Geography

Key Staff

Mr S Burgess - Head of Geography, Head of RE (maternity cover) & Leader of DofE
Mrs T Starkey - Teacher of Geography
Mrs S Herd - Teacher of Geography
Miss D Harrison - Teacher of Geography & Criminology
Mr S Forsyth - Teacher of Geography

Key Stage 3 - Years 7, 8 and 9

Geography Milestone Assessment Schedule 2022/23

In year 7, student study the following units over the 6 half terms:

1 - The world around us / Geographical Skills.
2 - Ecosystems
3 - Map Skills
4 - Population
5 - Resources and Energy

In year 8, students study the following units over the 6 half terms:

1 - Weather and Climate
2 - Tourism
3 - Climate Change
4 - Rivers
5 - Settlement

In year 9, students study the following units over the 6 half terms:

1 - Fast Fashion
2 - Natural Hazards & Geology
3 - Development Issues
4 - Economics and the World of Work
5 - Coasts
6 - Fieldwork skills

Key Stage 4 (GCSE, EDUQAS Exam Board (Geography B)) - Years 10 and 11

In year 10, students study the following units:

Term 1 - Weather and Climate
Term 2 - Ecosystems
Term 3 - Desertification
Term 4 - Water Issues
Term 5 - Climate Change
Term 6 - UK Geography

In year 11, students study the following units:

Term 1 - Fieldwork & UK Geography
Term 2 - Urbanisation
Term 3 - Rivers & Coasts
Term 4 - Global Development
Term 5 and 6 - Revision & Exams

Over the course of the two years students spend a minimum of 2 days undertaking fieldwork skills which are then used, and tested in their Paper 3 exam.

Paper 1 – Geographical Issues, assessing content from all modules and lasting 1hr 45minutes
Paper 2 – Problem solving geography, assessing content from all modules and lasting 1hr 30minutes
Paper 3 – Applied Fieldwork and UK Geography, an exam split into 3 sections. 2 sections on the fieldwork methodologies and conceptual framework, with the 3^rd section on UK geography. This exam lasts for 1hr 30minutes.

Key Stage 4 - Revision Support

It is extremely important that when using online revision resources students make sure that they are studying the correct content for our exam board. Please see the KS4 information below for the correct information.

Revision Suggestions:

PiXL App - accessible through RM-Unify on the school website.
EDUQAS - Exam board website, they often put up newsletters full of tips and hints. Click on the 'digital resources' for some other material for study and revision.
S-Cool website
bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography
Revisionworld.co.uk/gcse-revision/geography
GCSE POD
Seneca Learning

Key Stage 5 (A-Level) - Years 12 and 13

At A-Level we study OCR Geography learning about the following topics:

Exam 1 – 1hr 30minutes – Physical Systems, worth 22% of the A-level, where we study Coastal Landscapes and Earths Life Support Systems.

Exam 2 – 1hr 30minutes – Human interactions, worth 22% of the A-level, where we study Changing Spaces; Making Places, Global Migration and Human Rights.

Exam 3 – 2 hrs 30 minutes – Geographical debates, worth 36% of the A-level, where we study Disease Dilemmas and Hazardous Earth. This paper contains several significant essay questions as part of the assessment.

Over the course of the two years students spend a minimum of 4 days undertaking fieldwork skills which are then used, and tested via a piece of coursework worth 20% of the A-level.

Geography Course Guide Key Stage 5

Last Updated October 2024