Geography (IB)

Applications Open - 10th November 2025

Applications Close - 27th February 2026

Entry Requirements - Please refer to the Sixth Form Course Directory via the website www.knoleacademy.org

Option blocks and detailed subject information can be found in our course directory https://www.knoleacademy.org/3569/information-for-students-applying-for-september-2025

How to Apply - Via Kent Choices

PLEASE NOTE WHEN SELECTING COURSES THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE PATHWAYS

Vocational pathway - Select minimum of 3 vocational subjects

IBCP pathway - Select minimum 1 vocational and minimum 2 IB subjects

IBDP pathway - Select only the IBDP option from Block E. We will contact you about subject options

Level 2 pathway -Select either Culinary Skills or Hairdressing

Geography is a dynamic subject that is firmly grounded in the real world and focuses on the interactions between individuals, societies and physical processes in both time and space.

The Diploma Programme Geography course integrates physical, environmental and human geography, and ensures that students acquire elements of both socio-economic and scientific methodologies. This helps students develop life skills and have an appreciation of, and a respect for, alternative approaches, viewpoints, and ideas.

The aim of the Geography course is to enable students to:

• develop an understanding of the dynamic interrelationships between people, places, spaces and the environment at different scales;
  
• develop a critical awareness and consider complex thinking in the context of the nexus of geographic issues, including:
  • acquiring an in-depth understanding of how geographic issues or wicked problems have been shaped by powerful human and physical processes
  • synthesising diverse geographic knowledge in order to form viewpoints about how these issues could be resolved; and
• understand and evaluate the need for planning and sustainable development through the management of resources at varying scales.

Part 1:

Geographic themes:

Geophysical hazards

Oceans and coastal margins

Urban environments

Part 2:

Geographic perspectives - global change

Population distribution - changing population

Global climate - vulnerability and resilience

Global resource consumption and security

Part 2 (Higher)

Geographic perspectives - global interactions

Power, places and networks

Human development and diversity

This course is assessed through a mixture of externally and internally assessed work:

External assessment:

• Paper 1 (Geographic Themes), 60 marks, 2 hours 15 minutes: 35%
• Paper 2 (Global Change Perspectives), 50 marks, 1 hour 15 minutes: 25%
• Paper 3 (Global Interactions Perspectives), 28 marks, 1 hour: 20%

Internal assessment:

• 20 hours fieldwork, written report, 25 marks: 20%

Minimum of five 9-5 grades in GCSE examinations including English and Maths.

See Careers Leader for more information.

Future courses & possible careers:

• Town Planning
• Hazard & Risk Management
• Market Research
• Architecture
• Transport Planner
• Tourism Officer