Geography at Junior King’s is a vibrant and dynamic subject. Every child is encouraged to develop an appreciation of the physical and human diversity of our world and an enquiring approach to the many challenges facing our planet. A lifelong curiosity about the geography of our world is fostered and hopefully all children will leave the school with a desire to travel and discover for themselves the richness and variety of the world and a realisation that it needs to be protected. Our schemes of work are designed to give them a good sense of space and spatial awareness on the local, national, and international level.

To do this they are equipped with all of the mapreading and atlas skills that they need and the children are encouraged to develop their logical reasoning and thinking skills through various tasks and problem solving exercises. In every part of the school they are given the opportunity to undertake fieldwork whether it is going to the East Kent Ploughing Match and Forest Park in the Pre-Prep, finding out about the Local Area in Year 5, going to Farming World in Year 6, fossil hunting at Folkestone Warren in Year 7, or visiting Rye and collecting Primary Data for their Coursework in Year 8 (beach profiles, microclimates, and urban transects).

There are very good links with Senior King’s where Geography is a thriving subject. Results in the Scholarship Papers are very impressive and Common Entrance grades have been very good for many years. The Department is very well resourced with a dedicated Geography Room and well qualified and experienced teachers make excellent use of the most up-to-date textbooks and technology.