Controlled Assessments
Why choose Kingswood?
Our tried and tested field study sites provide reliable results for a range of topics including river, coast, urban and rural geography
Our excellent ICT facilities will allow all students access to the resources they need to plan and write up their work
Our centres offer a safe, secure environment where students can concentrate fully on their work
What courses are Kingswood offering?
However you are planning to carry out the Controlled Assessment Kingswood can provide a course to meet you needs. From write up courses fully supported by our specialist environmental staff to data collection courses mixed with our high quality activities, you can be sure to get what you need from a Kingswood course.
Examples of two types of courses are given below:
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |||
| Monday | Intro to centre and CA | Intro to methodology and data presentation | |||
| Tuesday | Fieldwork data collection (non CA case study) | Intro to conclusion and evaluation plus study site and fieldwork intro | |||
| Wednesday | Fieldwork data collection (CA task) | Methodology and data presentation (low control) | |||
| Thursday | Methodology and data presentation (low control) | Conclusion and evaluation (high control) | |||
| Friday | Conclusion and evaluation (high control) | ||||
Case study and data collection course:
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |||
| Friday | Intro to centre and CA | Intro to case study | |||
| Saturday | Fieldwork data collection (non CA case study) | Intro to CA study | |||
| Sunday | Fieldwork data collection (CA task) | Activities | |||
| Monday | Activities | ||||
How will the Controlled Assessment work at Kingswood?
- Before the course our senior environmental staff will make contact to establish which task you will be taking for the assessment.
- You can choose to use one of our studies, tailored to the exam board tasks each year, or provide your own programme that fits your scheme of work
- Our environmental instructors will lead the introduction and delivery sessions, with extra sessions on methodology, data presentation and evaluation available if required
- If carrying out any of the write up stages our instructors will be available to assist you in supervising the different levels of control, and facilities will be provided for storing work securely between sessions
Can I do the task I want at a Kingswood centre?
For more detail about which tasks are available at each centre please see the specific exam board pages:
| AQA A | AQA B | Edexcel A | Edexcel B | OCR A | OCR B | WJEC A | WJEC B |
