A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and environments, together with a deep understanding of the earth’s key physical processes as well as an empathy to patterns of human behaviour. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world and acquisition of skills will help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge provides the tools and approaches that explain how the earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interrelated and evolve over time.