Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B Paper 2 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Geography B Paper 2: UK Geographical Issues mark scheme from the Summer 2025 examination series (1GB0/02). This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete official marking guidance, indicative content, AO3/AO4 assessment criteria, SPaG descriptors, level descriptors, fieldwork guidance, accepted answers, and examiner commentary used to award marks in the June 2025 GCSE Geography examination.

Use this Edexcel 1GB0/02 mark scheme to understand exactly how marks were awarded across UK physical landscapes, glaciation, coastal change and conflict, river flooding, hard and soft engineering, dynamic UK cities, regeneration, urban inequality, sustainability, 15-minute cities, and geographical fieldwork investigations. The mark scheme includes model approaches for 8-mark assessment questions, hydrograph interpretation, retail land-use surveys, fieldwork methodology, AO3/AO4 geographical analysis, and examiner expectations for extended-response answers.

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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 AO3/AO4 geographical-analysis skills, strengthen fieldwork evaluation techniques, 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, fieldwork workshops, sustainability discussions, hydrograph-analysis revision, regeneration case-study planning, SPaG improvement, and structured revision linked directly to official Edexcel assessment objectives.