December 2024 Geography Subject Update

Geography in the News!

Curriculum and Assessment Review

We’re pleased to have contributed to the Government’s call for evidence as part of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. Joining the voices of other sector experts, educators, parents/carers and learners, we've shared our research, experiences and recommendations with the panel. 

We’re sharing key points from our submission, where we set out our recommendations for effecting meaningful change in education.

It is pleasing, if unsurprising, to see that our recommendations for how meaningful change include addressing over-burdened GCSE curricula and reduce excessive content to help free up curriculum space and time. In particular, we believe there are opportunities to reduce excessive content in GCSE English, GCSE Sciences, GCSE Geography, GCSE History, GCSE Maths, and GCSE Design and Technology.

A level Geography Exam Essay Questions - Your FAQs answered!  

We've answered some of your frequently asked questions about extended writing (for 6, 8, 12, 18 and 24 marks) in A level Geography exams 

Spring term 2025 PD events 

• A level Geography Paper 3 Synoptic Investigation – 27 January 2025 
• A level Geography Mocks Marking Training – 11 February 205
• GCSE Geography A: Preparing Students for Geographical Investigations UK Challenges - 04 February 2025
• GCSE Geography B: Preparing Students for Paper 3 Making Geographical Decisions - 5 February 2025

A Level Geography Specification (Issue 6) - Minor erratum relating to 4B.3b (A Level page 36, AS page 40)

During the editorial process, ‘demographic and cultural’ (the wording used in the previous issues) were inadvertently replaced with ‘economic and social’. We have now restored ‘demographic and cultural’, as was originally intended.

The Issue number of the specification remains unchanged but the date in the footer has now been changed from September to December