Secondary Media Studies

KS3 • Ages 11-14

  • Making Media

    A group of young entrepreneurs explore the skills required in media production.

    • KS3 • Ages 11-14

  • Making the News

    A collection of short films for exploring the various techniques used by the BBC to make the news for different audiences.

    • KS3 • Ages 11-14

  • Explore your creative side

    These interactive articles are useful for teaching secondary students about media studies, art and design and creative writing.

    • KS3 • Ages 11-14

  • How did 16 photographs change the way we see the world?

    Photography has preserved moments in time and unmasked great mysteries. Here's 16 of the best.

    • KS3 • Ages 11-14

GCSE • Ages 14-16

  • News and media literacy resources

    Discover what media literacy is and how to teach media literacy with these downloadable interactive secondary KS3 and KS4 teaching resources.

    • KS3/GCSE • Ages 11-16

  • Ros Atkins On...

    This collection of BBC News explainer videos could be used for helping students understand complex topical stories.

    • GCSE • Ages 14-16

  • Young Reporter

    BBC Young Reporter is the BBC’s journalism and media project supporting young people to develop content creation skills, find out about careers in broadcasting and share their own stories.

    • KS3/GCSE • Ages 11-16
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  • Digital Literacy resources

    This series of short films for secondary schools uses animation and real life case studies to explore key issues around digital literacy and online safety.

    • GCSE • Ages 14-16

  • BBC100 Share Your Story

    In 2022 we celebrated 100 years of the BBC by sharing people’s stories from all around the world, whilst looking to the future and the next generation of storytellers.

    • KS3/GCSE • Ages 11-16