Independent Schools

Supporting excellence in every learning journey

Every student, teacher and school have unique needs and aspirations. That’s why we’ll work with you to create the best suite of teaching, learning and training solutions for your school.

Bringing together your knowledge and leadership with our content and assessment expertise, we can support academic excellence and holistic development for every student.

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Services to support your school

Onscreen Assessment

Thousands of students are already taking our Pearson Edexcel GCSE and International GCSE exams onscreen, and more options are available every year.  

There are currently 9 International GCSEs available for onscreen assessment for UK Independent Schools. Plus, our GCSE in Computer Science, Paper 2, is assessed onscreen.

Learn more about onscreen assessment

Qualifications and assessment

We believe in helping all learners to achieve their potential, regardless of their background, ability, or learning style.  

Pearson is in a unique position to offer UK independent schools a broad range of qualifications from International GCSEs, GCSEs, PQs, A levels and BTECs to suit all schools and learners.

Discover our qualifications

Project Qualifications

An exciting suite of qualifications for students of all abilities and interests to carry out self-directed learning, or for teachers looking to accredit bespoke programmes of study.  

Foundation, Higher and Extended Project Qualifications are available and optional thematic pathways include our EPQ in Artificial Intelligence and our brand new HPQ in Investigative Science. 

Explore our Project Qualifications

Resources for primary schools

We're home to some of the UK’s most popular Primary resources, from our Bug Club Family addressing key aspects of the DfE’s Reading Framework – phonics to skilled reading – to Power Maths, our whole-class maths mastery programme created in partnership with White Rose Maths. We provide teachers the very best programmes, assessment and PD for Reception to Year 6.

Discover our resources for 5-11

Resources for secondary schools

Our winning combination of Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 print and digital learning resources are designed to help every learner make progress, and reach their next step. 

Highlights include our new 2024 French, German and Spanish GCSE resources. 

Discover our resources for 11-18

Activehub

ActiveHub is our digital teaching and learning tool, designed for school leaders, teachers and learners.  

The platform is a one-stop shop, bringing together assessments, rich data insights, as well as front-of-class and independent intervention resources for Key Stages 3 & 4 in one single space.

Find out more about Activehub

Mocks Service

The Pearson Edexcel Mocks Service provides schools and colleges with GCSE, International GCSE and A level exams for use in mocks. We also offer a Moderation Service that can support teacher CPD. With both onscreen and paper-based options available, the Mocks Service can help your students gain vital insight into the examination process, while saving you valuable time.

Discover our Mocks Service

Pearson Revise

A blend of print and online materials that provide unbeatable exam insight and practice, full topic coverage, and tips from examiners. Our books and Pearson Revise Online – featuring digital tools including quick quizzes, a revision planner, and online flashcards - can help every student revise independently with confidence, with in-built features to support their wellbeing.

Learn more about Pearson Revise

PD Academy

The Pearson PD Academy is an online portal that supports all teachers and educators in their continuous professional development. 

Explore our range of free and paid-for courses today.

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News and insights

  • New Economics A level to help students understand lessons of global financial crisis

    From September, A level Economics students will be required to learn about the global financial crisis for the first time.

    They will learn about:

    • factors that contributed to the crisis (including moral hazard, speculation and market bubbles)
    • the role of banking regulation 
    • monetary and fiscal policy instruments, including quantitative easing
    • policy responses to the crisis, comparing and contrasting these with policy responses to the Great Depression of 1929.

    Students of Pearson'€™s Edexcel syllabus will also study the use of 'national wellbeing' and '€˜national happiness' as measures of economic growth for the first time. They will compare and contrast these measures of economic performance with more traditional methods, exploring the limitations of both in comparing living standards between countries and over time.

  • Our new draft specification for Edexcel GCSE History

    On 7 April 2015, we published our new, draft specification for Edexcel History GCSE, to be taught in schools from September 2016.

    Pearson will be offering a single, unified specification, designed to offer maximum topic choice and flexibility for teachers across three exam papers.

    The new course will include topics that teachers will know and recognise to choose from, such as ‘Russia and the Soviet Union (1917-41)’, ‘Weimar and Nazi Germany (1918-39) and ‘The American West, c1835-c1895’, as well as new topics, including:

    • Spain and the ‘New World’ (1490-1555)
    • British America: Empire and Revolution (1713-83)
    • Conflict in the Middle East (1945-95)
    • The reigns of King Richard I and King John (1189-1216).

    The new requirement for a study of the ‘historic environment’ has been embedded within the thematic studies paper, so teachers can choose from:

    • Victorian London’s East End, under ‘Whitechapel: crime and policing (1870-1900)’ in the Crime and Punishment through time thematic study
    • Conditions in which the British wounded were cared for on the Western Front, under ‘The British sector of the Western Front: surgery and treatment (1914-18)’ in the Medicine through time thematic study
    • Life in London during the Blitz, under ‘London and the Second World War (1939-45)’ in the Warfare through time thematic study.