Pearson Edexcel A Level Geography 2025 Paper 2 Mark Scheme

Download the official Pearson Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 2 mark scheme for the Summer 2025 examination series (9GE0/02). This official examiner-authored document provides detailed answers, indicative content, level descriptors, assessment-objective guidance, and examiner expectations for all sections of the 2025 Paper 2 examination.

The mark scheme covers every topic assessed in the exam, including Globalisation and Superpowers, Shaping Places, and Global Development and Connections. It explains exactly how examiners award marks for AO1 knowledge, AO2 application and evaluation, and AO3 geographical skills across short-answer, data-response, and extended-essay questions.

Students can study fully explained marking guidance for Lorenz curve calculations, Gini coefficient interpretation, Dependency Theory, and the influence of economic alliances on superpowers. The document also contains detailed indicative content for regeneration, stakeholder conflict, place perception, cultural diversity, rural inequality, migration policies, nationalism, human rights, military intervention, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), tax havens, and contested borders.

The mark scheme includes valuable geographical examples and case-study references such as Bristol UPFEST, Notting Hill Carnival, Brexit, Sweden’s migration policies, the USA and NATO, Crimea, the South China Sea dispute, Afghanistan under Taliban rule, Uganda’s development challenges, Bangladesh education reforms, and the role of the United Nations in protecting human rights.

Detailed level descriptors explain what differentiates low-, mid-, and top-level responses in 6-, 8-, 12-, and 20-mark essays. Examiners outline how students can produce balanced arguments, logical geographical connections, substantiated conclusions, and fully coherent evaluations required for Level 4 responses.

The document is highly useful for revision, essay planning, classroom teaching, mock-exam marking, examiner-standard assessment, independent study, and improving A Level Geography exam technique for Paper 2.

This document is designed for Year 13 students studying Pearson Edexcel A Level Geography, including sixth-form students, private candidates, international learners, and independent revision students preparing for 9GE0/02 examinations.

It is also highly useful for geography teachers, tutors, revision centres, and schools seeking official examiner guidance for grading essays, standardising assessments, teaching AO2 evaluation skills, and understanding Edexcel marking expectations.