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Edexcel Economics (A) resource update September 2026

Ruth Tarrant

3rd September 2026

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The tutor2u Economics team has been incredibly busy over the summer preparing, updating and refining resources to support teaching and learning for Edexcel Economics (A).

We have a brand new bank of Exam Shorts, focusing on infrequently-tested topics with up-to-date scenarios and contexts. You can still find Exam Shorts from previous years here. There's also a brand new set of full Practice Papers suitable for mocks during Year 13, as well as A-level style Practice Papers using content from only Themes 1 and 2.

To support those all-important quantitative skills, we've been working hard with a team of Principal Examiners to develop some high-quality quantitative MCQs - all sets come with fully explained answers. You can find our Year 1 micro set here, the Year 1 macro set here, and the full Year 2 (Year 13) set here. Last year, we also updated our Calculation Practice Book, updating data sets and adding in additional practice for those skills preferred by examiners.

For application skills, why not take a look at our brand new Application Skills workbook? We also have a tonne of Case Studies, which are free to download and linked carefully to specification topics, along with our weekly free In The News activities and free Data Starters.

Our shop has just been restocked with the ever-popular Diagram Practice Book, and Knowledge Books, and Study Books. You can rummage through the entire range here. And find our free knowledge organiser packs here.

There's also a heap of freebies to support teaching and learning. Tutor2u's most popular ever download is the Economics Diagram Bank, which we updated earlier this summer. Do take a look! We've also just put the finishing touches to our downloadable Topic Tracker, adding in information from the 2026 series of exams. Our free Teaching PowerPoints remain unbelievably popular - you can find them here. To support the content delivery, we also have a huge stash of free PowerPoint-based classroom games and activities, matched by specification reference to the Edexcel content.

The elves-behind-the-scenes remain busy developing our growing collection of Sims - you can test our current Sims out here. There are games focusing on the tragedy of the commons, diminishing returns, and market failure amongst others. Have fun with those while Examiner AI supports you with your marking.

Economics Teacher CPD remains a huge focus of mine. I'm leading 5 CPD courses later in September in London at the stunning Clermont Hotel - 4 of these courses are designed to support the non-subject-specialist or new economics teacher, and one is brand new with a focus on reimagining the economics class - you can find out more and book here.

If you can't easily get out of the classroom, or want to just take things at your own pace in much more depth, then our collection of over 30 On Demand CPD mini courses has expanded over the summer and now covers nearly every topic that you might find yourself teaching. Each On Demand course comes with a series of supporting videos that offer guidance and support, as well as a raft of ready-to-use classroom resources and ideas. Explore On Demand CPD here.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.