10 reasons to do Geography at Cromwell

  1. You will have several fieldtrips, and this is something we are constantly developing. Currently we go to Hunstanton, Cambridge and the Norfolk Broads during GCSE studies.
  2. Geography is about important issues - can you afford not to know about global warming? Poverty in Africa? The destruction of the world's rainforests?
  3. We get very high results in Geography at Cromwell Community College - in 2005 our students achived 81.7% A*-C and in 2006 77.7%.
  4. We are a Specialist Status subject so you can be sure that you will get the very best that Cromwell can offer you.
  5. Geography gives you life skills - map reading, ICT skills, and writing skills amongst them.
  6. You will be taught in our brand new purpose-built block - a fantastic place to work.
  7. Geography is at the forefront of the development of Cromwell's interactive whiteboards.
  8. We use a huge amount of video, ICT and interactive whiteboard resources - all to help you get your grade.
  9. Geography is a subject that can play to everyone's strengths - whether thats writing, graph making, map reading and so on.
  10. Even if you aren't sure what you're going on to do after GCSE, Geography sets you up for it. A levels? Geography can help with a huge number of AS and A2 courses. Further training? Colleges view Geography as a subject that gives you transferable skills. A job? Any employer will be keen to see that you know about the world around you.
  11. Ok, we said there were only 10... but Geography is the only subject where you learn to read a map - SatNav can break, but a map is for life!
  12. At Cromwell you will be taught by a team that includes an examiner of Paper 2 and a past examiner of your course as well. We know what the examiner looks for, and will guide you to give it to the examiner.