As geographers, pupils are encouraged to develop curiosity about the world and build the wisdom needed to understand places, environments, and the relationships between them. Our curriculum enables pupils to flourish by combining essential knowledge, key geographical concepts, and the cognitive skills required to observe, question, investigate, and explain the world around them.

Regular oracy opportunities—including discussions, debates, and fieldwork presentations—help pupils articulate their thinking clearly and confidently. Alongside this, explicit vocabulary teaching ensures pupils can use increasingly complex geographical language to express their ideas, strengthening both understanding and communication.

Through fieldwork and local studies, pupils develop strong links with the community, gaining insight into Walmley and the wider region. By comparing their locality with contrasting environments across the UK, Europe, and the Americas, pupils build an appreciation of cultural diversity, physical processes, and global interdependence.

Opportunities for reflection on human impact, sustainability, and environmental responsibility support pupils’ spiritual development, encouraging them to value the beauty, complexity, and vulnerability of the Earth and to consider their own role as responsible global citizens.

From EYFS to Year 6, pupils follow a carefully sequenced progression that develops their geographical knowledge, conceptual understanding, and practical skills. This empowers them to think like geographers and understand the world with increasing depth, accuracy, and confidence.