Loading…
A-Level Media Studies Tutors
Qualified, DBS-checked UK teachers. From £40 a lesson, online or face-to-face.
Qualified teachers Enhanced DBS 24h refunds From £40 a lesson
1 tutor ready to book for A-Level Media Studies
Qualified teachers, enhanced DBS verified. Pick one to see their availability and book a single lesson — no packages.
Kevin Anthony H.
Highly Experienced Multi Subject Teacher With 40 Years Experience!
£40.00
per lesson
40 years teachingQualified TeacherEnhanced DBSSEN/SEND
Why A-Level Media Studies matters
A-level Media Studies rewards analysis, not opinion — and that can be taught
A-level Media Studies is often misjudged as a soft option. In practice it asks students to apply a demanding theoretical framework — media language, representation, industries and audiences — to set products they have to know in detail, and to write about them with the precision of an essay subject. The gap between a C and an A is rarely enthusiasm; it is whether the student can deploy the right theorist to the right product under time pressure.
Every board (AQA, Eduqas, OCR) prescribes Close Study Products or set texts that change periodically, plus a substantial non-exam assessment where the student produces media of their own to a brief. Students lose marks in two predictable places: analysis that describes rather than argues, and coursework that is creative but does not evidence the framework. A tutor who has taught the specification fixes both, because they know what examiners reward and what they ignore.
Every Media Studies tutor on Teachers Delivered is a qualified UK teacher who has taught the current A-level specification — not a film enthusiast, and not a student.
What an A-level Media Studies tutor will strengthen
Media language
Semiotics, narrative, genre and postmodernism (Barthes, Todorov, Neale, Baudrillard) applied to real products, not recited.
Representation
Hall, Gauntlett, van Zoonen, hooks and Butler: identity, gender, ethnicity and how products construct them.
Industries
Ownership, regulation, Curran and Seaton, Livingstone and Lunt, Hesmondhalgh — why products look the way they do.
Audiences
Bandura, Gerbner, Hall's reception theory, Jenkins and Shirky: how audiences are targeted and how they respond.
Set products and CSPs
A-Level Media Studies Tutors: common questions
Is A-level Media Studies respected by universities?
It is accepted by the large majority of universities for the large majority of courses, and it is directly relevant to degrees in media, communications, journalism, marketing and film. A handful of the most selective courses prefer it alongside traditional subjects rather than instead of them. If a specific university matters, check its entry requirements — a tutor can help make sense of them.
My child is creative but their essays score badly. Can tutoring help?
This is the most common pattern in the subject, and yes. The exam rewards argument built on the theoretical framework, and creative students often describe products beautifully without ever applying a theorist. A tutor teaches the structure the examiner is looking for, then practises it on the set products until it becomes automatic.
Can a tutor help with the coursework production?
Yes, within the rules. Coursework must be the student's own work, and tutors will not make it for them. What a tutor can do is help interpret the brief, plan the production so it evidences the framework, and review drafts against the mark scheme — which is where most coursework marks are decided.
Do you have tutors for my child's exam board?
Tutors list the boards they have taught, and a Media Studies teacher will know the differences between AQA, Eduqas and OCR — the set products differ, the framework does not. Check the tutor's profile or ask them in a message before booking.
How are lessons run online?
In the classroom built into this site: video, a shared whiteboard, screen sharing so the tutor can show a set product or a student's draft, and a chat. Nothing to install. Lessons are booked and paid one at a time, with automatic refunds for cancellations more than 24 hours ahead.