Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many state-funded secondary schools in England offer (1) GCSE Film Studies, (2) A level Film Studies, (3) GCSE Media Studies, and (4) A level Media Studies; how many independent schools offer each of these qualifications; and whether they will publish this information annually by region as part of the national dataset on subject provision in schools.

The number of schools with entries in the two subjects requested are provided below. The department does not hold data on the subjects that institutions offer.

Number of schools with GCSE and A level entries in Film Studies and Media/Film/TV Studies in 2024/25, by school type:

Media Studies is referred to in the department’s attainment data ‘Media/Film/TV Studies’ and is a separate qualification to ‘Film Studies’.