July 2025 Geography Subject Update
This update contains useful information, news and advice for Edexcel Geography teachers including important news about increased exam timings for GCSE Geography, Summer 2025 insight events and our Summer 2025 teacher survey. There’s also important information to help you get ready for Results day.
Important change to exam paper duration for GCSE Geography A and Geography B from 2026
We continue to listen to your feedback and analyse our assessment performance data for our GCSE Geography exams. As a result, we have received approval from Ofqual to increase the duration of the following exam papers by 15 minutes, starting from May/June 2026:
GCSE Geography A Paper 1: 1GA0/01 - The Physical Environment - change from 1 hr 30 mins to 1 hr 45 mins
GCSE Geography B Paper 2: 1GB0/02 – UK Geographical Issues - change from 1 hr 30 mins to 1 hr 45 mins
This change will support students in these two papers that have several 8-mark questions requiring the use and interpretation of resources, giving them more time to engage with these resources, plan and check answers during their exam.
Key Dates
Release of Summer 2025 materials on website
Summer 2025 GCSE question papers are now available to download from our website.
- GCSE mark schemes released on 22 July 2025.
- GCSE examiners reports available on our website from 26 August 2025.
- A level question papers released on 1 July 2025.
- A level mark schemes released on 15 July 2025.
- A level examiner reports available on our website from 19 August 2025.
- You will also be able to download GCSE and A level examiner reports from results day via ResultsPlus.
Summer 2025 results will be issued on the following dates:
| Qualification | Results to centres | Results to students |
| AS / A level | 13 August 2025 | 14 August 2025 |
| GCSE / International GCSE | 20 August 2025 | 21 August 2025 |
Training for Geography teachers - Summer 2025 exam insights
The Summer 2025 exam insights events for GCSE Geography B, International GCSE Geography and A level Geography are now available to book via our training page.
GCSE Geography A and International A level coming soon!
- GCSE Geography B: Exam Insights - 7 October at 16:00 - 17:30 BST
- A Level Geography: Exam Insights - 6 October at 16:00 - 18:00 BST
- International GCSE Geography: Exam Insights - 22 October at 0900-10:00 BST
- A level Geography: Coursework Insights - 17 November 16:00-17:00 GMT
We have the following pre-recorded training events for teachers who are new to teaching our Geography specifications or are considering switching:
Getting Ready for Results Day Summer 2025
Access key information and guidance for the Summer 2025 results period for GCSE, International GCSE and A level Geography, including key dates, details of post-results services and grade boundaries:
New updated print and digital resources for GCSE Geography
As many of you are now preparing your September resources and planning for the new academic year, it’s the perfect time to explore our blended print and digital solution — the new ActiveHub Geography Complete Package is now available, featuring the fully updated 2nd Edition Student Books. This all-in-one package provides every student with access to the front-of-class eBook, ensuring consistent, high-quality learning experiences while supporting schools facing budget constraints. With powerful insights dashboards, auto-marked quizzes, exam skills presentations, and a rich bank of assessments, ActiveHub empowers teachers to deliver flexible, engaging, and effective Geography teaching.
General qualifications and assessment teacher feedback
To enable us to improve the experience of teachers using our qualifications and students sitting our exams, we gather feedback after each exam series. If you're a teacher, and your students have taken any of our exams in the May/June 2025 series, we are eager to hear your thoughts.
We are also keen to hear from Edexcel Geography students about their experiences of studying our qualifications and sitting exams this summer. We’ve created two surveys and we’d be grateful if you could encourage your students to complete them before the end of term to help give us more insight into our qualifications and assessments.
Subject advisor
Jon Wolton
Geography
