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Media Studies

Media Studies is an exciting, challenging subject in which pupils study a range of media, including television, film, comics, , the music industry and websites. Since Media was introduced at the School in September 2007, it has proved extremely popular with pupils. Uptake has increased each year and we now run 3 GCSE classes in each year group. In September 2009, as part of the Cambridge Heath Sixth Form consortium, we welcome our first AS Media pupils.

The Media Department is staffed by a small team of enthusiastic and highly committed teachers, with experience of teaching this subject to A Level. Pupils are taught in groups of 24 or under in a dedicated Media Suite, which is equipped with 25 Apple Mac computers, which are loaded with professional media software packages such as Final Cut Pro and Adobe Creative Suite, allowing our students to use industry standard technology in their own production work.

We regularly review our curriculum to ensure it prepares pupils for exam success, develops independent learning skills and, most importantly, to ensure that it is stimulating, challenging and enjoyable. At Key Stage 4, our pupils follow the WJEC GCSE Media Studies course, while at Key Stage 5, our pupils follow the OCR AS/A2 Media Studies course.

We are committed to mixed ability teaching and recognise that to do this effectively the curriculum has to be planned carefully, ensuring progression, support and challenge. Pupils’ progress is carefully tracked and intervention strategies are employed to support pupils who are underachieving. Twice a week, we also run a homework club, staffed by media teachers and former Morpeth pupils.