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Geography Subject Leaders

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These pages provide support for non-specialist primary geography co-ordinators and subject leaders. You'll find information and resources about your role and responsibilities, a staged plan for taking over as geography co-ordinator, tips on what should be in your subject leader's file plus book reviews, weblinks and activity ideas.

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Online CPD

We've created a number of online training courses for primary teachers and geography co-ordinators which can be followed as whole courses or dipped into as and when required.


My Place, Your Place, Our Place

What do sustainability and community cohesion really mean for learners in primary education? This set of courses explores the relationships between identity and place by drawing on some key geographical processes and understanding.


Primary Subject Leadership

How can primary subject leaders and school management teams 'lead' the development of geography in the curriculum?


Young Geographers Go Local

Learn how to use digital mapping to help children explore their personal geographies in a local context.


Subject Leadership
(external website)
This course helps teachers at all phases to consider what it means to be a geography subject leader and how you can carry out your role more effectively.


Primary Geography & ICT
(external website)
Use your school's ICT resources to bring the world into your classroom, access images of people and places, and introduce your pupils to online mapping.


Primary Geography & Citizenship
(external website)
Exploring the geographical dimension of citizenship - how people and environments interact, how diverse economies and societies are interconnected and thinking about our responsibilities to other people and the environment.


Primary Geography & ESD
(external website)
How to use the geography curriculum to teach about sustainable living and enhance children's understanding of everyday issues.

Further support

If you'd like to chat to other primary geography co-ordinators and subject leaders, why not join the Geography Champions Ning to participate in online discussions and find out about face-to-face meetings in your area.

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