Department Aims
Welcome to the Geography Department at JESS. The department is lively and innovative and always strives to encourage and motivate students to attain their very best.

As geographers we believe that Geography is about the future and we encourage students to develop their thoughts and opinions. As well as covering a variety of topics students become proficient in data handling, questioning techniques, analytical techniques, and organisational skills all of which are transferable into other areas of the curriculum and eventually into the world of work.

The Department is aware that the world in which we live is likely to change more in the next 50 years than it has ever done before. Through our Key Stage 3 curriculum we hope to explain why this is so, and to prepare our students for these changes. Throughout Key Stage 4 we focus on the Edexcel examination syllabus whilst at the same time fostering skills and independent thinking.

Department Facilities
Within the department we are extremely well resourced with modern facilities. Both dedicated geography classrooms have interactive whiteboards with a range of software to support them, in addition to access to CD ROMs, digital cameras and laptops. As a department we aim to make the classroom an informative and interesting environment where students feel relaxed and confident.