Edexcel A-Level Business: Reviewing the 2025 Exams

Course Code: T0360 £249.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course is designed for teachers of Pearson Edexcel A-Level Business looking to reflect on the 2025 exam series and enhance teaching practice. Drawing on the latest examiner feedback, it will explore how students performed across all three papers, highlight areas of strength and weakness, and offer clear, practical strategies to boost student attainment. You'll leave with ready-to-use materials and a stronger approach to teaching exam technique, application, and evaluation.  

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Gain key insights from the 2025 Edexcel A-Level Business papers
  • Understand common student errors and how to address them
  • Develop stronger extended writing, analysis, and evaluation skills
  • Learn effective ways to prepare students for data and context-driven questions
  • Take away practical ideas and resources for immediate classroom use
 

PROGRAMME

10.00am: Understanding the 2025 Exam Performance
  • What the examiners said: feedback on student performance
  • Trends across Papers 1, 2 and 3: key successes and issues
  • Identifying misconceptions in theory, application, and context
  • Creating a plan for refining teaching to boost results

10.45am: Break
11.00am: Mastering Extended Response and Evaluation
  • What high-level answers look like in Edexcel A-Level Business
  • Teaching students to write analytically, argue clearly, and evaluate effectively
  • Improving performance on 10, 12 and 20-mark questions
  • Structuring essays to maximise AO2 and AO3 marks

11.45am: Success in Paper 3 – Themes, Context and Synopticity
  • Understanding the demands of the Paper 3 pre-release and unseen material
  • Preparing students to handle real-world context and business decision-making
  • Strategies for teaching application across both Theme 1 & 2 and 3 & 4
  • Synoptic questions: how to help students combine knowledge effectively

12.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm: Tackling Quantitative and Data-Based Questions
  • Common errors in numerical questions and how to resolve them
  • Teaching interpretation of data, calculations, and analysis with confidence
  • Practical approaches for embedding quantitative skills in daily lessons
  • Supporting students at all ability levels with data-driven questions

2.30pm: Break
2.40pm: Moving Forward – Securing Success in 2026
  • Lessons from 2025 to take into the next cycle
  • Targeted interventions to address recurring issues
  • Strategies for stretching high-attaining students and supporting middle attainers
  • Planning your 2025–26 curriculum for progress and exam confidence

3.30pm: Depart
A-Level - Code: T0360

Edexcel A-Level Business: Reviewing the 2025 Exams

COURSE LEADER

Sarah Hilton has been a business teacher and examiner for over two decades. She also works for OCR as the subject consultant in the design of new business qualifications. She has taught in mainstream and private schools in the North and the South of the UK and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise. She is a teacher trainer and regularly visits schools giving Business revision sessions to GCSE and A level Students. She writes for the EBEA and was also the author of ZigZag Education’s very popular eRevision software.

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