Frequently Asked Questions

A. Students don’t need any previous knowledge or experience of Moving Image Arts to be able to do this course. However, they need to have basic keyboarding and word processing skills for the online examination.

A. No, there are no prohibited combinations for this subject.

A. We award GCSE qualifications on an eight grade scale from A*–G, with A* being the highest. If students fail to attain a grade G or over, we report their results as unclassified (U).

We report the results of individual assessment units on a uniform mark scale that reflects the assessment weighting of each unit. We decide on the grades by combining the uniform marks obtained on individual assessment units.

A. Yes, students can resit individual assessment units once. The better result for each assessment unit counts towards the GCSE qualification.

Students’ individual assessment unit results can count towards a GCSE qualification until we withdraw the specification.

A. Yes, in GCSE Moving Image Arts students must demonstrate the quality of their written communication. In particular, students must:

• make sure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar are accurate so that meaning is clear;
• select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to their purpose and to complex subject matter; and
• organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary where appropriate.

Examiners assess the quality of students’ written communication in their responses to questions or tasks requiring extended writing. The quality of written communication is assessed within assessment objectives AO1, AO4 and AO5.

A. This specification gives students the opportunity to develop the following Key Skills:

• Application of Number;
• Communication;
• Improving Own Learning and Performance;
• Information and Communications Technology;
• Problem-Solving; and
• Working with Others.