete Dring, Head of Computer Science at Fulford School, tells us about the school’s experience of teaching Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Computer Science.

Recording of Paper 2 Preparation Event  - 24th April 2024

We met with Exams Officers, Teachers and IT support colleagues to discuss getting ready for Paper 2.. The presentation that accompanied the event can be obtained below:

Presentation

Recording of Network event 19th March 2024 with Mission Encodeable

Recent students Harry and Anna who are currently in Year 12 studying A Level Computer Science presented their Mission Encodeable resources and answered questions about their experience of GCSE Computer Science.

Mission Encodeable

If you are delivering, or are considering delivering, our 2020 Computer Science specification and have not already been contacted please complete the Intention to offer form below.

Intention to offer

Please join the 2181 colleagues currently active in the Facebook group for this qualification. It is teachers only and provides the platform for free and open sharing of views resources and opinions.

Pearson Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Facebook Group