LAMDA

Gain a recognised Acting or Speech Qualification

Sonnets LAMDA classes are for children over the age of 9 years and teenagers. There are no more than 10 pupils in each class. To attend the class your child may be asked to audition for a place.

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PRESS RELEASE

LAMDA Examinations’ Candidates to be Rewarded with UCAS Seal of Approval

Qualifications from LAMDA the market leader in speech and drama exams in the UK, have been included in the UCAS Tariff. Tariff points for the Academy’s National Qualifications Framework- accredited Level 3 exams will come into effect for entry to higher education in 2008 and onwards. At a time when questions have arisen concerning the educational value of 'LAMDA Examinations’ the inclusion in the Tariff enables teachers to inspire pupils, whilst being inherently valuable in helping students get to university. Young people who lead active extracurricular lives will now be rewarded with higher points than would have been attained through their curriculum studies alone.
LAMDA’s examinations cover a number of areas, including The Speaking of Verse and Prose, Reading for Performance, Public Speaking, Acting, Devised Performance and Mime. Students who take the Grade 6, 7 or 8 exams will be eligible for between 20 and 65 points, dependent on the grade and their own personal attainment within that grade. Please see the table below.

UCAS Points System

Grade 8 - Destinction - 65 UCAS Points
Merit - 60 UCAS Points
Pass - 45 UCAS Points

Grade 7 - Destinction - 55 UCAS Points
Merit - 50 UCAS Points
Pass - 35 UCAS Points

Grade 6 - Destinction - 40 UCAS Points
Merit - 35 UCAS Points
Pass - 20 UCAS Points

Quote from the Top

Daryl Lucas, Acting Head of Examinations at LAMDA, enthused, “We have worked
hard on behalf of LAMDA Examinations’ UK candidates to get their achievement
formally recognised by UCAS.

Key Question

Can a candidate take more than one subject and gain points for each?
Yes. Each of the Academy’s examination subjects is classified as a different qualification, so students can take examinations in a number of different subjects and be awarded points for each. For example, a student could take Grade 8 in both the Speaking of Verse and Prose and ting, achieve a distinction in both and be
awarded 130 points.