Find all the information and support you'll need to teach and study the BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Performing Arts.
Changes to BTEC Tech Awards qualifications points calculation
A change has been made to the qualification grading-points table that appears in the Tech Award specifications. To find out more about this change and what it means for your students, please read our news item.
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Explore the BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Performing Arts
Guide
Teaching from: September 2017
External assessment from: 2019
Performance tables (England): Technical Award (2019 to 2023 results)
Please note: the new version of this qualification (including production arts route) has been approved by the DfE.
Specification
Get to know the course
If you're starting to teach the new BTEC Tech Award, or thinking about it, get to know the course with our short videos: one for each component, and one for moving from the BTEC First Award.
Moving from BTEC First Award in Performing Arts to the new BTEC Tech Award? Find out how the content is similar.
Learn how Component 1 of the new BTEC Tech Award introduces students to a range of performance styles and professional practice.
Find out how students will develop their own performing arts skills and techniques, through reproducing professional performance.
In Component 3 students work as a group to create a performance to a given brief: watch the video to find out more.
Got questions? Ask your subject advisor!
