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Geography A Level

at Salisbury Sixth Form College, Salisbury · sixth form college

Level 3A levelsGCE A level23 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

Geography helps you to make sense of the world around you. It’s hands on, it’s relevant, and it’s fun. Our physical and human geography topics cover a wide range of exciting and dynamic global issues including hazards, water and carbon cycles, coastal systems and landscapes, population and the environment, global governance and changing places. You will have the opportunity to do you own fieldwork investigation on any geographical topic which interests you, researching independently and building on your skills to produce a report which is worth 20% of your final grade. To help you with this we will do plenty of fieldwork including a two day residential at Leeson House in Dorset (coastal and urban regeneration) and local fieldwork around the Salisbury area including rivers, carbon sequestration, infiltration rates, traffic counts, interviews, environmental quality surveys, footfall and noise pollution. Geographers are amongst the most employable university graduates. The subject links the arts and sciences and is highly flexible in terms of subject combinations at A Level and the course options available at higher education level. Many geographers work in sustainability, environmental services, human rights, international relations, education, global health planning, town planning, water management, cartography, GIS, conservation, tourism and weather forecasting. The army, police, government, research organisations, law and the business world also love the practical research s

What you need to get on

Minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including at least Grade 4 in Maths and Grade 4 in English Language

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • SALISBURY 6TH FORM COLLEGE (S6C)

    66-78 Tollgate Road, SALISBURY, SP1 2JJ

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · SALISBURY

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