Geography 

The Geography department strives to fulfil our school mission by providing an ambitious knowledge rich geography curriculum which has Catholic education at its heart.  Our curriculum has been designed to allow our students to flourish into best version of themselves. Whilst our subject specialist teachers impart their knowledge through the love of their subject. Geography at its core is based upon community and a sustainable mutual respect between the natural world and the humans who inhabit it.  

Our hope is that our students develop into effective stewards of our earth. To have the faith and conviction to make the world a better place both now and for future generations.  

“Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever” ~Psalm 104:5

We recognise that a high-quality geography education is essential for the progress and success of our pupils. Our knowledge rich curriculum covers a wide breath of content which builds upon the work covered in key stage 2 and fully prepares pupils for transition to GCSE and beyond. Our balanced curriculum is based upon the most up to date educational research and ensures that progression through years 7-9 enables the pupils to enhance and hone their geographical expertise. Whilst the key focus on retrieval enables pupils to draw upon any aspect in their future learning. By the end of key stage 3 pupils will have acquired a comprehensive and substantive geographical knowledge which in turn allows them to develop an appreciation of the whole domain of geography. ​ 

Pupils will learn about a diverse range of places and peoples, incorporating both physical and natural processes and environments. As they progress through the curriculum their growing knowledge will help them deepen their understanding of connections and interactions between physical and human processes, and how these can in turn impact the formation of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the framework that underpins our approach to the geography curriculum. 

Key Stage Three

Key Stage Four

At St John Bosco we study the AQA GCSE Geography course. More information about it can be found by clicking here.

Subject content 

Paper one: Living with the physical environment 
3.1.1 Section A: The challenge of natural hazards 
3.1.2 Section B: The living world 
3.1.3 Section C: Physical landscapes in the UK  

Paper two: Challenges in the human environment
3.2.1 Section A: Urban issues and challenges 
3.2.2 Section B: The changing economic world 
3.2.3 Section C: The challenge of resource management 

Paper three: Geographical applications
3.3.1 Section A: Issue evaluation
3.3.2 Section B: Fieldwork

Revision Support Sites

SENECA 
BBC bitesize 
Cool geography

Key Stage Five

At St John Bosco we study the AQA A-Level Geography course. More information about it can be found by clicking here 

This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course. 

Subject content 

Physical geography
1. Water and carbon cycles
2. Coastal systems and landscapes
3. Hazards 

Human geography
1. Global systems and global governance 
2. Changing places
3. Population and the environment 

Geography fieldwork investigation - NEA
Fieldwork  

Revision Support Sites

Cool geography
Geography revision
Geography portal
SENECA
Tutor2U
BBC news 

Extra-Curricular enrichment and visits

Fieldwork
Year 7 -A coastal landscapes investigation
Year 8- A river landscape investigation
Year 9 – A conservation investigation
GCSE – Urban regeneration and Sand dune succession
A-level – The NEA is person to the individual student. There are opportunities to complete the data collection aspect in the local area as well are further afield within the UK.