Geography
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon - Gateshead
01914990111
Croftdale Road, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ
Course summary

This course will excite your mind, challenge your perceptions, and stimulate your investigative and analytical skills. Whilst some of these topics will be new to you, they have been added to reflect our ever-changing world, as well as revisit areas that you will previously have some knowledge of, including hazards, populations, and resources. What would I study? Physical Geography: Water and Carbon Cycles; Coastal Landscapes and Hazards. Human Geography: Global Systems and Global Governance; Changing Places and the Population and the Environment. You will also complete an individual investigation which must include fieldwork of your own choice.

Entry requirements

● Grade 6 in GCSE Geography ● Grade 5 Maths ● Grade 5 English ● Or if not studied, Grade 6 in GCSE English Literature/Language

How you'll be assessed

There will be 2 written examinations at the end of Year 13, each lasting 2 hours 30 minutes. Paper 1: Physical Geography Paper 2: Human Geography Each examination is worth 40% of the overall A Level grade. The question papers are made up of a mixture of short answer questions and an extended piece of writing for each topic. You will also complete an individual investigation, this will be started at the end of Year 12 to be completed in the first term of Year 13. You will select the question or issue, relating to any part of the specification content. You will write up a 3,000-4,000 word investigation and complete your own fieldwork, both elements will be marked by teachers and moderated by our exam board. This will give you the remaining 20% of your overall A Level grade.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth East
Local AuthorityGateshead
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressCroftdale Road, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ