About Helen
Helen is a secondary geography teacher with almost 30 years’ experience in UK schools. She holds a Master of Arts in Education and serves as an External Subject Expert for Ofqual. In 2008, she founded Geography Geek, a website where she shares resources with teachers around the world. Helen is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Chartered Geographer and a recipient of the RGS Award for Excellence in Teaching Geography at Secondary Level.
Alongside her teaching career, Helen has worked for over two decades as an Educational Consultant for the BBC, creating online, video, and interactive content for BBC Bitesize in the UK and BBC Studios in the US. She also develops educational materials and digital content for Microsoft. Helen is an author for Cambridge University Press and has co-authored current GCSE, IGCSE and A Level geography textbooks and revision guides, as well as the Cambridge Lower Secondary Humanities Digital Teacher's Resource.
Support is offered for the following Key Stages:
Key Stages 3 - 5
What can Helen offer to schools?
Helen offers a wide range of support for secondary schools, with a particular emphasis on A Level Geography (especially the AQA specification). She brings specialist expertise in fieldwork design, NEA (Non-Exam Assessment) support, and curriculum development, helping departments to strengthen both their teaching and student outcomes.
A Level Geography (AQA focus)
- NEA support workshops – guiding students through topic selection, question formulation, methodology, and data presentation.
- Exam skills and revision – focused workshops on mastering 20-mark essays, AO1/AO2 balance, using sources effectively, and improving evaluation skills.
Curriculum and Departmental Support
- Curriculum planning – support in designing or refining your geography curriculum to ensure it is coherent and knowledge-rich.
- Assessment design – help with developing meaningful assessments that build progression, incorporate disciplinary thinking, and prepare students for terminal exams.
- Resource development – tailored lesson resources, case studies, and fieldwork booklets to fit your curriculum and save teachers’ time.
Key Stage 3 and GCSE
- Schemes of work and thematic units – e.g. climate change, sustainability, development, urban futures, coasts and rivers.
- GCSE skills workshops – map skills, data interpretation, exam command word confidence, and structuring longer answers.
- Embedding skills in a fun way.
- GCSE revision techniques.
Format of sessions
Helen is happy to work online and in-person, but not too far from the postcode DE13 (Barton-under-Needwood). Travel expenses must be paid additionally to all fees.
Pricing
All sessions require payment- please enquire directly with Helen for prices and availability.
Other consultancy services offered by Helen
- Authoring
- Resource writing
- Script writing
- Content creation
How to contact Helen
Please contact Helen via her website www.geographygeek.co.uk or via LinkedIn
