Aims of the course • An engaging and contemporary issues-based approach, enabling students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. • Supports progression to undergraduate-level geography. • The specification content allows students to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, the complexity of people and environment questions and issues, and to become critical, reflective and independent learners. Course content Paper 1 (9Geo/01): Physical Geography. Four Physical Geography topics will be chosen: Tectonic Processes and Hazards, Landscape Systems, Processes and Change, The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity, The Carbon Cycle and Energy Securit. Paper 2 (9Geo/02): Human Geography. Students will study topics from within the following four units; Globalisation, Shaping Places, Superpowers, Global Development and Connections.
An academic requirement for entry into our Sixth Form is a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 5 or above although, in reality, the majority of our students significantly exceed this requirement.
A Level Geography (9GE0) consists of three examinations and one Non-Examined Assessment (the individual investigation). Paper 1 (9Geo/01): Physical Geography. 30% of qualification. 2 hours and 15 minutes. Paper 2 (9Geo/02): Human Geography. 30% of qualification. 2 hours and 15 minutes. Both Papers 1 and 2 will include short open, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 12-mark and 20-mark extended writing questions. Paper 3 (9Geo/03): Synoptic themes. 20% of qualification. 2 hours and 15 minutes. Questions draw synoptically on knowledge and understanding from compulsory content drawn from different parts of the course. The examination will include short, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 6-mark, 16-mark 18-mark and 24-mark extended writing questions. Coursework, Independent Investigation: 20 % of the qualification. This will be undertaken in school, boys will produce a written report of 3000–4000 words based upon a fieldwork project. There will be several field trips and one short residential field trip over the two-year course.
About Education Provider
| Region | North East |
| Local Authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Boys |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £24,195 |
| Address | 30 West Avenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 4ES |
Aims of the course • An engaging and contemporary issues-based approach, enabling students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. • Supports progression to undergraduate-level geography. • The specification content allows students to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, the complexity of people and environment questions and issues, and to become critical, reflective and independent learners. Course content Paper 1 (9Geo/01): Physical Geography. Four Physical Geography topics will be chosen: Tectonic Processes and Hazards, Landscape Systems, Processes and Change, The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity, The Carbon Cycle and Energy Securit. Paper 2 (9Geo/02): Human Geography. Students will study topics from within the following four units; Globalisation, Shaping Places, Superpowers, Global Development and Connections.
An academic requirement for entry into our Sixth Form is a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 5 or above although, in reality, the majority of our students significantly exceed this requirement.
A Level Geography (9GE0) consists of three examinations and one Non-Examined Assessment (the individual investigation). Paper 1 (9Geo/01): Physical Geography. 30% of qualification. 2 hours and 15 minutes. Paper 2 (9Geo/02): Human Geography. 30% of qualification. 2 hours and 15 minutes. Both Papers 1 and 2 will include short open, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 12-mark and 20-mark extended writing questions. Paper 3 (9Geo/03): Synoptic themes. 20% of qualification. 2 hours and 15 minutes. Questions draw synoptically on knowledge and understanding from compulsory content drawn from different parts of the course. The examination will include short, open responses and resource-linked questions. The examination includes 6-mark, 16-mark 18-mark and 24-mark extended writing questions. Coursework, Independent Investigation: 20 % of the qualification. This will be undertaken in school, boys will produce a written report of 3000–4000 words based upon a fieldwork project. There will be several field trips and one short residential field trip over the two-year course.