Match your answer to your course

Read the task before choosing a structure

A request for two reasons needs two distinct reasons. A request to explain one reason needs development of that reason. A high mark total does not automatically mean that you should give an opinion.

Use the official mark scheme for that question. Paragraph counts and sentence starters can help you plan, but they are not universal marking rules.

Calculation answers

Write a clear method so you can check your work and may earn method credit if the final answer is wrong. Follow the requested unit and rounding.

For OCR GCSE A and B from June 2026, a correct final maths answer earns full marks even without working. The Pearson 2025 schemes checked for this workshop also credit correct final answers without working. Check the scheme for your particular paper.

OCR B: separate the dates

• From June 2026, Papers 1 and 2 last 90 minutes. Paper 3 remains 90 minutes.
• For first assessment in 2027, study slab pull and ridge push, the updated informal-settlement terminology, relevant Sustainable Development Goals and the revised aid wording.
• The 2026 mark schemes allow both specification versions where applicable.

For the development case, connect three relevant SDGs to actual evidence about the taught LIDC. Explain progress and remaining difficulties; naming a goal alone is not an explanation.

WJEC and Eduqas

Choose the exact course your school teaches. The new Made-for-Wales WJEC qualification has its own assessment structure. A legacy paper can support knowledge practice, but its task structure must not be assumed to match the new course.

Find your papers

• AQA GCSE geography
• Edexcel geography A
• Edexcel geography B
• OCR geography A
• OCR geography B
• Eduqas geography A
• Eduqas geography B
• WJEC geography

Match the course code, series and any resource booklet. Listing availability varies.