Geography

Assessment

Paper 1 – Physical Paper is 2 hours 30 minutes. It’s worth 40% of the A-level (120 marks) Section A: Water and carbon cycles (Y13) Section B: Coastal systems (Y12) Section C: Hazards (Y12) Paper 2 – Human Paper – as per the physical paper, the paper is 2 hours 30 minutes and worth 40% of A-level (120 marks) Section A: Global systems and global governance (Y13) Section B: Changing places (Y12) Section C: Contemporary urban environments (Y12) NEA Component 3: Geography fieldwork investigation Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based on a question or issue defined and developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content. It is a written piece of about 3,000–4,000 words and worth 60 marks (20% of A-level). Students will start the NEA at the end of Y12 before going into Y13.