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A Level Media

at Paget High School, Burton-On-Trent · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2022see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

This component covers all of the following media forms: music videos, video games, advertising, film marketing, newspapers and radio news/current affairs programmes. This will include: Media Language and Meanings Representations and Meanings Contextual Study - Representations This component assesses knowledge and understanding of media language, representation, industry and audiences. This will include: Television in the Global Age Magazines: Mainstream and Alternative Media Media in the Online Age studied.An individual cross-media production based on two forms in response to a choice of briefs set by WJEC, applying knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework and digital convergence.

What you need to get on

Non-examination assessment and written examination. Grades will be from A* to E. Media Studies at GCSE would be beneficial and a strong performance in other practical or creative GCSE subjects such as Art, Design and ICT would make you ideally suited to this course.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Paget High School, Business and Enterprise College

    Burton Road Branston, Burton-On-Trent, DE14 3DR

    DaytimeClassroom based
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