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Film and Media: Education

Answer

The department does not hold data on the subjects offered by schools and colleges.

School and college data on the number of entries in each subject is published in the ‘Qualification and subject data’ found on the Compare school and college performance website, available on GOV.UK.

This includes schools and colleges which had entries in GCSE, A level and Level 3 film and media qualifications, their institution type and local authority.

The number of schools and colleges with entries in film and media subjects by region and institution type are provided in the tables below.

Number of schools and colleges with entries in GCSE film and media subjects:

	State-funded secondary schools	% of state-funded secondary schools	Independent schools	% of all independent schools
East Midlands	107	34.5%	3	3.7%
East of England	157	38.2%	9	7.8%
London	178	31.7%	16	8.4%
North East	26	15.0%	0	0%
North West	94	17.9%	5	3.5%
South East	209	37.0%	26	10.1%
South West	90	25.0%	8	6.5%
West Midlands	93	21.5%	4	2.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber	63	18.1%	3	3.7%
England	1,017	27.6%	74	6.3%

Number of schools and colleges with entries in A level film and media subjects:

	State-funded secondary schools	% of state-funded secondary schools	Independent schools	% of all independent schools	Further Education colleges	% of all Further Education colleges
East Midlands	92	49.5%	2	6.9%	7	58.3%
East of England	151	63.4%	13	20.3%	9	45.0%
London	183	44.4%	16	16.5%	11	45.8%
North East	33	45.2%	1	9.1%	7	53.8%
North West	78	43.1%	0	-	24	60.0%
South East	201	61.7%	20	14.2%	17	54.8%
South West	103	55.4%	5	7.9%	11	55.0%
West Midlands	89	37.2%	3	6.1%	9	42.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber	68	46.9%	2	5.7%	13	52.0%
England	998	50.3%	62	11.6%	108	52.4%

Number of schools and colleges with entries in all Level 3 qualifications in film and media subjects:

	State-funded secondary schools	% of state-funded secondary schools	Independent schools	% of all independent schools	Further Education colleges	% of all Further Education colleges
East Midlands	110	59.1%	5	17.2%	7	58.3%
East of England	170	71.4%	20	31.2%	10	50.0%
London	224	54.4%	17	17.5%	11	45.8%
North East	46	63.0%	4	36.4%	8	61.5%
North West	109	60.2%	2	4.4%	26	65.0%
South East	234	71.8%	33	23.4%	18	58.1%
South West	118	63.4%	11	17.5%	11	55.0%
West Midlands	123	51.5%	7	14.3%	11	52.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber	88	60.7%	5	14.3%	13	52.0%
England	1,222	61.5%	104	19.5%	115	55.8%

GCSE figures relate to entries in ‘Film Studies’ and ‘Media/Film/TV Studies’ GCSEs by pupils at the end of key stage 4. A level figures relate to entries in ‘Film Studies’ and ‘Media/Film/TV Studies’ A levels by students at the end of 16 to 19 study.

Level 3 qualifications include entries in ‘Film Studies’ and ‘Media/Film/TV Studies’ A levels, AS levels, and other Level 3 academic qualifications, and ‘Multimedia’ and “Film/Video/Television Production” Applied General and Tech Level qualifications by students at the end of 16 to 19 study. Each school and college are counted once only, regardless of whether they offer multiple courses.

Teaching began on the ‘Media, Broadcast and Production’ T Level pathway in September 2024. Provider level data will be published for the first time in spring 2027.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL2187

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Education Film Media

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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