GCSE Business

The 2024-2025 network events are listed below.

International GCSE Business

Case studies from the FT

The FT case studies are appropriate for both GCSE and International GCSE.  The mapping in the table (and in the case studies themselves) is to the GCSE specification.

International GCSE Business teachers may find it useful to observe that GCSE Theme 1 looks at small businesses (the focus of Paper 1 on the International GCSE), and that GCSE Theme 2 looks at larger businesses (the focus of Paper 2 on the International GCSE).

The new case studies this year start with 43 and 44.  These can be found alongside the case studies from the last two years.

GCSE Business

The GCSE Business Facebook group has over 3,000 members.  It is a private group (for teachers only) and when you apply to join your name will be checked to confirm that you have an Edexcel Online account.

Teachers use this group to ask questions, share resources and exchange ideas.

International GCSE Business

This small Facebook group has just over 40 members.  Why not join and network with colleagues teaching this qualification?

GCSE Business

International GCSE Business

November 2024 timetable

May 2025 timetable

November 2025 provisional timetable

Any feedback on this provisional timetable should be sent to timetables@pearson.com.

A level Business

The 2024 - 2025 network events are listed below.

IAL Business

Case studies from recent news stories

As well as the FT case studies available on the qualification page there are also case studies and activities from recent FT articles available in the dropbox folder.

The mapping in these case studies is for A level Business but IAL Business teachers might be interested to know that the four 'themes' in the A level Business specification correspond very closely to the four units in the IAL Business specification.  The command verbs used in the questions are from A level Business so these will need adapting for IAL Business.

A level Business

The A level Business Facebook group has over 2,000 members.  It is a private group (for teachers only) and when you apply to join your name will be checked to confirm that you have an Edexcel Online account.

Teachers use this group to ask questions, share resources and exchange ideas.

IAL Business

This new Facebook group has just been launched.  Why not join and network with colleagues teaching this qualification?

A level Business

IAL Business

January 2025 exam series - timetable

May/June 2025 timetable

October 2025 timetable

January 2026 timetable

Secondary schools around the world can get free online access to the Financial Times, with articles, games and multi-media content on many topics to enrich studies and improve exam performance in business, economics, politics, geography, psychology and other topics.

The FT can help strengthen global and media literacy, and offer insights into preparation for further study and the world of work. It also has competitions, an online work experience programme and teacher selected articles with suggested questions, alongside resources developed by Pearson/Edexcel.

Details at www.ft.com/schools . A staff member can check if their school is already registered and to create student or staff accounts at www.ft.com/schoolsarefree

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Pearson Edexcel Facebook page, designed to help and support you with the teaching and delivery of our UK qualifications. We’ll be sharing the latest news, updates and information about our support services across subjects. From our own news to updates from Ofqual and JCQ, follow us on @PearsonEdexcel on Facebook to stay up to date.

The Outstanding Pearson Learner Awards (OPLAs) recognise and celebrate the highest achieving learners at International GCSE and International A level.

There is a new support page for you to bookmark – General qualifications assessment support. Here we’ll share news information and updates from Ofqual, the Department for Education (DfE), the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) and Pearson, relating to the exams and assessments for our GCSE, AS and A level qualifications.

We’ll be updating it regularly so you know you’ve got all the latest announcements, news, support materials and updates to enable you to teach our qualifications, help your students with their assessments and post-results support, to enable them to progress.

App-based multi-factor authentication for all users of Edexcel Online was introduced in December, to protect your data and maintain the integrity of our assessments.

This replaced the existing web based multi-factor authentication, and became mandatory on 5 December. All users require access to a smart phone device to receive a verification code to access Edexcel Online.

Based on feedback received this graphic was created to answer some common questions.

Additional guidance on using app based MFA to access the Pearson Portal can be found in the Pearson Portal Authenticator support article.

Multi factor authentication was rolled out to nearly a quarter of a million Pearson Portal users last year. Although it has now become a standard way of accessing our systems, it can sometimes present challenges if a smart device is lost or replaced.

You can read more information, see a quick start guide and access FAQs and troubleshooting for our authenticator app in our Pearson Portal Authenticator support article.

If you teach any of our Economics or BTEC qualifications, you may wish to check out the monthly updates.