Geography: Intent, Implementation & Impact

At St. Augustine’s CE Academy, we believe that a high-quality geography curriculum inspires children to want to explore the physical and human elements of their local area and the wider world, so they can develop of real sense of who they are, their heritage and what makes our local area unique and special. We aim to instil love of geography in all of our children and we work hard to provide a varied and interesting geography curriculum that intrigues our children and meets the needs of all backgrounds and abilities. By linking geography to a range of questions and curriculum areas, children have opportunities to develop their curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Children will investigate a range of places – both in Britain and abroad – to help develop their knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s physical and human processes.

The staff at our school are passionate and well-trained to deliver exciting and well-planned geography lessons, that offer progression and depth against the National Curriculum guidelines. Our geography curriculum has been created to explore big questions, linking the children’s knowledge and learning across the curriculum and across the key stages. Learning is enhanced through trips, visitors, fieldwork, geographical enquiries and family learning projects. We develop deep subject knowledge and geographical key skills through the use of our knowledge mats and progression overviews.

Our children speak highly of geography at our school and talk confidently about their learning. Evidence of work will show a range of questions explored, links across the curriculum and work pitched to support and challenge a range of abilities and starting points. All staff use the knowledge mats and progression overviews to assess children’s progress, identify gaps and plan next steps.