Category: Teaching and Learning in Drama

Curriculum, Drama and Education, Ofsted, Teaching and Learning in Drama

How Ofsted’s New Framework effects your Drama Curriculum – Part One: Make your intent clear.

Ofsted inspectors will be judging your drama curriculum based on where that it is well planned, sequenced and ambitious enough for your students and that they are making progress towards being knowledgeable in the subject of drama and that SEND the and the disadvantage students can also make that same progress. Continue reading How Ofsted’s New Framework effects your Drama Curriculum – Part One: Make your intent clear.

Keith Burt
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning in Drama

Strategies for the GCSE Options Process

I’m pretty sure that I don’t speak for myself when I share with you my dread of the options process every Spring. Each passing year seems to get more and more stressful. Every year the number of students needs to make a group viable seems to increase whilst at the same time every year there has been a decline in students taking Drama. Every year … Continue reading Strategies for the GCSE Options Process

Keith Burt
Books and written work, Teaching and Learning in Drama

Do you use books in Key Stage 3 Drama?

A few weeks ago I put a poll on Twitter asking a simple question. Do you use books in Key Stage 3 Drama? I asked this question because it seems to be a divisive issue that people feel passionate about for varying reasons. Reasons range from books being an important part of Key Stage 3 for recording students responses or feedback to books having no … Continue reading Do you use books in Key Stage 3 Drama?

Keith Burt
Leadership in Drama, Teaching and Learning in Drama

Five successful ways to become an outstanding, proactive and respected Head of Drama.

Being Head of Drama is a unique role. It comes with a set of complications that makes it different to other departments and subject areas. Here are five successful ways to become an outstanding, proactive and respected Head of Drama. Continue reading Five successful ways to become an outstanding, proactive and respected Head of Drama.

Keith Burt