Entertainment journalist

Occupation · ISCO 2642what the job is

Statistics, English Language and Media Studies at GCSE, then a Level 5 apprenticeship or a degree.

Closest route from school
Level 5

the nearest apprenticeship standard, two steps above A levels · 1 standard and 4 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content

Level 5 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.

At school · Years 9–13

Which subjects build towards it?

4GCSE and A level subjects share ideas with this job; GCSE Statistics is the closest

Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.

DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today

Statistics leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: perform data cleansing, target audience, data source.

All subjects and shared ideas4
SubjectMatchShared ideas
GCSE Statistics1.00perform data cleansing, target audience, data source
GCSE English Language0.94content selection, standard english
GCSE Media Studies0.82media regulation, target audience
A level Mathematics0.61perform data cleansing, accuracy
After school · 16–19 and beyond

Which apprenticeships lead here?

1Skills England standard match this job

Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.

Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

England

Where are these subjects taken most?

Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Statistics, English Language and Media Studies, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.

Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.

DfE subject entries

ESCO · 2642

What the job is

Entertainment journalists research and write articles about cultural and social events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews with artists and celebrities and attend events.

Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.

This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.