GCSE Geography Tutors
Geography is three papers, and the third one catches students out. Tell us the board and the year group, and we match you with a Geography specialist within 24 hours.
GCSE Geography at a Glance
GCSE Geography is graded 9 to 1 with no tiers, so every student sits the same papers and the whole range is open.
AQA sets three written papers. Papers 1 and 2 each last 1 hour 30 minutes, carry 88 marks and are worth 35% of the grade.
Paper 3 is different. It carries 76 marks and 30%, and examines the fieldwork students did themselves rather than content they revised.
What GCSE Geography Covers
Two content papers and one applied paper. The case studies are what students are actually examined on.
How GCSE Geography Is Examined
Three written papers, all sat at the same level, with fieldwork examined rather than submitted.
Paper 1
Natural hazards, physical landscapes and ecosystems, in 1 hour 30 minutes for 88 marks.
Paper 2
Urban issues, economic development and resource management, with the same length and mark total.
Paper 3
Issue evaluation from a pre-release booklet, plus questions on the fieldwork the student actually carried out.
Examined, not submitted
Students answer written questions about their own two enquiries, so the detail of what they did has to stay in the memory.
Exam technique
Decoding command words, structuring 6-mark answers, and timing, the marks students leave on the table.
Where Geography Marks Are Lost
Most lost marks come from case studies without figures, fieldwork half remembered, and nine-mark answers that never reach a judgement.
Case studies without detail
Naming the place is the first mark. Dates, figures and specific consequences are where the rest of them sit.
Fieldwork half remembered
Paper 3 asks about the student's own enquiry: the method, the sampling and what went wrong. No textbook can supply it.
No judgement reached
The longest questions ask students to assess or evaluate. Listing both sides without deciding caps the mark.
Map and graph skills
These carry reliable marks, and most students practise them least.
What an hour would look like.
We would start from the mark scheme
Any tutor we match would mark a recent paper first and find whether the problem is case study recall, fieldwork or exam technique.
Case studies drilled
Each one reduced to named facts and figures a student can actually recall under exam pressure.
Answers written, then marked
Students write the longer questions in the lesson and watch them marked against the bands, which closes the gap between knowing and scoring.
Nothing Would Be Hidden From You
Whoever we match you with works the way the rest of the team does. These four reports come as standard.
- Notes after every lesson
- Topic checklist, red to green
- Monthly progress report
- A recording of each lesson
What Case Study Students Tell Us
physical and human geography case studies require precise details. her online tutor provided comprehensive notes and brilliant exam strategies.
map skills and 9-mark essay structures were my weakest areas. my online tutor helped me fix them just in time for the exams.
very professional geography tutoring. the personalized attention and mark scheme breakdowns gave my son immense confidence.
GCSE Geography Questions
Do you cover this subject at the moment?
Not on the core team. Tell us what you need and we will either source a specialist from our wider network or say plainly that we cannot help.
Is there coursework?
No. Paper 3 examines the fieldwork through written questions about the enquiries the student carried out.
Are there tiers?
No. Every student sits the same three papers and the full 9 to 1 range is open to all of them.
What is the pre-release booklet?
A resource booklet issued before Paper 3. Students study it in advance and answer an issue evaluation based on it.
What do you teach already?
Thirteen GCSE subjects with specialists on our own team, including History among the humanities. You will find them listed below.
Which subjects do you actually cover?
Thirteen GCSE subjects with specialists on the team, across AQA and Pearson Edexcel. You will find them further down this page.
Subjects With a Tutor on the Team
Thirteen GCSE subjects taught by specialists on our own team, each working to your exam board course.
Ask about Geography tutoring.
Tell us the board, the year group and the grade you want. We will say what we can offer, and when.