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We’re thrilled to announce that we’re working to offer every GCSE English student the choice to sit their exams onscreen from summer 2025.
Building on the success of our onscreen GCSE and International GCSE exams to date, we’re excited to be opening up more ways for all students to best show what they know and can do in GCSE English Language, GCSE English Literature and GCSE English Language 2.0.
* Subject to Ofqual approval
For the first time, A level students can explore key questions around AI as part of a new learning pathway in our Pearson Edexcel Extended Project Qualification. With EPQ:AI, students can critically analyse and explore trending tools like Chat GPT and their outputs while gaining key skills for the future.
We’re drawing on our experience of delivering onscreen assessments in more than 115 countries to shape what’s next for GCSE, International GCSE and A level exams.
As well as already offering onscreen exams in selected subjects, we're working alongside the education community to harness technology where it can positively impact schools' and students' assessment experiences.
Generative AI brings into focus the importance of the most human skills, such as creativity and critical thinking.
Find out more about how we’re thinking about the impact of GenAI and AI literacy in education.
Personal and unfiltered, our Diversity Defined series shines a light on the perspectives of educators and experts from across the sector, exploring what diversity in education means and how it can be realised.
The series covers a range of topics including Disability, Identity, Varying Needs, Equity, Representation, Stereotypes, Inclusion, Teaching, and Youth. Each piece provides valuable insights and actionable steps to support diversity and inclusivity in education.
Our Sustainability and Climate Lead, Clare Cox, puts questions to leading environmentalists and educators in our Ask the Expert series, providing you with practical advice and tips on how to make your school more sustainable and eco-friendly.
The Wellbeing Zone is packed with free resources to support teachers, parents and young people with mental health and wellbeing – from advice on coping with anxiety and exam stress, to fun activities and mindfulness.
If you haven’t got Science Bug (or even if you have!) and are coming to the annual ASE conference, this year at the University of Birmingham, then come along and meet Deborah Herridge on the afternoon of Friday 8th January.
A giant box of paperclips, the lingering sick smell to be gone forever, a magic school jumper finder and Rosie B to remember all of her lines for the Christmas play?
The concept of a growth mindset is not a new one, especially if you are familiar with the work of psychologist Carol Dweck.
Rod Bristow, president of Pearson UK, has given our perspective on Ofqual’s report, Exam Board Seminars.
Rod said:
“We have always made clear that we believe it is essential that teachers are given support to deliver qualifications, to enable them to give guidance to their students.
“Events of the past six months have however demonstrated the risks associated with this. We have already taken strong action to ensure that the information shared through events and other channels is always appropriate. Many of our events will be online, and all will be recorded, to enable a high degree of transparency.
“These new measures are also reflected in the guidance issued by Ofqual today.”
For the last few months, we’ve been running a consultation on ways to restore confidence in exams, putting standards and quality front and centre.
It is a debate central to Edexcel, one of the UK’s leading examination bodies, and therefore to Pearson, as its parent company.
In January, Pearson launched the consultation ‘Leading on Standards’ to begin working out the best way to move forward.
The consultation explores a number of ways to build confidence in the UK’s examination system. We asked six questions we believe are key to ensuring the examination system defends high standards:
As part of this consultation process, we hosted five seminars with a wide range of influential stakeholders in education, representing 75 organisations, and moderated by the think tank Reform. They brought together employers; higher education professionals; headteachers, college principals and senior teachers; parents and students; and the policy community including Government and regulators.
We carried out this exercise because we believe that a robust and rigorous qualifications system is an essential part, although not the only important one, of Britain’s world-class education system. Pearson has been involved in education for over one hundred years, and we want our exams to help raise the standard of education that every single child receives.
We’ve been digesting the results of those conversations, talking to experts, and listening to what schools, teachers and pupils themselves think. Pearson will shortly be publishing our conclusions, and sharing more information with the education community about how we believe we can make real improvements to the system’s credibility, and improve confidence in our teachers and examiners.
We had this to say on Ofqual’s review into exam textbooks, which suggested that they are too focused on preparing for exams over subject content.
A Pearson spokesperson said:
“Pearson looks forward to engaging with Ofqual’s review.
“We believe strongly that aligning curriculum and teaching and learning resources is important and enables the best quality of learning. That is why we work closely with both our own publishing imprints and other third party publishers to develop materials of the highest quality which support this goal. This is consistent with best practice in the rest of the world and includes making best use of new technology.
“We recognise that we should do everything we can to promote choice of high quality resources for teachers and learners and uphold the integrity of high stakes assessments. Pearson has robust conflict of interest processes and work with a full range publishers, not just our own imprints.
“In addition, our textbooks are changing to reflect increasingly digital learning environments, which enable them to be tailored to meet the individual needs of each learner. This will support learners to explore their subject in ever greater depth.
“The report highlights concern that exam-endorsed textbooks are sometimes written by chief examiners. Pearson has been reviewing its processes and has decided we will no longer allow Senior Examiners to write resources to support specifications that they examine.”
Policy Watch is a regular policy briefing and updating service that keeps everyone up to date with the latest developments in the world of education. It is presented in a simple, accessible format through weekly updates, monthly summaries and associated papers and presentations.
