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Media Studies

at Maidstone Grammar School For Girls, Maidstone · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level22 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

How the media represent the world is the basis for much of our understanding. Therefore, we each need core media literacy skills, as readers of the quotidian flow of television, online media and print media messages. Helping the student become more than functionally media literate is one of the main aims of Media Studies; becoming media literate means becoming an autonomous and critical reader of all forms of media. The media have real relevance and importance in our lives today, providing us with ways to communicate, with forms of cultural expression and the ability to participate in key aspects of society. Media Studies therefore helps students to develop students' skills of analysis as well as help them to become effective and creative producers of media products.

What you need to get on

Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants achieving a minimum Grade 5 in English Language and Mathematics. In total students need to have achieved at least six GCSEs of which at least four subjects are at Grade 6 (or Grade B). In addition students may have some difficulty if they did not achieve Grade 6 or above in English Language and/or Literature at GCSE level.

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 for Girls

    GREAT BUCKLAND, MAIDSTONE, ME16 0SF

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 2 September 2026 · MAIDSTONE

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