Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography A Paper 2 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Geography A Paper 2: The Human Environment mark scheme from the Summer 2025 examination series (1GA0/02). This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete official marking guidance, model answers, AO2 and AO3 assessment criteria, geographical-skills marking instructions, calculation methods, level descriptors, and SPaG performance guidance used by examiners to award marks in the June 2025 GCSE Geography examination.

Use this Edexcel 1GA0/02 mark scheme to understand exactly how marks were awarded across Human Environment topics including changing cities, urban sustainability, migration, global development, uneven development, TNCs, quality of life, energy resource management, water resource management, renewable energy, freshwater management, and sustainable development strategies. The mark scheme includes detailed indicative content for 8-mark evaluation questions, calculation workings for geographical data tasks, and examiner guidance on map interpretation, graphical analysis, and resource-booklet application.

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This document is designed for Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography A students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, retake candidates, independent learners, and home-educated students following the Edexcel Geography A specification. It is especially valuable for students wanting to understand examiner expectations, improve evaluation and extended-response technique, strengthen AO2/AO3 geographical analysis skills, and learn how marks are awarded in real GCSE Geography examinations.

It is also highly useful for geography teachers, revision tutors, intervention coordinators, homeschooling parents, and revision-course providers delivering GCSE Geography support. The mark scheme can be used for mock-exam marking, examiner-style assessment, revision workshops, model-answer planning, SPaG improvement, data-analysis practice, and geographical-skills training linked directly to official Edexcel assessment objectives.