RSL Tech Level Creative & Performing Arts

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Introduction to Creative & Performing Arts

The RSL Tech Level in Creative and Performing Arts is a new course being offered for the first time at Sandy Secondary School. Awarded by RSL (Awarding the Contemporary Arts), this practical qualification allows students to choose their own pathway: Acting, Musical Theatre, or Dance. It can be taken alongside other performance-related A Levels including Drama and Theatre Studies and Dance.

Students will have access to the school's brand new theatre and its top-of-the-range facilities, including brand new stage lighting and a new sound system to showcase their work. Through the course, students learn to perform effectively, rehearse and display acting, performance, and dance skills, initiate and develop repertoire, and understand contextual issues relating to acting styles, theatrical genres, and the performing arts industry.

This course is coursework and practical based with no formal written exam — all work is either internally or externally marked. To succeed, students must have a keen interest in Drama, Dance, or Musical Theatre, and be a capable performer with some experience performing to an audience. Successful artists such as Ed Sheeran and Jess Glynne studied this course!

Staff

Niamh McDowall

Head of Drama

NMcDowall@sandysecondaryschool.com

Units of Study

Unit	Assessment	Content Focus
CAPA 304: Performance Preparation (Core)	External	Explore different performance styles and genres, prepare and perform an audition, plan and collaborate on a production with others
CAPA 306: Planning for a Career in CAPA (Core)	Internal	Create a career action plan for the creative/performing arts profession, establish strategies for getting work in the industry
Optional Units (x5) — Acting Pathway	Internal	Acting for Camera, Working with Masks, Audition Technique, Approaches to Acting, Drama in the Community
Optional Units (x5) — Musical Theatre Pathway	Internal	Musical Theatre Performance, Audition Technique, Approaches to Acting, Drama in the Community
Optional Units (x5) — Dance Pathway	Internal	Choreography, Global Dance Styles, Ensemble Dance Performance

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Careers and Progression

The RSL Tech Level in Creative and Performing Arts provides a strong foundation for careers across the performing arts industry. The practical, performance-focused nature of the course develops the skills and confidence needed to succeed in a competitive and rewarding field.

Career pathways include acting, theatre practice, teaching, drama therapy, and arts administration. The qualification is recognised by higher education providers and can support progression to performing arts degree courses and conservatoire programmes.

Actor
Theatre Practitioner
Teacher
Drama Therapist
Arts Administrator
Musical Theatre Performer
Choreographer

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Begin Your Creative & Performing Arts Journey

Ready to take centre stage? Our RSL Tech Level in Creative and Performing Arts at Sandy Secondary School offers pathways in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Dance, with access to our brand new theatre and top-of-the-range facilities. Speak with Miss N Mc Dowall to discover your potential.

Contact the Performing Arts Department

RSL Tech Level in Creative & Performing Arts Introduction to Creative & Performing Arts The RSL Tech Level in Creative and Performing Arts is a new course being offered for the first time at Sandy Secondary School. Awarded by RSL (Awarding the Contemporary Arts), this practical qualification allows students to choose their own pathway: Acting, Musical Theatre, or Dance. It can be taken alongside other performance-related A Levels including Drama and Theatre Studies and Dance. Students will have access to the school's brand new theatre and its top-of-the-range facilities, including brand new stage lighting and a new sound system to showcase their work. Through the course, students learn to perform effectively, rehearse and display acting, performance, and dance skills, initiate and develop repertoire, and understand contextual issues relating to acting styles, theatrical genres, and the performing arts industry. This course is coursework and practical based with no formal written exam — all work is either internally or externally marked. To succeed, students must have a keen interest in Drama, Dance, or Musical Theatre, and be a capable performer with some experience performing to an audience. Successful artists such as Ed Sheeran and Jess Glynne studied this course! Units of Study Careers and Progression The RSL Tech Level in Creative and Performing Arts provides a strong foundation for careers across the performing arts industry. The practical, performance-focused nature of the course develops the skills and confidence needed to succeed in a competitive and rewarding field. Career pathways include acting, theatre practice, teaching, drama therapy, and arts administration. The qualification is recognised by higher education providers and can support progression to performing arts degree courses and conservatoire programmes.