Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2026
Pearson Edexcel GCE in Spanish
9SP0/01
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our
qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus
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Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved
in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages,
we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and
raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we
can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2026
Question Paper Log Number P79264
Publication Code 9SP0_01_2606_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for
what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be
used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark
scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to
a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
, Paper 1 marking principles for Section A and B
Candidate responses
Language marking principles
There are no marks for quality of language in this paper so errors and omissions in
spelling and grammar will be tolerated as long as the message is not ambiguous and do not
interfere with communication.
Order of Elements
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for a 1-mark answer, the
candidate’s first response is taken for assessment, even if this response is incorrect but
the correct information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are available, award
the individual marks discretely but apply the order of elements rule.
Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
Open response questions
For open response questions, the candidate does not have to write in full sentences. If
appropriate, they may respond using single words or phrases (with the exception of
Question 4(b), summary writing).
Example of short phrases with two or more words:
o habla inglés (verb/noun)
o no sabían nada (verb/negation)
o (que) se habían agotado (verb/adjective).
When responding to open response questions, candidates may use words from the
listening passage or reading extract, but they must not transcribe or copy whole sections
where the question requires them to manipulate the language in order to render the
response accurate to the question.
Example:
Text: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para estar sano.
Question: Según el texto, ¿en qué consiste una dieta sana?
Rewardable answer: Comer principalmente frutas y verduras.
Non-rewardable answer: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para estar sano.
Candidates who copy the whole sentence, as exemplified above as the Non-rewardable
answer, would not be awarded marks without manipulating the verb in the sentence,
‘como’. This is because it does not render an accurate answer to the question. However, as
the exemplified Rewardable answer shows, candidates may still use words from the
listening passage or reading extract.
Summer 2026
Pearson Edexcel GCE in Spanish
9SP0/01
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our
qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved
in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages,
we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and
raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we
can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2026
Question Paper Log Number P79264
Publication Code 9SP0_01_2606_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for
what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be
used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark
scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to
a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
, Paper 1 marking principles for Section A and B
Candidate responses
Language marking principles
There are no marks for quality of language in this paper so errors and omissions in
spelling and grammar will be tolerated as long as the message is not ambiguous and do not
interfere with communication.
Order of Elements
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for a 1-mark answer, the
candidate’s first response is taken for assessment, even if this response is incorrect but
the correct information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are available, award
the individual marks discretely but apply the order of elements rule.
Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
Open response questions
For open response questions, the candidate does not have to write in full sentences. If
appropriate, they may respond using single words or phrases (with the exception of
Question 4(b), summary writing).
Example of short phrases with two or more words:
o habla inglés (verb/noun)
o no sabían nada (verb/negation)
o (que) se habían agotado (verb/adjective).
When responding to open response questions, candidates may use words from the
listening passage or reading extract, but they must not transcribe or copy whole sections
where the question requires them to manipulate the language in order to render the
response accurate to the question.
Example:
Text: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para estar sano.
Question: Según el texto, ¿en qué consiste una dieta sana?
Rewardable answer: Comer principalmente frutas y verduras.
Non-rewardable answer: Como principalmente frutas y verduras para estar sano.
Candidates who copy the whole sentence, as exemplified above as the Non-rewardable
answer, would not be awarded marks without manipulating the verb in the sentence,
‘como’. This is because it does not render an accurate answer to the question. However, as
the exemplified Rewardable answer shows, candidates may still use words from the
listening passage or reading extract.
