GCSE Geography A: What geographical skills do I need to cover and how will my students be examined on these?

The geographical skills that students needed to learn are listed in our specification (p13-14). These skills will be assessed throughout the examined components over time. Geographical skills are also included and assessed within the fieldwork sections of the exam papers.

Our Sample Assessment Materials, Practice Papers, 2018 - 2023 assessments show a wide range of questions demonstrating how geographical skills will be assessed. To support your understanding please see the candidate exemplars with Principal Examiner commentary as well as the Examiner Reports as these explain what candidates have done well, how they have achieved marks and where they can also improve their practice. These can be found within the assessment tab on Teach Cambridge or for the most recent exam papers, marks schemes and reports you will also find these on Teach Cambridge. You will need a login for Teach Cambridge which your exams officer can provide. 

To support you in delivering and embedding these geographical skills into your teaching, we have produced a guide which includes a wide range of activities and resource links, these can be found within the teaching section of Teach Cambridge – GCSE Geography A.

We have produced interactive Storymaps to help with the range of different types of graphs, charts and maps that students need to know in GCSE geography, these can be found in the Interactive Resources within the teaching sections on the GCSE Geography A Teach Cambridge page.