Geography

Course summary

The geography specification will excite students’ minds, challenge perceptions and stimulate your investigative and analytical skills. As a relevant and dynamic subject it will enable understanding of how the world operates and interacts politically, environmentally and physically. The units reflect the changing world today and enables students to analyse the cause and effect of contemporary local and global issues and events as they happen to people and places. The nature of the subject and topics requires many analytical, practical and organisational skills which are essential to success at university and a range of careers including international aid and development work, advising government organisations on risks, town planning and many more. Results are consistently good and amongst the highest in the school. In 2023 - 25% of our students gained A*, 63% A*-B and 100% A*-C. Geography is a well-respected A-level which universities value on a huge range of courses from Medicine and Engineering right the way through to Social Science based degrees like Social Policy. It really is a valuable A-Level for students to take and an excellent choice if your final destination is University