GEOGRAPHY A Level 3

Applications Open: - 3rd November 2025

Applications Close: - We would, ideally, like applications to be submitted by Thursday 8th January 2026, when planning for the timetable will begin, but applications will be accepted after this date

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices

Minimum Entry Requirements

The admissions criteria for the Sixth Form are as follows:

- A minimum of 6 separately identifiable GCSE subjects (or equivalent) at an average grade of 5.5 or above

- These 6 subjects must include at least a grade 4 in English Language or English Literature and at least a grade 4 in Mathematics

- You will require a grade 6 or above in most subjects you wish to study at A Level

- To study Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages or a Science subject you will require a grade 7

- To study Economics a grade 7 or above in Mathematics is required and a 6+ or above in Business or a related subject

- Students may be able to study a Science subject with a 6 grade but their 4th option choice must be STEM Access forming part of your Personal Enrichment Pathway

- For Further Mathematics you will need an 8 or 9

- Short Courses count as half a GCSE

- A positive attitude in your chosen subjects and a respect for school aims, objectives and ethos

- Commitment to the expectations of the Sixth Form and the school community

- Students will not be admitted if they have not completed the appropriate paperwork

The great value of Geography lies in its flexibility. A multi-skilled academic subject in its own right, it is both an Arts and a Science subject that can be studied as either a BSc or BA at University. You can count it as either a Science, or an Arts A-Level, or use it as a bridging subject between both areas of interest. Geography investigates both the interaction of people on the earth’s surface and the natural forces at work on our planet. It is topical,( flooding, hurricane disasters, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions), relevant (impact of migration or global climate change) and useful, drawing together the techniques of research, planning, communication and presentation that employers demand today.

UNIT OUTLINE

Landscape and Life Support Systems: Choices from Coastal, Cold Environments, Dry Environments. Rainforests, Tundra.

Changing Spaces and Global Connections: Choices from Trade, Migration, Governance and Human Rights, Power and Borders.

Geographical Debates: Choices from Hazardous Earth, Disease Dilemmas, Climate Change, the Oceans and Food Supply.

Individual Research topic.

Lessons are a mixture of formal teaching, tutorial work, individual and group working. Learning adopts an enquiry approach with many lessons devoted to discussion and analysis of resources, (written, photographic, statistical or graphical). Skills include field observation, data collection and recording, map construction, use of GIS, statistical analysis, research, report writing and decision-making. Through real case studies, students learn to consider different viewpoints and to clarify their own values and attitudes to make informed decisions on a wide variety of issues. Assessment is by externally assessed examination (80%) and an individual geographical investigation (20%).

Minimum Entry Requirements

Geography graduates are highly employable with wide ranging careers evolving directly, or indirectly from geographical study e.g. Planning, Marketing, Business, Conservation, Tourism, Social Work, Police, Leisure, Teaching, Research, Environmental Science, Meteorology, Hydrology, Volcanology, Oceanography, Civil Service, Environmental Agency, Law and many others.