Geography
Our Geography Staff
Mr D McKeand - Subject Leader
Miss M Monaghan
Mr L Jackson
Why Geography matters
Geography helps pupils understand the world around them and the challenges facing our planet. Students explore both physical environments (such as rivers, coasts and climate) and human geography (including cities, development and population). The subject encourages curiosity about places, people and global issues, helping pupils understand how environments and societies are connected and how they change over time.
What Skills Do Pupils Learn?
- Map reading and spatial awareness, including interpreting maps and geographical data
- Fieldwork and investigation skills, collecting and analysing information about places
- Critical thinking and problem solving, exploring environmental and global challenges
- Data interpretation, using graphs, diagrams and geographical information systems (GIS)
- Communication, teamwork and analytical writing, explaining geographical processes and issues clearly
How Can Parents Help?
Parents can support geography learning by:
- Encouraging interest in news and current environmental issues
- Discussing places, countries and cultures when travelling or watching documentaries
- Looking at maps and atlases together
- Encouraging curiosity about how people and environments interact
Key Stage 3 (Years 7 -9)
Maps Skills
Crime
Oceans
Africa
Antarctica
Coasts
Rivers
Natural Disasters
Biomes
Glaciation
Fieldwork
Tectonics
Rivers
Globalisation and development
Climate Change
The Middle East
Rocks and Soils
Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11)
We follow the Edexcel A GCSE Specification for Geography, available here.
Rivers
Coasts
Global Development
Energy
Fieldwork
Changing Cities
Weather and Climate
Key Stage 5 (Years 12 and 13)
Hutton Sixth Form runs an A Level in Geography; full details can be viewed below.