The GCSE Drama qualification engages students by encouraging creativity, focusing on practical work that reflects twenty-first-century theatre practice, and developing skills that will support progression to further study of Drama. • Clear and coherent structure - our qualification has a straightforward structure with three components, one that focuses on devising, one that focuses on performing in or designing for a performance from a text, and one that focuses on practical understanding of a performance text. • Practical focus - this new qualification focuses on the practical exploration of performance texts. The performance text that will be studied for the examination will require students to articulate how they would perform in certain roles, and direct and design for certain extracts, putting practical work at the heart of the qualification. • Clear and straightforward question papers - we have focused on ensuring that our question papers are clear and accessible for students and that mark schemes are straightforward and make the requirements clear. • Performance skills - we will continue to assess students’ performance skills through visiting examiners ensuring students' skills are assessed in a live context.
Grades 9-5 (A*-C) in at least 6 GCSE subjects including Math and English Language or an international equivalent eg. IB Middle Year Programme.
We will continue to assess students’ performance skills through visiting examiners ensuring students' skills are assessed in a live context. ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES • We will create and develop ideas to communicate meaning for theatrical performance • We will apply theatrical skills to realize artistic intentions in live performance • We will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre are developed and performed • We will analyze and evaluate their work and the work of others
About Education Provider
| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7AE |
The GCSE Drama qualification engages students by encouraging creativity, focusing on practical work that reflects twenty-first-century theatre practice, and developing skills that will support progression to further study of Drama. • Clear and coherent structure - our qualification has a straightforward structure with three components, one that focuses on devising, one that focuses on performing in or designing for a performance from a text, and one that focuses on practical understanding of a performance text. • Practical focus - this new qualification focuses on the practical exploration of performance texts. The performance text that will be studied for the examination will require students to articulate how they would perform in certain roles, and direct and design for certain extracts, putting practical work at the heart of the qualification. • Clear and straightforward question papers - we have focused on ensuring that our question papers are clear and accessible for students and that mark schemes are straightforward and make the requirements clear. • Performance skills - we will continue to assess students’ performance skills through visiting examiners ensuring students' skills are assessed in a live context.
Grades 9-5 (A*-C) in at least 6 GCSE subjects including Math and English Language or an international equivalent eg. IB Middle Year Programme.
We will continue to assess students’ performance skills through visiting examiners ensuring students' skills are assessed in a live context. ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES • We will create and develop ideas to communicate meaning for theatrical performance • We will apply theatrical skills to realize artistic intentions in live performance • We will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre are developed and performed • We will analyze and evaluate their work and the work of others