Courses
Geography’s diversity is ideal for pupils of all abilities, ambitions and outlooks. The skills and knowledge it develops makes it perfect preparation for both higher education and work.
The subject is perfect for pupils who:
•Are interested in the environment & current affairs.
•Enjoy studying subjects that are very much in the ‘real world’.
•Like to get involved in practical outdoors work
•Are motivated and want to find answers, they don’t just want to be taught
•Love to travel and discover more about people and places
All pupils learn Geography from Year 9 and it is extremely popular at GCSE with many going on to study at AS and A2-Level.
Geography at GCSE
The wide-ranging curriculum develops greater understanding of events and places. It covers scientific, political, economic and environmental issues.
Pupils cover a wide range of human and physical topics, including:
•Plate tectonics
•Coasts
•Development and tourism
•Humans and their environment and floods
GCSE Geography develops diverse skills such as:
•Analysis
•Evaluation
•Research
•Fieldwork
•IT
•Map reading
•Graphical and cartographic techniques
•Presentation
The GCSE course includes one piece of coursework worth 25% of the final grade. This requires the collection of primary data through fieldwork, which is then written up in subsequent weeks. Two written papers account for 75% of the final mark.
AS-Level
The curriculum has two units both of which are subject to a written exam:
Managing the Physical Environment
Pupils study the physical processes and factors that produce features – the impact of these processes on human activity and how our actions affected them.
Managing the Human Environment
Here we investigate processes that produce a variety of human environments, the principle changes and how we are trying to manage them. AS level consists of two units of assessment 1. Managing the Physical Environment (1.5 hour written paper) 2. Managing the Human Environment (1.5 hour written paper)
A-Level
This comprises the AS units plus two additional units, which involve written papers:
Global Issues
Students identify and quantify issues of global concern. They also study the processes responsible for them and how humans are responding to their consequences.
Geographical Skills
This unit develops a keen understanding of geographical investigation.
