Geography Department

The Geography Department has 4 well-qualified members of staff who teach geography almost exclusively. As a department, we aim to give our students exposure to activities that cover the human, physical and environmental aspects of geography as well as teaching a range of skills for life.

Some of what we teach in Key Stage 3 looks very familiar to anyone who has studied geography, such as:

• Rivers
• Coasts
• Brazil

Other parts look a bit more unusual, such as:

• The Geography of Football
• Crime in Barking and Dagenham

At Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11), we follow the very popular Avery Hill specification.

In years 12 and 13 we follow the Edexcel B specification, which engages students in an interactive approach to studying Geography.

As a department we are committed to doing real geography outside of the classroom. Sometimes this is in the school grounds, on other occasions within a short distance of the school and on occasional visits further field. We have regular day visits to:

• Walton on the Naze to study coastal erosion and protection, in year 8
• Canterbury, to look at the impacts of tourism on the city in, year 9
• Cambridge to consider the effects of the high-tech industry in year 10
• Two days to the south coast and 5 to the Teesside in year 12 to cover aspects of AS level
• We also aim to run 6 day continental visits. Recent venues have included the Swiss Alps and Provence in the South of France.