LAMDA

UCAS points can be achieved with some GRADE 6, 7 and 8 LAMDA examinations: see below for the relevant subjects and the number of achievable points shown in the table. 

Please note that the skills learned in all LAMDA subjects and grades are skills for life that will assist studies, communication and interviews; in the workplace and socially.  The UCAS points can assist in successful university applications.

If you’ve taken exams from different syllabi, UCAS points can be stacked to gain more points. So, as an example, points earned from an Acting exam in our Performance syllabi can be added to the points for a Reading for Performance exam from our Communication syllabi.

If you have achieved multiple exams in the same syllabi, you can claim one set of points.

Performance subjects:  Acting Grades 6, 7 and 8.

Communication subjects: Speaking Verse & Prose, Reading for Performance, Speaking in Public Grades 6, 7, 8.

 Some things to consider

1. Not all universities and colleges use the UCAS Tariff.
2. Most international qualifications can be translated to UCAS Tariff Points. For more information about Malaysia, India, USA, Spain, Hong Kong and Singapore, check out Britannia StudyLink's guide.
3. Use of the Tariff varies – some universities and colleges will list their entry requirements and make offers using only Tariff points; some will ask for specific qualifications and a set amount of Tariff points; and some will request Tariff points only from specific qualifications.

To develop vocal, physical and interpretive skills while they delve into characters and explore the background of dramatic texts. Alongside producing authentic performances of scenes, they also gain an understanding of the context and characters within them. Working through the grades takes students through the development of clear speaking and character portrayal to an understanding of a playwright’s style, the influence of theatre practitioners such as Stanislavski and a sensitive appreciation of subtext.   This course also helps pupils to improve memory skills.

Lessons are designed to develop memory skills and imagination and improve vocal skills, diction, posture and expressive communication.  Students learn how to understand and perform the written word, whilst learning an element of verse and prose theory and increasing their knowledge of literature and poetry.

Lessons are designed to develop students’ ability to perform and engage with an audience, improve oral communication, confidence and skills in diction/pronunciation, posture and facial expression.  They create a performance of verse & prose readings with a theme.  They learn to understand text and verse in order to convey the authors’ intentions.  (Also popular with pupils who speak English as a foreign language and students who do not want to rely too heavily on memory skills.)

Lessons are designed to develop the skills necessary for effective oral communication and public presentation, using Visual Aids.  (Also suitable for those for whom English is a second language.)  Students prepare at least one speech, depending on grade and learn to structure and shape subject matter into a coherent and concise speech, using appropriate language, tone, purpose and situation, whilst building skills in vocal projection and clear speech.  Students also learn to integrate body language, notes and visual aids where appropriate, to support the subject matter and engage the imagined audience appropriately.

To give learners the opportunity to create their own version of some of literature’s most famous characters and perform lines of some of the most famous lines ever written, bringing words to life. They gain an understanding of Shakespeare’s style and form of writing as well as improving memory skills.