Geography

Assessment

At the end of the Upper Sixth, pupils will sit two 2-hour and 30-minute papers both worth 40% each. • Paper 1 – Physical - this cover three themes: Natural Hazards, Coastal Environments and a compulsory module of water and the Carbon Cycle. • Paper 2 – Human - this covers three themes: Global systems and Global Governance, Contemporary Urban Environments and the Compulsory module of Changing Places. • NEA – There is a coursework element to A-level Geography worth 60 marks = 20% of the A level. This will begin during the summer term of Lower Sixth and be finally submitted at the end of December of the Upper Sixth course.