LAMDA - Drama (Vocational)

Applications Open - 10th November 2025

Applications Close - 27th February 2026

Entry Requirements - Please refer to the Sixth Form Course Directory via the website www.knoleacademy.org

Option blocks and detailed subject information can be found in our course directory https://www.knoleacademy.org/3569/information-for-students-applying-for-september-2025

How to Apply - Via Kent Choices

PLEASE NOTE WHEN SELECTING COURSES THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE PATHWAYS

Vocational pathway - Select minimum of 3 vocational subjects

IBCP pathway - Select minimum 1 vocational and minimum 2 IB subjects

IBDP pathway - Select only the IBDP option from Block E. We will contact you about subject options

Level 2 pathway -Select either Culinary Skills or Hairdressing

LAMDA Group Examinations are designed to develop the skills necessary to communicate a dramatic text to an audience. Each exam is worth UCAS points. The exams are completely practical.

Learners who prepare themselves appropriately will develop:

Interpretative skills

• explore style, character, subtext and context
• engage with character and situation in order to create a sense of reality

Technical skills

• build skills in voice, diction and movement

Interactive Skills

• create relationships between characters
  
• share responsibility for the performance in order to communicate as a group

Performance from memory of one scene from a published play written during one of the following periods: Ancient Greek and Roman (500BC – 4BC) or Elizabethan and Jacobean (1558–1625)

Performance of a second scene from a play published post-2000

Learners will be able to discuss voice and breathing techniques used in their performances.

Performance of a second scene from a play published 1800 - 2000

Performance of a second scene from a play published post-2000.

Learners must discuss the writing styles of each playwright and the world of each play.

Learners will discuss their chosen characters as well as the techniques of a chosen theatrical practitioner

Assessment – All performance exams are in front of a LAMDA examiner

Minimum of five 9-4 grades in GCSE examinations including English and Maths.