🎨 Calling all schools and educators – join the final January Challenge! It’s not just for Art!

Pearson is proud to partner with 64 Million Artists to make this the biggest and best yet.

2026 marks the very last January Challenge – a fun, free programme of daily creative prompts throughout January. It’s perfect for classrooms, staff rooms, and whole-school activities.

This year’s theme is ‘Courageous Change’, with prompts designed to help us:
✅ See things from a new perspective
✅ Build courage
✅ Collaborate for a world that’s always changing

How to get involved:
🔹 Sign up as an individual
🔹 Download the free schools resource pack
🔹 Organise an event to spark creativity and change (details in the packs)

✨ There’s no better time to inspire courageous change in your learners, school, and community. Sign up, take part, and let’s create something amazing together!
 

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📚 A Level English Language

-Set aside some time during the week of 1 December to review the new subtopics.
-Think about which subtopic will work best for your students—and jot down any questions you want to submit before 16 January 2026.

-Download the pre-release materials using your Edexcel Online login from 1 December onwards
-Need extra support? Access the approach and resources support in the week of 1 December.

🌍 IAL English language

-Set aside some time during the week of 1 December to review the new subtopics.
-Download the pre-release materials with your Edexcel Online login from 1 December🌐

Access all the key guidance for November: publication of assessment materials, results dates and post-results deadlines.

GCSE
International GCSE

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English teachers have a lot of questions! I’m delighted to introduce Stephen Gillespie our International Subject Partner for English. He will primarily be supporting teachers at international centres who deliver Pearson’s international qualifications (International GCSE, IAL, iPrimary and iLowerSecondary. You’ll find his contact details on the English Subject Page next to mine.

Go to the English subject page

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To help keep everyone in the loop on the rules around AI in coursework, we've updated our guidance for teachers and provided you with sample letters for communication with parents.

Access the guidance for International GCSE
Access the guidance for A level

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From May 2026, you’ll be scanning your samples and uploading them digitally to the Learner Work Transfer portal.

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Unit-by-unit delivery training for IAL English Language and Literature
Book now

Spring networks for our three GCSEs in January and February
Book now

🛠️ There’s lots of new support for Functional Skills.

🗓️ Come to a monthly drop-in clinic

📑 See the updated access arrangements guidance

✍️ See the latest blog on reasonable adjustments for 2025-2016 including improvements to arrangements for EL writing and scribes.

❓ Don’t forget the really useful FAQ section of the FS webpage.

The exam insights packs from the June 2025 exam series are available on most qualification pages now under ‘past training content’ and the recordings are on the playlists, accessible on the Pearson PDA when you select ‘recorded’ on the learning method filter.

Go to the PDA

A level Language & Language and Literature exemplars from June
2025 are now available.

Access 9EN0 exemplars

Access 9EL0 exemplars