Level 3 Performing Arts

This qualification is equivalent to one A Level and must be taken alongside two other qualifications.

Everyone will study the following mandatory units:

• Prepare to work in the Performing Arts sector

• Proposal for a commissioning brief

• Influential performance practice

These units will give you an understanding of Performing Arts in wider contexts;

including the way the sector works, job roles and progression opportunities, how to build strategies for sustaining a freelance career and how to plan and develop projects. You will study the work of Performing Arts practitioners and learn how to demonstrate practical ideas for performance. You will also develop transferable skills such as planning, communication and adaptability. In addition to the mandatory units, you will choose to study one of three pathways depending on the further study or career path you wish to pursue. Each pathway has a mandatory unit and then a choice of other optional units.

• Acting pathway – Everyone who takes the Acting pathway will study Acting technique and choose three units such as Classical theatre Performance or Script Writing.

• Dance pathway – Everyone who takes the Dance pathway will study Dance technique and then choose two to three units such as Dance Performance or Dance Choreography.

• Music pathway – Everyone who takes the Music pathway will study Create Music to Perform and then choose two to three units such as Instrumental Music Technique or Produce Music Using Technology.

• Theatre Production pathway – Everyone who takes the Theatre Production pathway will study Production and Stage Management Process and then choose two to three units such as Stage Sound/Lighting Design and Operation or Set Design and Realisation.

Extra-Curricular Opportunities

This course will require you to take part in extra-curricular performances as part of your assessment pathway.

Written exams and practical performances with portfolio work.

General entry requirements of 5 GCSE grades at grade 4 or above. Please note that this qualification is a single award and should be teamed with two other subjects.

Progression to Further Education, This qualification is not just about being able to perform on stage, it has been designed in collaboration with experts spanning the breadth of the sector and it focuses on requirements that today’s universities, professional vocational colleges and employer's demand. Students can go on to work in theatre, dance, media, production, radio, sales, teaching, social work, uniformed services, marketing and events management.