Geography A Level (Level 3)

Applications Open: - 1st October 2025

Interviews: From January 2026

Entry Requirements: 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English or maths. Please check specific courses for their entry requirements.

How to Apply: Please apply via KentChoices

For any other information & enquiries please contact Miss Moore on rmoore@wrotham.kent.sch.uk and/or Mr Elphick on relphick@wrotham.kent.sch.uk

This is a two year course which will result in a single A Level. This can be taken in a combination with other level 3 courses (including A level and vocational).

If taken, students will need to choose two other level 3 qualifications and will be requested to do our mandatory enrichment programme. This programme covers a range of different employment skills, other qualifications and experiences that students can use for their post 18 destinations including the Extended Project Qualification (useful for additional UCAS points and developing research skills).

Students will:

• develop and apply their understanding of geographical concepts and processes to understand and interpret our changing world;
• develop their awareness of the complexity of interactions within and between societies, economies, cultures and environments at scales from local to global;
• develop as global citizens who recognise the challenges of sustainability and the implications for their own and others’ lives;
• improve as critical and reflective learners aware of the importance of attitudes and values, including their own;
• become adept in the use and application of skills and new technologies through their geographical studies both in and outside the classroom;
• be inspired by the world around them, and gain enjoyment and satisfaction from their geographical studies and understand their relevance.

Syllabus components:

Unit 1: Physical Environments (external assessment) This is a written exam worth 40% of the overall grade examining the following subjects: Water and Carbon Cycles, Coastal Landscapes and Systems and Hazards.

Unit 2: Human Environments (external assessment) This is a written exam worth 40% of the overall grade examining the following subjects: Changing Places, Global Systems and Global Governance, Resource Security.

Unit 3: Non-Examined Assessment (coursework) Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. This must be based on a question or issue defined and developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content.

There is also an opportunity for four-days of fieldwork included within the course and the opportunity for UK and world-wide travel, with the possibility of another USA trip being planned.

20% coursework, 80% examination

Grade 6 in GCSE Geography.

This is a contemporary specification developed in consultation with the Geographical Association, Royal Geographical Society and leading universities.

A-level Geography will provide the opportunity for students to develop the study skills and knowledge necessary to lead to a range of possible career choices in the future. There are many career paths to be chosen with A Level Geography as it is well recognised in many career fields and a subject which shows relevance to the current world, with the development of a range of skills.