Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B Paper 3 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Geography B Paper 3: People and Environmental Issues – Making Geographical Decisions mark scheme from the Summer 2025 examination series (1GB0/03). This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete official marking guidance, indicative content, AO2/AO3/AO4 assessment criteria, level descriptors, SPaG guidance, examiner commentary, and model-answer structures used to award marks in the June 2025 GCSE Geography examination.

Use this Edexcel 1GB0/03 mark scheme to understand exactly how marks were awarded across Canada’s taiga forests, biodiversity, fossil fuels, renewable energy, hydroelectric power, climate change, indigenous communities, carbon footprints, sustainability, and geographical decision-making topics. The mark scheme includes detailed guidance for 8-mark assessment questions, percentage calculations, resource-booklet interpretation, and the major 12-mark decision-making task evaluating Canada’s environmental and economic future.

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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/AO4 geographical-analysis skills, strengthen decision-making 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, environmental-management workshops, sustainability discussions, climate-change evaluation practice, carbon-footprint analysis, and structured revision linked directly to official Edexcel assessment objectives.