Pupils acquire the knowledge and understanding of worldwide issues and the interaction between people and their environment through a range of multi-media and fieldwork based activities. Many skills which are required both in higher education and the work place are taught through Geography.

Curriculum
Lower School: learn map reading skills, settlement, rivers, tectonics and the geography of sport (Olympics 2012 or football), study coasts, ecosystems, climate, energy and crime

Third Form: study Adventure Landscapes (focusing particularly on limestone areas); Who wants to be a billionaire? (looking at the distribution of wealth around the world and reasons for it); Ghana, trade and globalisation.

GCSE: The syllabus is divided into 4 areas each contributing to 25% of the total GCSE: Extreme environments; You as a Global Citizen; Similarities and Differences and Issues in our fast changing world. This syllabus is designed to allow pupils to study topics of interest in depth and to develop an awareness and understanding of many topical issues in the world today, in addition to developing geographical and analytical skills.

IB: Geography is concerned with place. Understanding the nature and causes of the similarities and differences across the globe is the main focus of this course. It is a dynamic subject reflecting world events which are analysed from a range of perspectives. Throughout the course peoples’ interactions with their physical environment, at an individual and societal level, and how people respond and manage change in the environment is explored. Geographers develop many transferable skills, through fieldwork and through analysing different types of data. As a subject it helps us make sense of the world in which we live.

Fieldwork: This varies depending on the options chosen and the interests of the group. In recent years it has including urban morphology of Godalming, river studies along the Wey and the impact of tourism in a local country park. In the Lower School, pupils practise their map reading skills in the school grounds and visit RHS Wisley gardens. Third Form pupils visit Cheddar Gorge and Caves. GCSE geographers collect data for their controlled assessment in Guildford.