General Course Description: Component 1: Physical Geography • Section A: Water and Carbon Cycles • Section B: Coastal Systems and Landscapes • Section C: Hazards Component 2: Human Geography • Section A: Global Systems and Global Governance • Section B: Changing Places • Section C: Contemporary Urban Environments Component 3: Geographical Investigation • Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based upon a question or issue related to any part of the specification content. Geography can be useful in many different job families such as environmental science, engineering and manufacturing, animals, agriculture, plants and land, construction, leisure, sport and tourism, transport and logistics.
Entrance into Sixth Form is based upon achieving an average point score of 4 in your best five subjects. Where a student has studied GCSE or BTEC in a subject they would like to study in Sixth Form, it is recommended that a Grade 5 (equivalent) or above is achieved.
Components 1 and 2 have two separate examinations each lasting 2.5 hours. They are each worth 40% of the overall grade. Component 3 is assessed via a written report with a word limit of 4000 words. It is worth 20% of the final grade.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Walsall |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RN |
General Course Description: Component 1: Physical Geography • Section A: Water and Carbon Cycles • Section B: Coastal Systems and Landscapes • Section C: Hazards Component 2: Human Geography • Section A: Global Systems and Global Governance • Section B: Changing Places • Section C: Contemporary Urban Environments Component 3: Geographical Investigation • Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based upon a question or issue related to any part of the specification content. Geography can be useful in many different job families such as environmental science, engineering and manufacturing, animals, agriculture, plants and land, construction, leisure, sport and tourism, transport and logistics.
Entrance into Sixth Form is based upon achieving an average point score of 4 in your best five subjects. Where a student has studied GCSE or BTEC in a subject they would like to study in Sixth Form, it is recommended that a Grade 5 (equivalent) or above is achieved.
Components 1 and 2 have two separate examinations each lasting 2.5 hours. They are each worth 40% of the overall grade. Component 3 is assessed via a written report with a word limit of 4000 words. It is worth 20% of the final grade.