Introduce your students to the possibilities of the dynamic media landscape
Through exploring a range of media products and challenging creativity, our International GCSE Media Studies course will spark your students’ curiosity and prepare them for further study.
- The only GCSE Media Studies qualification designed exclusively for international students, with internationally and culturally relevant content that ensures no student is disadvantaged.
- Includes a coursework module that develops students’ creativity and practical skills.
- Adopts a flexible approach that allows schools the freedom to select their own materials and teaching sources across a range of modern media formats.
In order to give teachers more flexibility in selecting their chosen Selected Media Products (SMPs), we have changed the timeframe for contemporary SMPs from six years to ten years. We have updated the specification and the scheme of work for Paper 1 to reflect this change.
We’ve also released a brand new Teachers Guide for Selected Media Products, which provides further guidance, detail and exemplification about this feature of the specification.
International GCSE Media Studies (9257)
OxfordAQA International GCSE Media Studies covers the following topics:
- Media language
- Media representations
- Media industries
- Media audiences
OxfordAQA provides all the resources and advice you need to teach the International GCSE Media Studies specification effectively.
- Download the specification
- View our training courses to help you deliver OxfordAQA International GCSE Media Studies
- Fully matched Student Book and digital teaching resources published by Oxford University Press
Visit our resources for teachers area to access:
- Schemes of work to allow you to plan how to deliver the specification in a way that will best suit you and your students
- Teaching guidance to outline clearly the scope of teaching and learning
- Topic tests and mock exam analysers to allow you to track your students’ progress throughout the teaching year.
Paper 1 – Media Knowledge and Understanding:
- 2 hours
- 100 marks
- 50% of GCSE
Non-exam assessment (NEA) – creating a media product:
- Students respond to a choice of one of six briefs that change every three years
- 100 marks
- 50% of GCSE
- Assessed by teachers
- Moderated by OxfordAQA
Find out more about non-exam assessment (NEA), including guidance, resources and information on how to access Teacher Online Standardisation (TOLS).
Candidate record forms
We produce candidate record forms for all coursework and controlled assessment components. They are for students and teachers to authenticate the work, and teachers to record their assessments and supporting information.
Take a look at:
- The OxfordAQA International GCSE Media Studies switching guide
- Example specimen exam paper and mark scheme
You must be an approved OxfordAQA centre to enter students for our exams. Make sure you become an OxfordAQA centre before you start teaching a course.
