Speech and Drama
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School - Lancashire
01254232992
Queen's Road West, Accrington, BB5 4AY
Course summary

This is an exciting and innovative new course, equivalent to two A-levels. It gives a broad introduction to the Performing Arts Sector in Drama, Dance, Music and Musical Theatre with emphasis on core knowledge and fundamental, transferable skills. This is part of a programme of study allowing you to undertake 2/3 other A-level subjects keeping a broad academic range of subjects. It offers a vocational perspective on performing arts industries and is designed to provide a progression route to higher education and further training in the performing arts sector. Performing Arts in an exciting and enjoyable course with a lot of practical work, in-depth study of scripts and theatre practitioners and the opportunity to take part in many performances throughout the course. The course caters for all abilities and all disciplines within the performing arts industry and will prepare you well for further study at a specialist performing arts college, dance school, drama school, music conservatoire or university.

Entry requirements

4 GSCE Grades B/5 or above, plus at least a Grade 4 in English Language and Mathematics. Some previous study in either drama, dance, performing arts or music is desirable but not essential. You should be a competent performer in your chosen medium and you should have some experience of what is required for this kind of course.

How you'll be assessed

Unit 1 Investigating Practitioners Work (Externally Assessed) Unit 2 Developing Skills and Techniques for Live Performance (Internally Assessed with Portfolio of Evidence) Unit 3 Group Performance Workshop (Portfolio and Digital Process Log Externally Assessed) Unit 4 Performing Arts in the Community (Internally Assessed Portfolio Unit 5 Individual Performance Commission (Externally Set task and Assessment) Unit 6 Final Live Performance to an Audience (Externally Set and Assessed)

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth West
Local AuthorityLancashire
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressQueen's Road West, Accrington, BB5 4AY