Media Studies

Applications open: 10 October 2025

Applications close: 15 January 2026

Students can join Weald of Kent Grammar School at our Tonbridge Campus.

Entry Requirements: - If you wish to join the Weald of Kent Sixth Form you must have a minimum of a Grade 5 in English Language or English Literature and a Grade 5 in Mathematics. In addition, students also need to achieve an Average Point Score (APS) of 5.5 to be comprised of their best 8 GCSE results.

How to Apply: - Applications are made through Applicaa. Please see the school website for more information https://www.wealdofkent.kent.sch.uk/sixth-form

The course leads to qualifications recognised by the media industry and opens up opportunities for future employment in this sector. Media Studies is an excellent foundation for further study of Media in Higher Education.

During this two-year course, students will study a contemporary, accessible and creative course, which will allow them to study the media in an academic context and apply the knowledge and understanding gained to the process of creating their own media productions. Media Studies is designed to widen the intellectual horizons of the learner through the analysis of both global and historical media. This course will foster the development of critical and reflective thinking to encourage engagement in the critical debates surrounding contemporary media, developing critical thinking and the ability to create exciting and dynamic media products.

Media products

Learners will explore how media products are used by institutions to construct different representations and how media audiences interpret these products. Media products encompass Long Form TV Drama, the Radio One Breakfast Show and Minecraft. Learners will use aspects of the theoretical framework to analyse and evaluate their own cross-media productions.

Media in a digital age

Learners will explore and analyse the ideas and arguments from debates about the media. These debates will be drawn from:

• an historical perspective • the digital age • global media.

Making media

Learners will practically explore the creation of two linked media products in a cross-media production.

Media forms

Throughout this course, learners will study nine different media forms. These are:

• television • film • radio • newspapers • magazines • advertising and marketing • online, social and participatory media • video games • music videos.

Students should have achieved a Grade 6 in GCSE Media Studies or a Grade 6 in GCSE English Literature or GCSE English Language if Media was not taken.