Our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review final report
Today's report represents an important step towards preparing young people for successful and fulfilling futures.
Insight. Support. Success – your partnership with Pearson
Trusts partner with us because we share your commitment to improving outcomes for students and supporting teachers to do what they do best. Our approach combines accessibility, innovative resources and support, and strong data insights to help you track progress.
We can support you to drive success and deliver impact – across your trust and for every learner.
Accessible qualifications
With assessments and innovative resources designed to meet the needs of every student.
Data-driven insights
To ensure trust leads and teachers feel confident and empowered in their decisions.
Dedicated support
Work with a Pearson partner to create packages that are tailored to you.
Shape the future of education
Collaborate with us and make your trust's voice heard.
From qualification change to every learner’s next step
Qualification reform is about more than changing content or assessment. It is an opportunity to shape qualifications that reflect learners’ lives, support great teaching and give every young person a strong foundation for what comes next. Visit our reform hub to explore our vision, follow the latest developments and see how we’re working with the education community to shape the future of qualifications.
Qualifications for every learner
We believe in helping all learners to achieve their potential, regardless of their background, ability, or learning style.
That’s why we're proud to offer the widest range of qualification pathways, designed to suit the needs of every learner, including GCSEs, ELCs, PQs, Functional Skills, A levels, T Levels and BTECs.
Accessible Assessments
At Pearson, fairness and equity are at the heart of our approach to assessment.
Our goal is to create accessible and reliable exams, giving every learner the best chance to succeed. We have also invested extensively in research on modified papers and access arrangements to support all learners.
Guidance you can trust
Our team is on hand to provide expert guidance and a friendly, personalised service at every step of your journey with us.
From in-depth subject support from our subject advisors, to wider trust support from our partnership managers, we're always here to help you whether you're a teacher, subject lead or trust lead.
Unrivalled support
We want to make teaching our qualifications as easy as possible and have developed unbeatable support to help trusts, teachers and students.
Speak to us about how we can tailor this support package to suit your trust’s needs.
Expert-led resources
Designed by experts and underpinned by efficacy, our wide range of print and digital resources support students to make progress towards their next step.
Aligned to our specifications, you can be confident that you’re using high quality support.
Trust-wide data
Pinpoint where students are. Then take them further.
No more learning gaps. ActiveHub tracks and highlights precisely what each student in your trust needs, and provides you with quality resources in a time-saving space to guide them to exam success.
Assessment in an AI era
Trust leaders are navigating a fast-changing landscape, with generative AI beginning to reshape how students learn, how teachers assess, and how systems assure quality.
To support this shift, we’ve published Assessment Evolved: redefining formative assessment in a generative AI era, alongside a practical guide for schools — bringing together insight and actionable next steps.
Pearson School & College Report 2026
Now in its fifth year, the Pearson School & College Report brings together thousands of voices from across UK education to build an independent picture of learning today.
Drawing on insights from teachers, students, school and college leaders, tutors and home educators, the report captures the realities of classrooms and learning communities nationwide.
Innovation in Education
By collaborating with schools and trusts, we can harness digital tools to empower the whole school community and shape impactful and inclusive teaching, learning and assessment experiences.
Learn more about the work we're doing with educators, young people and experts to drive new innovations, inspire digital confidence, unlock new opportunities and make a tangible impact in schools.
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Pearson response to Government Skills White Paper
Responding to the government’s Skills White Paper released on 20 October, Freya Thomas Monk, Managing Director of Pearson Qualifications, said:
“The Skills White Paper marks a shift in the system of vocational education for young people that will help tackle the UK’s widening skills gap in industries vital to economic growth.
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Pearson offers new Project Qualification pathway in collaboration with the Young Green Briton Challenge
Introducing the Young Green Briton Challenge
The Young Green Briton Challenge (YGBC) has been inspiring secondary school students across England for the past three years.
Its core purpose is to empower young people to design and deliver local climate action ventures, while building valuable, transferable green skills for the future. The challenge is co-designed and delivered by Social Innovation for All and GenEarth, in partnership with cornerstone funder, the Green Britain Foundation. Since its launch in 2022, YGBC has expanded rapidly, evolving into a national platform for youth-led, school-based climate action.