Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama: Strategies for Success in the 2026 Exams

Course Code: T0293 £289.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Brand-New for 2025, this course will provide Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama teachers with strategies to help their students excel in the 2026 exams. The course focuses on tackling the challenges of the Pearson Edexcel specification, developing students’ performance and analytical skills, and preparing them for the practical and written components. Teachers will gain practical guidance on teaching set texts, refining devised and scripted work, and ensuring success in live theatre evaluation.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Understand the key demands of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama specification
  • Learn strategies to improve students’ performance and written exam skills
  • Explore ways to support students in devised work, set texts, and live theatre evaluation
  • Take away exemplar resources to enhance your teaching

PROGRAMME

10.00am Mastering the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama Specification
  • Exploring the key challenges of the specification
  • Reviewing characteristics of high-performing student work
  • Structuring lessons to balance performance and written components effectively

10.55am Break

11.15am Teaching Set Texts and Practitioner Techniques

  • Engaging students with the set text and developing analytical skills
  • Introducing practitioner techniques to inspire and enhance devised work
  • Practical exercises to link theoretical knowledge with performance practice

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Refining Practical and Devised Work

  • Supporting students in Component 1: Devising and Component 2: Performance
  • Preparing students to meet assessment criteria for high-quality devised and scripted work
  • Linking practical outcomes to the written evaluation for a holistic approach

2.45pm Planning for Long-Term Success

  • Structuring the two-year course to develop confidence and skills consistently
  • Using assessments and feedback to monitor progress and support interventions
  • Supporting all learners, from high-achievers to those requiring additional help

3.15pm Final Q&A and Reflection

  • Addressing any outstanding challenges or questions
  • Sharing key takeaways and next steps for implementation

3.30pm Depart

 
GCSE - Code: T0293

Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama: Strategies for Success in the 2026 Exams

COURSE LEADER

Matt King-Sayce is a successful and experienced Director of Department, speaker, coach, examiner and educational leadership consultant with over two decades of experience in arts and cultural education. He has an NPQSL and an MSc in Educational Leadership and Management. He has led teams to achieve consistently outstanding results and high value added scores, which are above the national average.

He has worked extensively with teachers worldwide and organisations including Arts Council England as an advisor for Artsmark (he has just led his current establishment to achieve Artsmark Platinum), the delivery and implementation of Arts Award and the teaching, monitoring and assessment of Drama at all levels. He supports a number of universities with the delivery of their PGCE courses in the North West. He also leads his Local Cultural Education Partnership in North West England.

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