GCSE Geography tutors
17 UK tutors who teach Geography at GCSE. £15–£130/hr · median £50
Geography at GCSE and A-level mixes physical (rivers, coasts, glaciation, climate, tectonics), human (urbanisation, development, globalisation, migration) and skills-based content (fieldwork, statistical techniques, GIS, map reading). Tutoring helps most on the case-study volume (students often understand processes but can't recall specific named examples under exam pressure) and on the data-skills paper, which trips up otherwise strong candidates. The NEA fieldwork at A-level is a meaningful coursework component. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas) diverge on case studies and fieldwork requirements, so spec-specific tutoring is genuinely useful.
GCSE geography requires fieldwork in two contrasting environments, usually one physical and one human, and it is assessed in a written paper rather than submitted as coursework. Students answer questions about their own data collection, so a trip they treated as a day out becomes a problem in the exam. That is the single most avoidable source of lost marks. The rest splits between physical topics such as rivers, coasts and hazards, and human topics such as urban change and development. Case studies have to be recalled with specific detail, since named places and figures separate a grade 7 from a grade 5 far more than general understanding does.
GCSEs are sat in Year 11 (age 15-16), with most students taking 8-10 subjects. They're the main UK school qualification at 16: the 9-1 graded exams that drive sixth-form admission, apprenticeship eligibility, and (via maths and English at grade 4 or 5) university and many job prerequisites. Tutoring demand peaks here. The biggest grade gains tend to come from exam-paper technique rather than further content. Students often know more than they show. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJEC, CIE) diverge on content and assessment, so tutor familiarity with the specific spec is meaningful in most subjects.
66.1% got grade 4 or above in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
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About the GCSE Geography exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
AQA · 8035
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Tuesday, 18 May 2027 Paper 1: Living with the physical environment, morning
- Wednesday, 26 May 2027 Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment, afternoon
- Thursday, 10 June 2027 Paper 3: Geographical applications, afternoon
Past papers, June 2025
- Paper 1 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 2 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 3 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report Insert
Grade boundaries, every series
Grade boundaries
| Series | Grade 4 | Grade 7 |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 112/252 44% | 166/252 66% |
| June 2025 | 106/252 42% | 161/252 64% |
The total marks needed across all the papers. From AQA GCSE grade boundaries, June 2026 and AQA GCSE grade boundaries, June 2025.
How students do
Share of UK entries who got grade 4 or above, and who got grade 7 or above, all boards.
- 2019 65.8%·24.9%
- 2020 76.2%·30.7%
- 2021 77.4%·35%
- 2022 72.7%·30.8%
- 2023 65.6%·25%
- 2024 65.6%·24.9%
- 2025 65.7%·25.2%
- 2026 66.1%·25.5%
2020 and 2021 were teacher-assessed grades, which is why they run higher. All ages, including students resitting. From GCSE (full course) results summer, all UK candidates.
Read up before you book
Plain-English guides
About Geography
What Geography covers across UK levels, where tutoring usually helps, and what to look for in a tutor.
About GCSE
Year groups, exam timing, and how GCSE fits into the UK qualification ladder.
Exam boards
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CCEA, SQA (now Qualifications Scotland) and Cambridge International: what each is known for.
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