Courses
Five courses in the BNDS A-Level Programme. Each one has an overview, a semester plan, and a page for every unit and lesson — what it covers, how it runs, and what's due.
Key dates
The Semester 1 calendar runs September 2026 to January 2027 — every attainment and end-of-term assessment at its date, alongside term boundaries, holidays, and school-wide anchors.
First teaching day is Tuesday 1 September 2026.
How grading works
Four categories, fixed across every course: Attainment (50%), Course Skills (20%), Learning Behaviour (10%), and the End of Term exam (20%). The full scheme, with the notice you’re owed before any assessment, is in the assessment framework.
Term dates and holidays are on the calendar, alongside every assessment.
Media Studies theory
Concept and theorist pages used across the Media Studies course — the place to start when revising.
Key concepts — The four key concepts · Media Language · Representation · Media Industry · Media Audience · Narrative · Technical Elements · Media Vocabulary · The Viewing Protocol
Theorists — Barthes · Hall · Debord · Jameson · Žižek · McLuhan · Postman · Nichols