Speech and Drama

Course summary

Many students at Sandy Secondary School have a passion for the Expressive Arts. This is evident in participation at KS4 and KS5, as well as the number of students who attend extracurricular activities. The Sixth Form offers BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Performing Arts as well as A Level Dance and Drama as part of its Expressive Arts Provision. This course has an extremely high success rate (100% of last year's students achieved a Pass—Distinction overall with the majority of students securing the highest grades). The BTEC in Performing Arts is flexible to support learners across a range of specialisms and students who still want to ensure they take other subjects can opt to specialise in Dance or Acting for the duration of the course or can change their specialism unit to unit if they wish. This qualification is equivalent to 1.5 A levels.