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GCE A Level in Media Studies

at Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Media Studies involves the study of a range of areas including Film, Television, Video Gaming, Newspaper, Magazine, Advertising and Marketing, Radio and Online industries. It is focused on industry practices and involves looking at how and why products are produced in the manner they are. It also requires you to challenge your perceptions of the Media as a whole. The A Level course is made up of 70% examination work and 30% Non-Examined Assessment. In the first examination, learners will explore how media products are used by institutions and consumed by audiences, as well as looking at construction techniques and the representation offered in key products. This will involve looking at a range of media texts from a variety of different forms of media, including advertising, music video, video gaming and radio industries. The second exam paper involves looking at a series of debates such as censorship, changing technologies, sociological changes in audiences and postmodernism through a series of media texts from a historical perspective, global perspective and within the digital age. The course also involves a practical component which makes up the non-examined assessment. This will involve students producing a series of linked media products, covering moving image production, print work, audio/radio broadcasting and the online medium. Media Studies offers you the opportunity to work creatively, practically, analytically and theoretically. The course allows you the opportunity

What you need to get on

To study this course for A Level, you should have at least a 6 grade in Media Studies GCSE if taken. Also, at least a Grade 5 in GCSE Maths and English.

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

  • Maidstone Grammar School

    BARTON ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 7BT

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · MAIDSTONE

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