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A Level: Media

St Paul's Catholic School

Spencefield Lane, Leicester , Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 6HN

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Friday, 28 August 2026

St Pauls Catholic School

2 Year(s)

Part of a full time programme

Daytime/working hours

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Course Summary

Are you interested in how your opinions about the world are shaped and influenced by the media products you consume? Have you ever considered how those products are put together, by whom and for whom? Studying Media offers you the chance to explore and analyse a wide range of media texts to identify the messages and values they contain, as well as giving you the opportunity to produce your own media products.

Course Details

This course will focus on the areas of media language, media representations, media industries and media audiences across Television, Film, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Advertising and marketing, online, social and participatory media, video games and music videos.

The full course specification can be found at: AQA A-Level Media Spec

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Examination Board: AQA (7572)

Paper 1: Section A - Media Language and Media Representations / Section B - Media Industries and Media Audiences.

Written Exam - 2 hours

35% of A-Level

Paper 2: Media forms of television, magazines and online, social and participatory media/video games.

Written Exam - 2 hours

35% of A-Level

Non-exam assessment - Creating a cross media product

A choice of one of six annually changing briefs, set by AQA.

30% of A-level

Assessed by teachers and moderated by AQA

For more in depth details and information about the course, please visit – STP A-Level Media

Entry requirements

Students will be expected to have met St Paul’s entry requirements of 2 Grade 5’s and 4 Grade 4’s. A minimum of grade 4 in English and Maths is essential for all courses.

Your next steps...

A level Media Studies students can go onto study Media, TV or Film at University as a practical degree, a theoretical degree or a combination of the two. Degree courses include Media & Communications, Multi-Media Journalism, Marketing and Film Production.

A-level Media can lead to a very broad range of professions in media, film and journalism. Jobs include Web Content Manager, Social Media Manager, Reporter, Broadcast Assistant and many more.

Additional information

https://www.st-pauls.leicester.sch.uk/sixth-form/

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