The impact of our geography curriculum is reflected in what pupils know, understand and are able to do. We continually monitor pupils' progress through a range of formative and summative assessment opportunities to ensure that learning is secure, meaningful and lasting.

An enquiry-based approach to learning allows teachers to assess children against the national curriculum expectations for Geography.

The impact of our geography curriculum is constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. Within lessons, teachers use a variety of ongoing assessment strategies, including targeted questioning, retrieval practice and interactive learning activities. These approaches provide immediate insights into pupils’ understanding and enable teachers to adapt their teaching to meet pupils’ needs effectively.

The Kapow Primary scheme is a spiral curriculum, with essential knowledge and skills revisited with increasing complexity, allowing pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Each unit includes a unit quiz and knowledge catcher, which can be used at the start or end of the unit to assess children’s understanding. These enable teachers to measure pupils’ understanding at key points in their learning journey and assess how successfully they have retained and applied key historical knowledge and skills over time. Opportunities for children to present their findings using their geographical skills will also form part of the assessment process in each unit. Written outcomes and pupil voice further demonstrate pupils’ engagement, understanding and ability to recall and use their learning confidently.

After following our geography curriculum, pupils should leave our school equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in the next stage of their education. The expected impact is that children will meet the ‘Understanding the World’ Early Learning Goals at the end of EYFS and the end of key stage expectations outlined in the national curriculum for Geography by the end of key stages 1 and 2. We hope that they will become curious and inspired geographers with respect and appreciation for the world around them alongside an understanding of the interconnection between the human and the physical.