This two-year, full-time, pre-drama school, two-year course is designed to prepare young people in years 12 and 13 to train at the highest possible level in Acting for Stage and Screen, Acting for Devised Theatre, Acting for Musical Theatre or Actor Musicianship at a top drama school, university or conservatoire. In recent years our students have gained places on such courses at GSA, RADA, Rose Bruford, East-15, Arts Ed and many more.

This course includes an RSL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts, worth up to 168 UCAS points; the equivalent of 3 A-Levels and is taught alongside 15+ additional hours of vocational training and 2 A- Level equivalent options in areas such as Maths, English Literature and Music Performance.

Contact Hours Year-by-Year:

Theatre Arts Advanced

Year 1

(per week)

Improvisation for Actors x 3​

Voice for Actors x 1​

Movement for Actors x 1​

Dance Skills (up to) x 4​

Singing Skills (up to) x 4​

Singing Lessons (1-2-1)​

Acting Coaching (1-2-1)​

Advanced Dance

(By Audition Only) x 3

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Acting for the Camera x 3

Physical Theatre x 3​

Elizabethan / Jacobean Theatre x 3 ​

Comedy Drama in Performance x 3​

Masks and Puppetry x 3​

Approaches to Acting x 3​

A-Level Study

Year 2 (per week)

Improvisation for Actors x 3

Voice for Actors x 1

Movement for Actors x 1

Dance Skills (up to) x 4

Singing Skills (up to) x 4

Singing Lessons (1-2-1)

Acting Coaching (1-2-1)

Advanced Dance

(By Audition Only) x 3

Musical Theatre

Performance x 3

Careers in the

Performing Arts x 3

Performance Preparation x 5

Final Production x 5

A-Level Study

Additionally:

Acting Pathway Units

Acting Technique (Theatre Genres) x 3

Live Performance x 3

Performing Text x 2

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Music Performance Pathway Units

Ensemble Music Performance x 3

Live Performance x 3​

Music Theory & Composition x 2

Course will receive:

Drama School Audition Coaching, Performance Opportunities, Community Outreach, Access to training at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts (NYC), Annual London Trip, Well-being Tutor, Programme Tutor