We wish all students, their teachers and families every success in their exams.
Submit your SLE grades and recordings by 5 November 2025.

Access all the key guidance for November: dates, submission guidance, and access arrangements.

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We wish all students, their teachers and families every success in their exams. Submit your coursework marks and samples and your optional SLE grades and recordings by 5 November.

Access all the key guidance for November: dates, submission guidance, and access arrangements.

📝 June 2025 exemplars for A level English literature are here!

Exemplars are gold dust for both teachers and students. The latest batch from June 2025 is now available. Don’t forget to use the new exemplar logs—they make it easy to find exactly what you need for each text and level.

🔗 Access A level English Literature exemplars

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📝 June 2025 exemplars for A level English language are also here!

Access A level English Language exemplars

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📖 A Level English language and literature updates

The ‘Voices’ anthology and teacher guide have been updated, with two texts removed. Everything you need is now on the website, so you can stay up to date and keep your resources current.

🔗 Explore the updated anthology and guide

Need a reminder of which texts were removed?

Read the news item.

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🌍 International GCSE English literature coursework exemplars

If you’re working with International GCSE, the June 2025 coursework exemplars used in recent marking training are now available: perfect for benchmarking and supporting your marking.

🔗 Access the Int GCSE exemplars with Edexcel Online login.

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🎬 New GCSE English language 2.0 videos for students

Let’s kick things off with something fresh! Post-16 English
expert Hollie Barnes-Lomax has launched a brilliant new series of
student-facing videos. These aren’t your typical “question-by-question” guides.
Instead, they break down the essential skills for GCSE English Language 2.0,
giving learners clear explanations, model responses, and practical strategies
to boost their confidence and results.

👉 Watch the videos now

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In the first of a 5-part series sharing the outcomes of our ‘Let’s Talk English’ research, find out about where we are with oracy in English and the changes teachers and students would like to see.

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From the June 2026 exam series, we’ll be asking you to submit a slightly larger sample size for moderation for International GCSE, A level and Entry Level Certificate qualifications. There is no change to the sample size for the Spoken Language Endorsement for GCSE and Int GCSE English Language.

This change is designed to make moderation smoother and reduce the need for additional sample requests later in the year.

Find out more about the larger sample size

📝 Submit your entry by 17 April 2026.

This competition has it all:

👥 Write as a group (hello, teamwork and cohesion!)

🎩Boost your students’ cultural capital with the powerful social class theme

🏆Amazing prizes: Q&A with Willy Russell & Rebecca Hillman, a workshop with Stage-Ed, and a class set of the new ‘Blood Brothers’ edition!

Ready to take centre stage?

Find out more (scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘open guide’)

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🗓️ Mark Your Calendar: 1 December 2025

The A level English language and IAL English language subtopic pre-release is coming your way on 1 December 2025. Here’s what you need to know to stay on track.

📚 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🌐