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A Level Media Studies

at St Cuthbert Mayne School, Torquay · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2025see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level18 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

Media Products 30% (Exam) An exploration and analysis exploring how media products are used by institutions to construct different representations, and how the media audiences interpret these products. The second part of the exam uses aspects of the theoretical framework to analyse and evaluate your own cross-media productions (Practical Production). Students will produce a Blog & Vlog covering: TV, Print, and Online News reporting. Media in a digital age 40% (Exam) An exploration of how to analyse the ideas and arguments from debates about the media, these debates will be drawn from a historical perspective, the digital age and global media. Students will produce a Blog, Vlog & Podcast covering: Magazines, Radio & Film which include a focus on Hammer Film Studios, as well as the Music & Video Games Industry and TV Drama.

What you need to get on

5 X 9-4 Grades, including Grade 9 – 4 English and Mathematics GCSE English Language & Literature 9-4

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

  • St Cuthbert Mayne School

    TRUMLANDS ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ1 4RN

    DaytimeClassroom based
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