Component 1: Devising Coursework, 40% of the qualification. Content overview: • Devise an original performance piece. • Use one key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli. • Performer or designer routes available. Assessment overview Internally assessed and externally moderated. A portfolio which can be handwritten/typed evidence between 2500–3000 words or recorded/verbal evidence between 12-14 minutes. Component 2: Text in Performance Coursework, 20% of the qualification Content overview: • A group performance/design realisation of one key extract from a performance text. • A monologue or duologue performance/design realisation from one key extract from a different performance text. • Externally assessed by a visiting examiner. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes. 40% of the qualification Content overview: • Live theatre evaluation – choice of performance. • Practical exploration and study of a complete performance text – focusing on how this can be realised for performance. • Practical exploration and interpretation of another complete performance text, in light of a chosen theatre practitioner – focusing on how this text could be reimagined for a contemporary audience.
We recommend that before embarking on Key Stage 5, pupils should have achieved at least five GCSEs at grade 4 or above with a minimum of a grade 6 in the subjects they wish to study.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Oxfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £32,085- £38,235 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £22,275 |
| Address | 72-74 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6JR |
Component 1: Devising Coursework, 40% of the qualification. Content overview: • Devise an original performance piece. • Use one key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli. • Performer or designer routes available. Assessment overview Internally assessed and externally moderated. A portfolio which can be handwritten/typed evidence between 2500–3000 words or recorded/verbal evidence between 12-14 minutes. Component 2: Text in Performance Coursework, 20% of the qualification Content overview: • A group performance/design realisation of one key extract from a performance text. • A monologue or duologue performance/design realisation from one key extract from a different performance text. • Externally assessed by a visiting examiner. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes. 40% of the qualification Content overview: • Live theatre evaluation – choice of performance. • Practical exploration and study of a complete performance text – focusing on how this can be realised for performance. • Practical exploration and interpretation of another complete performance text, in light of a chosen theatre practitioner – focusing on how this text could be reimagined for a contemporary audience.
We recommend that before embarking on Key Stage 5, pupils should have achieved at least five GCSEs at grade 4 or above with a minimum of a grade 6 in the subjects they wish to study.