November 2024 Drama update

• Admin Support Guides
• UK Component 2 survey
• International Centre Component 2 survey
• GCSE Component 1 and 2 training events this term
• A Level Component 3 Insight support
• A Level Component 3 new exemplars 
• New GCSE Drama Component 2 text lists
• New to GCSE support recording
• AI guidance for Component 1
• Support and contact

Admin Support Guides

The Administrative Support Guide 24-25 is the go-to place for all the information and guidance your centre needs for administering the three Components successfully.

It contains:

• the key dates for this academic year
• a breakdown of the requirements for each Component
• a link to the Live Theatre Evaluation Confirmation Form
• guidance on how to use LWT
• contact details for your assessment team and Subject Advisor

UK Component 2 survey

The Component 2 assessment window will be from 6th January to 25th April 2025.

Would you mind completing this short survey to indicate when you are likely to want to run the examination please? 

Please note - this is not a formal booking process. We are merely seeking an indication of when you would like the examination to take place. You will be able to formally book the dates with your examiner once your centre have made exam entries.

We will again offer the opportunity for centres to request either request a visiting examiner or to record the work within the centre and submit it to your allocated examiner for assessment via Learner Work Transfer (LWT). 

Centres are reminded of the minimum cohort sizes and assessment window dates for a live visit in the relevant qualification Administrative Support Guide.

Please submit your responses to this survey by 30 November 2024.

Uk Component 2 survey

International Component 2 survey

If you are an international centre with students completing GCSE Drama or A Level Drama and Theatre in this academic year, please complete our international Component 2 survey.

The deadline to complete this form is the 1st December 2024, if the form is completed after this date then we cannot guarantee that we will be able to offer an examiner visit.

Please note:

• This form does not secure an examiner. Your allocated examiner will contact the Point of Centre Contact to confirmation assessment arrangements
  
  
• Where a visit is requested, the centre will be liable for the assessment associate’s flight, accommodation, sustenance, as well as travel expenses.

International Component 2 survey

GCSE Drama training events this term

We have some free, live online training events for Components 1 and 2 happening this term for GCSE. For more details and to book a place please follow the links.

A Level Component 3 Insight support

We have produced support and guidance, providing insights into the 2024 Component 3 written paper for A Level Drama and Theatre

We look at the 2024 examination paper in conjunction with:
• the Specification
• the Mark scheme
• the Principal Examiners’ report
• examples of candidate responses for each section, question by question.

A Level Component 3 new exemplars 

The purpose of this pack is to provide teachers and students with some examples of
responses to A level Drama and Theatre Component 3 (9DR0/03).
The responses were taken from the Summer 2024 examination series.
In this pack you will find a sample of responses, examiner commentaries and marks. 

New GCSE Drama Component 2 text lists

If you want to know what pre-approved Component 2 plays are available for your chosen Component 3 set text, you can now access up to date lists.

If your preferred play is not on these pre-approved list, please contact us by emailing drama.assessment@pearson.com

New to GCSE Drama support

If you are new to delivering our GCSE Drama specification, you might find this overview and introduction useful. And if there's any outstanding questions about the course, please don't hesitate to contact me.

New to Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama

AI guidance for Component 1

We've released a new guidance document to help you and your students with using Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the context of Component 1 for GCSE Drama and A Level Drama & Theatre.

​AI could be used in the research stages of the devising process to provide students with access to resource materials to help with the exploration of ideas. ​Acceptable uses include: ​

• Research into performance genre/style ​

• Research in response to the stimulus (such as themes, historical events, statistics) ​

• Research into influential theatre practitioners

Support and contact

Please feel free to get in touch, if you require any help or support in your delivery.