Drama and Theatre Studies A Level

Dartford Grammar School for Girls

Shepherds Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2NT

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Tuesday, 01 September 2026

Dartford Grammar School for Girls

2 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

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Application Instructions

Admission is based solely on actual GCSE results. No conditional offers will be made in advance of GCSE results day.

Applications to join Year 12 should be made on GCSE results day in August 2026 by 12pm.

Students applying after this deadline will be eligible to join the school if they meet the criteria and there are places still available in Year 12 on the courses they wish to follow.

Entry Requirements: - All students joining Year 12 will have achieved:

• A minimum of 52 points across 8 GCSE subjects;

• A minimum of grade 5 in Mathematics and English Language or English Literature;

• The subject requirements for the A Level subjects to be studied.

All A Level courses have specific requirements related to course content. Please refer to the detailed information for each course.

It is important to take time to read the individual course requirements and specifications.

How to Apply: - Please apply via our school website: www.dartfordgrammargirls.org.uk on GCSE results day in August 2026 by 12pm.

We are not accepting applications via KentChoices.

Please check our school website for more details.

Course Summary

Drama and Theatre Studies (AQA)

The A Level Drama and Theatre course inspires students to become independent theatre makers. This course emphasises practical creativity alongside research and theoretical understanding. Students learn through experience, seeing theatre and making theatre for themselves. Students gain many valuable skills, both theatrical and transferable, to expand their horizons.

Course Details

Component 1: Devising

Develop creative and exploratory skills to devise an original performance in the style of an influential theatre practitioner.

Component 2: Text in Performance

Develop and demonstrate theatre-making skills and exploration of how you realise artistic intentions in performance through the realisation of 1 monologue or duologue and 1 group extract.

Component 3: Theatre makers in Practice

Study of 2 set texts and the analysis and evaluation of live theatre makers.

Section A: A choice of 2 statements to respond to, analysing and evaluating a live piece of theatre that you saw throughout your course of study.

Section B: 2 questions that you have studied from an extract of a set text you have studied. One question from the perspective of a performer and another from the perspective of a designer.

Section C: A choice of 2 questions to respond to from the perspective of a Director creating a new performance concept for a modern audience of a set text that you have studied, using the works of an influential theatre practitioner.

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Component 1 - Devised performance and a written portfolio (Internally marked - 40% of A Level)

Component 2 - Performance of a Mono/Duo and Group piece (Externally marked - 20% of A Level)

Component 3 - 2 hour 30 minute written paper (Externally marked - 40% of A Level)

Entry requirements

Grade 6 in Drama (or grade 6 in English Language or English Literature if not studied at GCSE).

This course will only run with a minimum of 3 students.

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