GCSE Media Studies tutors
5 UK tutors who teach Media Studies at GCSE. £30–£75/hr · median £40
Media Studies at GCSE and A-level (Eduqas, AQA, OCR) covers media language, representations, industries, audiences, and a substantial coursework production component. Set products span print (newspapers, magazines), broadcast (radio, TV), film marketing, video games, online media and music video. Tutoring helps most with the theoretical frameworks (Hall, Gerbner, Todorov, Levi-Strauss, Gauntlett and others; mark schemes reward named theory) and with the production coursework, where students need to demonstrate intentional decisions as well as technical competence. Look for tutors with media studies or communications backgrounds and explicit board familiarity. Set products differ.
GCSEs are sat in Year 11 (age 15-16), with most students taking 8-10 subjects. They're the main UK school qualification at 16: the 9-1 graded exams that drive sixth-form admission, apprenticeship eligibility, and (via maths and English at grade 4 or 5) university and many job prerequisites. Tutoring demand peaks here. The biggest grade gains tend to come from exam-paper technique rather than further content. Students often know more than they show. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJEC, CIE) diverge on content and assessment, so tutor familiarity with the specific spec is meaningful in most subjects.
70% got grade 4 or above in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
About the GCSE Media Studies exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
AQA · 8572
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Monday, 17 May 2027 Paper 1, afternoon
- Tuesday, 25 May 2027 Paper 2, afternoon
Past papers, June 2024
- Paper 1 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 2 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Grade boundaries, every series
Grade boundaries
| Series | Grade 4 | Grade 7 |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 99/240 41% | 156/240 65% |
| June 2025 | 98/240 41% | 156/240 65% |
The total marks needed across all the papers. From AQA GCSE grade boundaries, June 2026 and AQA GCSE grade boundaries, June 2025.
How students do
Share of UK entries who got grade 4 or above, and who got grade 7 or above, all boards.
- 2025 70.1%·19.8%
- 2026 70%·19.3%
2020 and 2021 were teacher-assessed grades, which is why they run higher. All ages, including students resitting. From GCSE (full course) results summer, all UK candidates.
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About GCSE
Year groups, exam timing, and how GCSE fits into the UK qualification ladder.
Exam boards
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CCEA, SQA (now Qualifications Scotland) and Cambridge International: what each is known for.
Parent guides
Cost benchmarks, online vs in-person, when to start, choosing a tutor, and knowing if it's working.
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