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Geography IB Level 3

Leigh Academy Wilmington

Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DR

International Baccalaureate Diploma
Level 3

Available start dates

Available start dates

Wednesday, 02 September 2026
Leigh Academy Wilmington
Block B

Application Instructions

Applications Open: - 7th November 2025

Applications Close: - 31st July 2026

Entry Requirements: - 5 Grades at 5 and above including English and Maths

How to Apply: - We don't accept application on KentChoices - Please apply via Admissions+ using the link below:-

https://wilmingtonacademy.applicaa.com/sixthform

Course Summary

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 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.

Course Details

Part 1: Geographic Themes

• Freshwater

• Food and Health

• Leisure, sport and tourism

Part 2:

• Population distribution and changing populations

• Global climate - vulnerability and resilience

• Global resource consumption and security

Part 3:

• Power, places and networks

• Human development and diversity

• Global risks and resilience

This course is assessed through external and internal assessments:

How will it be delivered and assessed?

External assessments:

• 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%

Entry requirements

Minimum of 5 9-5 grades in GCSE examinations including English and Maths and requires Geography to have been studied at GCSE level

Your next steps...

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

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