A Level Geography Tutoring for Students in the UAE
Geography rewards specific places with specific numbers, and punishes the generalised answer that would fit anywhere.
- 3 examined components, weighted as shown below
- 11 syllabus areas mapped to your scheme of work
- Taught by a specialist in this subject, not a generalist
- 90-minute online lessons, scheduled in UAE time
How it is examined
The components, what each one is worth, and what it asks for. Planning revision without this in front of you is how students spend weeks on the part that carries the fewest marks.
| Component | Weight | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Paper 1: Physical Geography | 40% | 2 hours 30 minutes on the water cycle, carbon cycle, hazards (volcanoes, earthquakes) and coastal management. |
| Paper 2: Human Geography | 40% | 2 hours 30 minutes on global systems, changing places, global governance and migration. |
| NEA: Fieldwork Investigation | 20% | Independent fieldwork investigation: data collection, analysis and evaluation in 3,000–4,000 words. |
What the syllabus covers
Unit by unit, in the awarding body’s own terms so you can match it against your school’s scheme of work.
Physical Geography
Water and carbon cycles · Coast, glacier and hazard management · Ecosystems and biomes · Evidence and effects of climate change
Human Geography
Globalisation and global systems · Changing places: migration, identity, place · Population dynamics and urbanisation · Resource security: water, food, energy
Fieldwork
Primary data-collection techniques · Quantitative and qualitative analysis · GIS and map skills
Where marks are actually lost
Case studies are the currency. An answer about coastal management that names a stretch of coast, a scheme, a date and a cost outranks a fluent general one every time, because the mark scheme is looking for exactly that specificity. Students who revise topics without attaching two or three fully detailed places to each one are revising half the subject.
The quantitative skills are the other systematic loss. Statistical tests, graph interpretation and data manipulation carry marks across both physical and human papers, and they are typically taught in a rush and never revisited. They are a small, closed body of technique — which makes them the cheapest marks in the subject to recover.
Tell us the board first
Geography is offered by AQA, OCR, Edexcel, CIE, and they do not examine it the same way — different options, different papers, different mark schemes. A tutor matched to the subject without the board may be teaching the wrong specification, so it is the first thing we ask.
Frequently asked questions
The questions UAE students and parents ask us most often about this program.
Related programs
Other preparation tracks students often combine with this one.
A Level Tutoring
One-to-one A Level tutoring across the sciences, mathematics and economics, matched to your exact board and specification. Lessons are online and built around past papers and mark schemes.
A Level Pricing
A Level tutoring is priced per subject at the same rate for every subject and every board. What changes the total is when in the two years you start.
How it works
Every student starts with a free consultation and ends with a plan that has a date on it. What happens in between depends on which exam you are sitting.
Tell us where Geography is going wrong
Send a recent piece of marked work or a test paper with the marks on it. That shows us more in five minutes than a description of the problem does in an hour.