Geography Department

Geography work for students away from the Academy

Name	Designation	Contact Details
Mrs F Parish	Head of Department	f.parish@grange.outwood.com
Mr L Styles	Second in Department	l.styles@grange.outwood.com
Mr P Hedley	Teacher of Geography	p.hedley@grange.outwood.com

2011 Results Summary

KS4–GCSE Geography- 91.3 % A* - C.
Of these, 29.2 % were A*- A and 25.8% - B.

KS5 - A2Geography - 100% A – C.

The Geography department at Outwood Grange has year on year achieved results above those of the national average at both GCSE and A2

Courses Available

KS4

GCSE Geography. We follow the OCR B specification which includes units on Hazards, Population and Settlement, Economic Development and Rivers and Coasts. The course includes two pieces of Controlled Assessment. Recent fieldwork has included the visits to the Holderness coast and tourism based fieldwork in the Peak District. The GCSE course is completed in a year.

BTEC Certificate inTravel and Tourism

The equivalent of 2 GCSEs at a minimum of grade C. This is a vocational course which develops many transferable skills. It is entirely coursework based and includes units on the UK Travel and Tourism industry, Customer Service and European Destinations.

World Wide Skills (enrichment)

This course is designed to be a fun and interesting year investigating geographical issues that are topical. The course develops wider knowledge and develops a range of learning skills that will help students in their GCSE’s, A-levels, university and future employment.

KS5

AS and A2 Geography

We follow the AQA specification.

The AS course includes the core units of Population Change and Rivers. We also study Energy and Coasts. The course has 2 exams both taken in June of the AS year. The second of these examines geographical skills based upon the population and rivers units. Fieldwork includes a river study in North Yorkshire and a coastal study at the Holderness Coast.

During the A2 course you will study Plate tectonics and associated hazards, Ecosystems and Global conflict. All of these are examined in June. In January, students sit an Issues Evaluation exam based upon a booklet which we study prior to the exam.

Structure of the timetable across the key stages

KS3

Year 7 and 8 students are encouraged to learn independently through a wide variety of activities including research, role play, debates, presentations and group work. Our schemes of work include very up- to-date and topical global issues which are reviewed and updated every year to ensure that students are incorporating current issues and global locations that are in the news into their learning and understanding.

Year 7 - two 1 hour lessons per week. The scheme of work includes Passport to the World, the Generation Game and Tropical Rainforests.

Year 8 – one 1 hour lesson per week. The scheme of work includes The world under water, ‘Who wants to be a billionaire?’ and Powerful Planet.

KS4 – 5 hours per week, Years 9, 10 and 11 are taught in mixed groups. One block of 3 hours and one block of 2 hours per week.

A Level(AS and A2) 5 hours per week, taught in one block of 3 hours and one of 2 hours per week.

Other Information

The Geography department at Outwood Grange is one of the most successful in the Academy. We are forward thinking and rapidly growing. Our student intake is increasing every year and we achieve consistently excellent results. The Geography team consists of 3 full time specialist teachers situated in a suite of Geography classrooms which include a computer room.

Our passion for Geography has resulted in rapidly growing student numbers at both GCSE and A level. Many of our students go on to study some form of Geography at University, in 2010 this was 50% of our A2 cohort.

Student Voice tells us that 100% of our A level students would recommend the course to other students and that they consider the quality of teaching and learning in the department to be excellent.

Some feedback from the students:

“The atmosphere in Geography is one of the best!”
“A lively atmosphere where information is not just ‘fired’ at you”
“Friendly, welcoming and positive”
“If you don’t understand anything you can see them at any time”
“Lessons are varied so you don’t just sit and write.”
“Lessons are always fun and teachers put in activities to enable us to learn”
“The teachers are always prepared to give up their time to help us”

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