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Drama & Theatre Studies

at All Saints' Catholic High School, Sheffield · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

The A Level Drama and Theatre course is designed to follow on from GCSE as it assesses the same skills but at a higher and more focused level. There is more autonomy from the students in A Level and they are given the opportunity to do performance work and interpret texts independently. This, in turn, develops leadership skills and improving confidence. A key factor to this course is to be able to communicate your own ideas articulately and fully justify them by making links to various contexts of the original performance of the play you are studying. The written skills follow from GCSE, looking at texts from an actor's, designer's and director's perspective but adding in more detail and analysis of choices. Being able to constantly self-reflect, self-evaluate and self-analyse as well as evaluate and analyse the work of others is additionally important to this course. Component one Devising Process – 40% - Students devise a piece of theatre which they then perform. They will record the process in a portfolio. Component two Text for Performance – 20% • Group performance from a performance text • Perform a monologue/duologue from a different text Component three Theatre Makers in Practice – 40%

What you need to get on

5 GSCE Grade 4-9 including English Language and Mathematics, 5 in Drama if taken

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • All Saints Catholic High School

    Granville Road, Sheffield, S2 2RJ

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · Sheffield

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