Edexcel is our chosen examination board for Geography. The first examination took place in the Summer of 2018. The specification aims to enable students to engage critically with real-world issues and places and apply their own geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to make sense of the world around them and be able to apply geography to all aspects of their life, whatever they choose to do in the longer term. It offers an issues-based approach to studying geography, enabling students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. The content gives students the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, of the complexity of people and their relationship to the environment and to become critical, reflective and independent learners.
There are GCSE grade requirements for some options. Students taking A-levels will need to have achieved certain grades and skills to enable them to succeed in these courses. In English, Mathematics and Science it is GCSE Grade 7. Other subjects also have grade criteria that should be checked with teachers.
Paper 1 - Written examination: 2 hours and 15 minutes - Counts for 30% of the qualification • Section A relates to Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards. • Section B relates to Topic 2: Landscape Systems, Processes and Change. Students answer questions on Coastal Landscapes and Change. • Section C relates to Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity and Topic 6: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security. The examination may include short open, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 12-mark and 20-mark extended writing questions. Calculators may be used. Paper 2 - Written examination: 2 hours and 15 minutes - Counts for 30% of the qualification • Section A relates to Topics 3 and 7: Globalisation/Superpowers. • Section B relates to Topic 4: Shaping Places. • Students answer questions on Topic 4A: Regenerating Places. • Section C relates to Topic 8: Global Development and Connections. Students answer questions on Topic 8A: Health, Human Rights and Intervention. Paper 3 - Written examination: 2 hours and 15 minutes - Counts for 20% of the qualification • An externally assessed written examination. A resource booklet will contain information about the geographical issue. All questions in the examination draw synoptically on knowledge and understanding from compulsory content drawn from different parts of the course. The examination may include short open, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 8-mark, 18-mark and 24-mark extended writing questions. Calculators may be used. Paper 4 - Non-examined assessment - Counts for 20% of the qualification • The investigation report is internally assessed and externally moderated. The student will produce a written report of 3000–4000 words. Not having a GCSE in Geography is not a bar to entering the A-Level programme though it would be advisable for any prospective student to talk to our Geography teacher prior to making the choice.
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Edexcel is our chosen examination board for Geography. The first examination took place in the Summer of 2018. The specification aims to enable students to engage critically with real-world issues and places and apply their own geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to make sense of the world around them and be able to apply geography to all aspects of their life, whatever they choose to do in the longer term. It offers an issues-based approach to studying geography, enabling students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. The content gives students the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, of the complexity of people and their relationship to the environment and to become critical, reflective and independent learners.
There are GCSE grade requirements for some options. Students taking A-levels will need to have achieved certain grades and skills to enable them to succeed in these courses. In English, Mathematics and Science it is GCSE Grade 7. Other subjects also have grade criteria that should be checked with teachers.
Paper 1 - Written examination: 2 hours and 15 minutes - Counts for 30% of the qualification • Section A relates to Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards. • Section B relates to Topic 2: Landscape Systems, Processes and Change. Students answer questions on Coastal Landscapes and Change. • Section C relates to Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity and Topic 6: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security. The examination may include short open, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 12-mark and 20-mark extended writing questions. Calculators may be used. Paper 2 - Written examination: 2 hours and 15 minutes - Counts for 30% of the qualification • Section A relates to Topics 3 and 7: Globalisation/Superpowers. • Section B relates to Topic 4: Shaping Places. • Students answer questions on Topic 4A: Regenerating Places. • Section C relates to Topic 8: Global Development and Connections. Students answer questions on Topic 8A: Health, Human Rights and Intervention. Paper 3 - Written examination: 2 hours and 15 minutes - Counts for 20% of the qualification • An externally assessed written examination. A resource booklet will contain information about the geographical issue. All questions in the examination draw synoptically on knowledge and understanding from compulsory content drawn from different parts of the course. The examination may include short open, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 8-mark, 18-mark and 24-mark extended writing questions. Calculators may be used. Paper 4 - Non-examined assessment - Counts for 20% of the qualification • The investigation report is internally assessed and externally moderated. The student will produce a written report of 3000–4000 words. Not having a GCSE in Geography is not a bar to entering the A-Level programme though it would be advisable for any prospective student to talk to our Geography teacher prior to making the choice.