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GEOGRAPHY

At Jack Hunt Academy, our geography curriculum embodies the school’s mission: to ensure students are well educated, of good character, and ready for ambitious next steps. Geography enables our students to explore the complexity of the world, the diversity of its environments, and the challenges of sustainability and global interdependence.

Through our ambitious and inclusive curriculum, every student is equipped to understand their place in the world and make informed decisions as global citizens. 

Our geography curriculum is accessible, aspirational, and academically rigorous for all learners, including those with SEND and EAL. It builds deep locational knowledge, promotes conceptual understanding, and explicitly teaches geographical vocabulary, literacy and oracy. High expectations are underpinned by scaffolded support, challenge for the most able, and enrichment opportunities beyond the classroom. The curriculum promotes critical thinking, curiosity, and the development of geographical enquiry skills through fieldwork and synoptic links across topics and key stages. 

KEY STAGE 3

By the end of Key Stage 3, students will:

  • Know key physical and human geography concepts, including weather and climate, population, ecosystems, and development. 

  • Understand how geographical processes interact to create distinctive landscapes and how human activity influences change. 

  • Be able to apply map and fieldwork skills to investigate geographical questions. 

  • Develop cultural awareness, empathy and respect for global diversity and inequality by exploration of contemporary case studies.  

  • Communicate effectively using subject-specific vocabulary and structured extended writing. 

  • Demonstrate resilience, curiosity, and confidence in working independently and collaboratively. 

key stage 4

By the end of Key Stage 4 (GCSE Edexcel A), students will: 

  • Build upon KS3 foundational knowledge by understanding in-depth content across physical and human topics including the UK's changing landscapes, urbanisation, development dynamics, and resource management. 

  • Understand interdependencies at local, national and global scales, using case studies and contemporary examples. 

  • Be able to apply and evaluate geographical skills, decision-making frameworks, and enquiry methods in unfamiliar contexts. 

  • Use fieldwork evidence and data critically to draw conclusions and present reasoned arguments. 

  • Engage in academic problem-solving, developing well-supported and balanced evaluative viewpoints. 

  • Be equipped for ambitious next steps, including A Level study, apprenticeships or geography-related careers.

 

key stage 5

By the end of Key Stage 5 (A Level Edexcel A), students will: 

  • Know complex geographical theories and frameworks across key areas including globalisation, water and carbon cycles, tectonics, regeneration, superpowers, and global development. 

  • Understand and critically evaluate geographical models, data sources, and academic literature. 

  • Be able to conduct independent investigation through the NEA, demonstrating advanced enquiry skills and methodological rigour. 

  • Communicate complex ideas effectively through essays, debate and visual representation of data. 

  • Be intellectually curious, reflective, and able to engage with real-world challenges such as climate change and inequality with a critical and ethical lens. 

  • Be prepared for university-level study and to contribute meaningfully to society as informed global citizens. 

Ambitions & outcomes

  • Our geography curriculum inspires students to think deeply, act ethically, and lead confidently.

  • It cultivates learners who can question the world around them, consider multiple perspectives, and apply their knowledge to create positive changefully in line with our school values of hard work, integrity and kindness. 

 

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