IB Geography

Applications Open - 3rd November 2025

Applications Close - 3rd April 2026

Entry Requirements -

IBDP - 6 Grade 6s

IBCP - 5 Grade 5s

Level 3 - 4 Grade 4s

Level 2 - dependent

How to Apply - Please apply via KentChoices

To apply for courses at TMS sixth form please select the subject combination you wish to apply for. The combinations as described are subject to change so please put in your ideal choices, even if they do not match the options grid.

All course options will be confirmed post interviews.

When you access the application page you will be shown a list of subjects only. Please note they will not be separated into the 3 different pathways (vocational, IBCP, IBDP)

For those wishing to apply for the level1/2 vocational pathway, please select this as an option. You do not need to select any further subjects and individual choices will be confirmed at interview.

For those wishing to apply for the IBCP or IBDP pathway please select the individual choices from the list.

Level1/2 Vocational pathway

Select the Level1/2 vocational pathway only

The Diploma Programme geography course integrates both physical and human geography and ensures that students acquire elements of both scientific and socio-economic methodologies.

Geography takes advantage of its position to examine relevant concepts and ideas from a wide variety of disciplines. This helps students develop an appreciation of, and a respect for, alternative approaches, viewpoints and ideas.

The geography course embodies global and international awareness in several distinct ways. It examines key global issues, such as poverty, sustainability and climate change. It considers examples and detailed case studies at a variety of scales, from local to regional, national and international.

1. Core (SL and HL)

Geographic perspectives - global change

Population distribution - changing population

Global climate - vulnerability and resilience

Global resource consumption and security

2. Optional themes (SL select two; HL select three):

Freshwater - drainage basins

Oceans and coastal margins

Extreme environments

Geophysical hazards

Leisure, tourism and sport

Food and health

Urban environments

Core extension (HL only)

Geographic perspectives - global interactions

Power, places and networks

Human development and diversity

Global risks and resilience

Opportunities are given throughout the course to enable student learning through practical fieldwork, including a three day residential trip. The higher level course consists of 220 hours of externally assessed taught theory and 20 hours of fieldwork based investigation; the standard level course consists of 130 hours of externally assessed taught theory and 20 hours of fieldwork based investigation.

Higher level:

External assessment (80%)

Paper I Option Themes 35%

Paper 2 Core 25%

Paper 3 Core extension 20%

Internal assessment — 2,500 word fieldwork report 20%

Standard level

External assessment (75%)

Paper 1 Option themes 35%

Paper 2 Core 40%

Internal assessment — 2,500 word fieldwork report 25%

General entry requirements:

International Baccalaureate Diploma: 6 x grade 6 or above, including Maths and English (GCSE or equivalent)

International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme: 5 x grade 5 or above, including Maths and English (GCSE or equivalent)

We have a strong history of students progressing on to university or apprenticeships