Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B Paper 1 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Geography B Paper 1: Global Geographical Issues mark scheme from the Summer 2025 examination series (1GB0/01). This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete official marking guidance, accepted answers, indicative content, AO2/AO3 assessment criteria, level descriptors, SPaG guidance, and examiner commentary used to award marks in the June 2025 GCSE Geography examination.

Use this Edexcel 1GB0/01 mark scheme to understand exactly how marks were awarded across climate change, tropical cyclones, volcanoes, earthquakes, development dynamics, globalisation, megacities, migration, urbanisation, air pollution, and sustainability topics. The mark scheme includes model responses for 8-mark evaluation questions, guidance for graph interpretation and calculations, population-pyramid analysis, scatter-graph skills, AQI calculations, and examiner expectations for high-level geographical explanations and judgements.

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This document is designed for Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B 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 B specification. It is especially valuable for students wanting to understand examiner expectations, improve AO2/AO3 geographical-analysis skills, strengthen evaluation technique, 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, model-answer planning, climate-change workshops, urbanisation revision, sustainability discussions, SPaG improvement, and structured revision linked directly to official Edexcel assessment objectives.