• Non–examination assessment
• 40% of the qualification
• Internally assessed and externally moderated

There are two parts to the assessment: 

1. A portfolio
2. The devised performance/ design realisation

• Non–examination assessment
• 20% of the qualification
• Externally assessed by a visiting examiner 
• Group performance/design realisation.
• Monologue or duologue/design realisation.

• Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes
• 40% of the qualification
• Section A – Live Theatre Evaluation: Students answer one extended response question from a choice of two requiring them to analyse and evaluate a live theatre performance they have seen in light of a given statement.
• Section B – Page to Stage, Realising a Performance Text: Students answer two extended response questions based on an unseen extract from the performance text they have studied.
• Section C – Interpreting a Performance Text: Students will answer one extended response question from a choice of two based on an unseen named section from their chosen performance text.