Economics
Subject update |
Thu Oct 30 17:00:00 UTC 2025
November 2025 Economics update
Welcome to this November 2025 update.
The lead this month is an invitation to join us as an examiner for the 2026 exam series. Becoming an examiner is a great way to deepen your subject expertise, spread your assessment knowledge within your department and acquire valuable insights into the assessment process, empowering you to better prepare your learners for their exams.
You can enjoy the convenience of working remotely, fitting it around your other commitments, and augmenting your income. It can also help you build your professional networks and benefit from opportunities for progression and continuous professional development.
Please take a look at the opportunities below.
| Date | Activity |
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| 10 November | Exam insights event for A level Economics A |
| 12 December | Last date to use the Access To Scripts service via Script Viewer. |
Please take a look at the information below and click on the links for further details.
Are you an ECT?
Many teachers have been emailing me asking about the future of our qualifications and if and when they will change. The final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review due out in November may provide more information.
The interim report was published in March.
We are now waiting for the publication of the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Pearson has shared its views on what meaningful change in education could look like, including putting the spotlight on why it’s time for a post-16 resit rethink—a topic that has sparked national conversation.
Visit the Pearson Curriculum and Assessment Review webspace.
| A level Economics A |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Delivery support focuses on free support materials, networking and both free and paid-for resources. There are links to Pearson, Hodder and other publishers.
A level Economics B |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Assessment support focuses on assessment news and tools, support in understanding the command verbs, and information about grade boundaries and statistics.
| 10 November | A Level Economics A: Exam Insights Summer 2025 |
| 3 February | A level Economics A: Tackling the 8-mark 'examine' question |
| 3 March | A Level Economics A: Tackling Paper 3 |
The A level Economics A You Tube Channel includes recordings of events from previous years.
Please visit the delivery support pages to learn about both free and paid-for support available for our qualifications.
Two new case studies were added in September and we now have fourteen case studies mapped to the specification.
| Number | Title | Specification references |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Diamonds | 1.2.3 Price, income and cross elasticities of demand 1.2.6 Price determination 1.4.1 Government intervention in markets 3.4.4 Oligopoly 3.4.7 Contestability |
| 14 | Foreign aid | 4.3.2 Factors influencing growth and development 4.3.3 Strategies influencing growth and development |
Summer 2026 Timetable - Economics A
Summer 2026 Timetable - Economics B
| IAL Economics |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Delivery support focuses on free support materials, networking and both free and paid-for resources. There are links to Pearson, Hodder and other publishers.
| International GCSE Economics |
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| Delivery support |
| Assessment support |
Assessment support focuses on assessment news and tools, support in understanding the command verbs, and information about grade boundaries and statistics.
November 2025 Timetable
Summer 2026 Timetable
Results day for the October 2025 series will be Thursday 22 January 2026.
January 2026 Timetable
Summer 2026 Timetable
The APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) on Financial Education launched its report in September.
This review explores how financial education is integrated, supported and delivered as well as what a UK vision for financial education could look like, what is working and what needs to be improved.
The report calls for a Financial Education Youth Guarantee including financial education at every stage of learning, Financial Education Champions in every school and the establishment of a national financial education resource hub.
The report also highlights examples of positive practice and recent developments that could be scaled up, as well as specific recommendations to improve financial education.
This is a recorded session which focuses on best practice when using ResultsPlus, alongside ExamWizard to analyse your students’ examination results, and improve your in-house approach to teaching the topics your students find challenging.
The Professional Development Academy summarises the training that is available to you.
The Pearson Edexcel Facebook page is designed to help and support you with the teaching and delivery of our UK qualifications. We share 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.
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.
Based on feedback received this graphic was created to answer some common questions.
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.
Subject advisor
Colin Leith
Economics
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+44 (0) 344 463 2535
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