The current Year 10 and 11 students are following the AQA GCSE syllabus A (3031) course, which involves the study of six topics. Three physical topics and three human topics.

The examination comprises:

Paper 1 (40%) 1h 45m
Paper 2 (35% 1h 30m
Geographical Enquiry (25%)

The six topics the department is currently offering are:

Population		Tectonics
Industry		Rivers
Managing resources		Coasts

 

Geographical Enquiries

There are a number of topics in the units of work, which lend themselves to enquiry or fieldwork. These include: -

Year 7 – Map work, Weather and Transport. In particular the students can carry out traffic surveys for their transport project.

Year 8 – Environmental Concerns and Rivers. The students are able to do a project on the environment and Niagara Falls and take part in a piece of fieldwork to Saltburn.

Year 9 – Hazards and Tourism. Students produce a class project on Tourism after collecting information individually. Students are able to produce a newspaper on Volcanoes.

Years 10 & 11 – Fieldwork is carried out during Year 10 to meet the needs of the coursework element of the syllabus