Lower Secondary Geography

The benefits of studying Lower Secondary Geography

The study of our Lower Secondary Geography homeschooling course (English National curriculum Key Stage 3) helps young people make sense of a complex and dynamically changing world. It explains:

  • Where places are
  • How places and landscapes are formed
  • How people and their environment interact
  • How a diverse range of economies, societies and environments are interconnected.

It builds on your child’s own experiences to enable them to investigate places at all scales, from the personal to the global.

Geography inspires pupils to become global citizens by exploring their own place in the world, their values and their responsibilities to other people, to the environment and to the sustainability of the planet.

Wolsey Hall Oxford is a registered school of Cambridge Assessment International Education

Wolsey Hall is a registered online Cambridge International School.

Wolsey Hall Oxford is a Pearson Edexcel approved centre

We offer a wide range of Lower Secondary courses.

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Key topics covered

Key areas covered in Lower Secondary Geography are:

  • Main physical and human characteristics, and environmental regions of the world.
  • Similarities and differences between places through the study of a key region of Africa and Asia.
  • Processes in physical and human geography.
  • How the processes interact to influence landscapes, environments and the climate.
  • Geographical skills and fieldwork. Applying knowledge to analyse and draw conclusions from geographical data.

The syllabus and hours of study

  • Our Lower Secondary Geography homeschooling course assumes no prior knowledge and starts from the basics.
  • The course follows the English National Curriculum for Key Stage 3 Geography.
  • Allow for up to 3 hours per week of’ study time for your child to complete each year of Lower Secondary Geography plus additional time for completing assignments.
  • We find that most children can complete the course in 9 months.
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Course samples

Course Fees

Tarun has been doing Year 7 and 8 English, Maths and Science with Wolsey Hall. He is enjoying his courses and loves the flexibility the whole homeschooling program brings. He is able to plan his learning at his own pace, and plan his day well to accommodate his other interests of playing the Violin and Piano, reading and playing games. The online material in terms of textbooks, videos, the course plan and support from his tutors is helping him get past his studies with ease. During the peak Covid times when amazon deliveries were stopped the online virtual library of Wolsey was a boon to him as he loves to read.
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Deepali Patel, Secondary Parent

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