GCSE Media Studies: 2026 Close Study Product booklet now available
Published: Monday 3 Jun 2024
The Close Study Product (CSP) booklet for the 2026 exam series is available on Centre Services. The CSP booklet can be given to your learners straight away so they can study the products.
The video game CSP Kim Kardashian: Hollywood was re-introduced for the 2025 exams only. This means that there is a new video game CSP for first teaching in September 2024.
Please see below for details of the new video game CSP for first assessment in 2026:
| New product | Replaced product |
|---|---|
Blackpink The Game | Kim Kardashian: Hollywood |
You can find the CSP booklet following the steps below:
- log into Centre Services
- select ‘Resources’
- select ‘Assessment and training’
- choose ’Media Studies'
- tick ‘GCSE’
- tick ‘Preliminary material’ in the resource type field
- tick '8572 Media Studies' in the specification field
- select ‘newest first’ from the drop down list at the top of the page.
Updated resources
We’re also updating the following resources for the 2026 exams onwards:
- GCSE Media Studies schemes of work
- GCSE Media Studies teaching guide: theoretical framework
- GCSE Media Studies Sample Questions and Mark schemes.
You’ll be able to access the updated resources soon on the GCSE Media Studies teaching and assessment resources pages of our website.
We’ll also be providing a short introduction to support teaching of this new CSP in our free Curriculum Connect meeting on Tuesday 18 June 2024.You can book your place now on our website.
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