The Young Geographer of the Year competition is run in partnership with Geographical and is kindly supported by Cotswold Outdoor, Esri UK, Ordnance Survey, Stanfords and Philip’s.
This year’s Young Geographer of the Year competition gave pupils the chance to explore the potential that geography holds.
Geography plays a crucial role in understanding our world, and is a subject that's constantly adapting to change. It is dynamic and relevant, and provides people with a multitude of opportunities. Whether you've always wanted geography to take you to a particular place, to help you in a particular career or to help you understand one of the many challenges facing our world, we wanted to know where geography can take you.
The competition had four categories: KS2 (pupils aged 9-11), KS3 (pupils aged 11-14), GCSE (pupils aged 14-16) and A Level (pupils aged 16-18). The Society encouraged schools to run their own semi-finals before entering their top-placed entries into the national competition. For more information about where geography can take you, see our section of the website about geography.
KS2 Winner: Aleena Bennett - Croydon High School Juniors Highly Commended: Rishabh Roy - Homefield Prepatory school Josie Lawn – Croydon High School Juniors Fergus de Mestre – St Paul’s Juniors
KS3 Winner: Catherine James – Lady Eleanor Holles School Highly commended: Sabine Singh – Leicester High School for Girls Sophia Bremen – Channing School Dhara Thacker – Croxley Danes School
KS4 Winner: Jessica Barber – Wales High School Highly Commended: Naimah Begum – Bedford Academy Katie Tooher – Nicholas Chamberlaine School Benjamin Li – Stowe School
KS5 Winner: Victoria Caddick – Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Highly Commended: Iona Benvie – Lathallan School Raei Khan – Loughborough Grammar School Louise Curtin – St Michaels Catholic Grammar School
Rex Walford Award Victoria Pellant – Torquay Boys Grammar School
Download competition guidelines
Download certificate of commendation
The Young Geographer of the Year competition and Rex Walford Award are kindly supported by:
The competition is hosted in conjunction with Geographical Magazine
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