Last year, I was the Series Editor of a new book published by Collins for the Cambridge iGCSE Geography syllabus (0460).
This was for the newly updated version of the syllabus, which put the content back into Human and Physical Geography examinations and changed the nature of the skills element of the assessment.
I ensured that there were new contexts and case studies which were not the 'usual' ones. I am very pleased with how it turned out.
The book is accompanied by a Workbook and a Teacher Guide to help explain how to teach the course.
My own school offers the iGCSE Geography, and my colleague Matt Norbury was very useful when scoping out the book's structure, and my colleague Claire Kyndt was one of the authoring team.
Please take a look at the book if you are teaching this specification - there are a lot of people who do in countries across the world, and this is worth adopting for your classroom. Why not buy a copy to see whether it's a good fit for your school?
The iGCSE Geography course is very popular globally as I said, but there are relatively few CPD opportunities for teachers who teach the course.
Richard Allaway and Matt Podbury both work in international schools which offer the specification are organising a series of courses for iGCSE Geography. They have over 35 years of teaching experience between them.
They have brought in various experts to co-run some of the courses for the 2026-2027 academic year, including Jonathan Butcher from the British School of Milan.
In December, Matt Podbury and I are running a course together designed for teachers who are about to teach the course for the first time, but which would also be useful for anyone who is relatively new to the new syllabus - which is most teachers.
It's a way off yet, but worth getting in your diaries.
Details here:
The first of two 90-minute sessions is led by Matt and focuses on adapting your delivery for the new Cambridge 0460/0976 syllabus. He works through what has changed and what has stayed the same between 2026 and 2027, sequencing decisions and pace of delivery, doorstep geography opportunities and case studies, free online IGCSE Geography resources, and planning fieldwork visits with effective fieldwork questions.
The second session brings views and key advice from textbook author Alan Parkinson. Discover the print and online resources that work hardest for the new course, the case studies that bring it to life, and practical ways to embed the ‘and sustainable’ requirement across your curriculum rather than treating it as a bolt-on.
Leave with a clear opening-months roadmap, vetted resources, and practical answers to the questions every first-time IGCSE Geography teacher meets.
It's organised so that it is accessible to people in different key locations around the world.
See you there?
Comments