Film Studies (A Level)

Applications Open: Thursday 20 November 2025

Applications Close: Friday 13 February 2026

How to Apply:

Apply via Applicaa using this link - https://sstmaidstone.applicaa.com/sixthform

Internal Students: You will have already received your login details.

External students: You will need to create an account, by clicking 'Start New Application'.

Entry Requirements:

All students need to meet the following criteria to gain a place in Year 12 at The School of Science and Technology Maidstone:

• Achieve 32 points across their eight best GCSE subjects
• A minimum grade 4 in Mathematics and English (Language or Literature)
• Meet the subject entry requirements for the course they wish to study (click here for detailed curriculum information)

A Level Film Studies offers an exciting and enriching journey into cinema, exploring diverse genres, styles, and global movements. Film Studies combines creativity with analytical rigour. The aims of the course are to encourage interest in how film works not just as an aesthetic medium, but also as a medium of representation. Those who study it characteristically bring with them a high degree of enthusiasm for what is a powerful and culturally significant medium, inspiring a range of responses from the emotional to the reflective.

Two externally assessed papers at the end ...

Grade 5 or above in GCSE English (either L...

This will be discussed in further detail during the induction process