Welcome to the GCSE Media Studies Website

'Media Studies is a crucial subject for the modern age. All pupils should have the entitlement to be media literate.'

A quote from Mr Lacey, the Head of Media studies at Benton Park School.

Media Studies and BTEC Media can be taken as a subject for GCSE. They each count as 1 option.

BTEC Media: BTEC Media is worth 2 GCSE's and is 100% coursework, this means there is no exam at the end of year 11!

Media Studies: Media Studies is worth 1 GCSE and is 50% coursework and 50% exam based.

This website will give you an insight into the key concepts involved in the GCSE Media Studies course that your child will be studying at Benton Park School.

It will outline the content in each of the concepts, giving examples and explanations of each.

The website contains files which need the following to run:

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Here are 4 of the students who were the first to take BTEC Media as a GCSE option.

' It is an idelic subject for the creative person'

A quote from Adam Findlay. (2nd from the left)