Geography

Our 6 Geography teachers are based in the modernised Humanities floor in the main school building.

The course aims to develop skills of geographical enquiry, asking questions, collecting and presenting information, writing in a structured way and drawing conclusions. Students learn about places from local to global scales, the environment and how it is impacted by natural changes and human processes.

Keeping lessons interesting and engaging our students is high in our priorities and we increasingly use ICT and fieldwork as a means of teaching and learning. We are proud of the excellent results our students achieve in Geography, with GCSE and A'level scores consistently above the national average.

Key Stage 3

In Year 7 - 9 all students receive 2 Geography lessons per week. The Curriculum covers a wide variety of subjects including; climate and weather, tourism, earthquakes and volcanoes, population and development and the geography of crime, global fashion and sport.

GCSE

In Years 10 - 11 we offer the 2 year OCR Syllabus B GCSE Geography course as an option.

The course covers four units of work:

* People and Place
* Water, Landforms and People
* People, Work and Development
* Climate, Environment and People

Students will use books, videos and DVD's to study areas across the globe as well as taking field trips in the UK to see geographical evidence first hand.

The assessment of course comprises of:

COURSEWORK - (25% of final mark)

* A cross unit task worth 10% of the final mark
* A study worth 15% of the final mark (based on a field trip)

EXAMINATION - (75% of final mark)