Secondary students and parents
The UK government has announced that UK schools will close and that exams will not be held in May and June. Our focus is now on supporting learners to achieve the qualifications they need to progress to the next stage of their lives.
For students and teachers that were preparing for exams, we have been working around the clock with the Department for Education and the other exam boards to define the detail of how the Government’s plan will work.
More information on this has been released by Ofqual, setting out details about how GCSEs, AS and A Levels will be awarded this summer along with further guidance for students and parents. These will be updated frequently as more information becomes available.
We are still working with the Department for Education, Ofqual and the other exam boards to understand the implications of the current context for BTECs and other applied general qualifications and will communicate with learners as soon as we can.
Thank you for your ongoing patience and support as we continue to work as quickly as possible to provide you with more details.
Free online learning for secondary learners
Have you asked your school?
Please check with your school to find out if they can allocate resources that are the right stage for you/your child. We’ve already made many of our online secondary resources free for schools to share with learners and parents, to help learning continue with as little disruption as possible. We’re working hard to provide free advice and online resources available to students.
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We have also created a guide for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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Free online GCSE lessons for English, Maths, and Science
As we continue to support GCSE teaching and learning during COVID-19, we’re launching a brand-new series of free online GCSE lessons for English, Maths, and Science. These lessons will be streaming live from the Pearson UK Learning YouTube channel.
To help all GCSE-level students continue to engage with their English, Maths, and Science learning, we have partnered with knowledgeable and experienced subject specialists to deliver our online lessons.
Free learning tools and activities
We're working hard to give you free access to activities and tools for literacy, maths, science, modern languages and more. We'll keep this page updated with new links as they become available. Sign up above to keep up to date by email.
Student webinars for Project success
We're here to help your learners to develop the skills, confidence and motivation they need to achieve future success.
So, we've created a new series of webinars to guide them in doing this through project work - accessible for learners of all abilities.
Our new lesson-style webinars have been created in partnership with AccessEd who specialise in creating digital resources that help secondary students build the essential skills for university and career success.
