Discover Trinity College London's drama qualifications
At Trinity College London, we are dedicated to supporting teachers to unlock the potential of learners through drama. Our internationally recognised drama qualifications inspire creativity, build confidence, and develop essential communication and performance skills.
Whether your students are just starting out or aiming for professional careers, our performing arts qualifications help them shine on stage, screen, and beyond. From Acting and Communication Skills to Musical Theatre and Performance Arts, we have qualifications to suit all levels and aspirations.
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Why choose Trinity drama qualifications?
Our drama qualifications are designed with flexibility and accessibility in mind, catering to a range of abilities and goals. With the freedom to choose material, exam preparation can align seamlessly with your teaching focus or students' interests, making each learner’s journey unique to them. Beyond building performance skills, our exams help develop essential life and employment skills such as confidence, creativity and effective communication.
Whether your students are pursuing a career in the arts or looking to enhance their transferable skills, our drama assessments are recognised and respected across education and industry. They are not only highly valued in the performing arts sector but they also help students stand out in their future careers, equipping them with skills that make a lasting impact.
Tailored to your teaching needs
We understand that every programme of study is different, so our qualifications are adaptable to every learner’s individual preferences. Our drama assessments offer a range of formats, including face-to-face exams, digital assessments, solo and pairs performances, and group work, as well as full production exams where a whole cast and crew can be assessed. This flexibility allows you to choose what works best for your educational setting and your students.
Depending on where you are in the world our exams can complement other qualifications such as GCSEs, A-levels, and BTECs, making them easy to integrate into your curriculum with one of our qualifications key features being that we offer a free choice of material, so you can select the texts you want to use, that are both relevant and engaging for your students.
A wide range of drama qualifications
From a student's first steps to the beginning of industry-aligned professional training, Trinity College London Drama candidates learn real world skills for life on, and beyond, the stage and screen. Whether a candidate wants to improve their confidence, communication and critical thinking or pursue a career in the performing arts, our assessments enable life-changing outcomes, giving candidates the skills to perform to the highest standard whatever the role.
Acting grades
Our acting assessments help students perform confidently and authentically. These exams challenge students to bring characters to life, explore creative expression and refine their technical acting skills.
Communication skills grades
These assessments equip students with essential public speaking and interpersonal skills. Through real life tasks like taking a job interview, preparing presentations and leading discussions, learners develop key communication skills for success in everyday and professional contexts.
Musical theatre grades
Combining acting, singing, and movement, our musical theatre qualifications encourage students to master all aspects of performance, helping them excel in this vibrant art form.
Speech and drama grades
These help students become articulate and confident speakers. Our speech and drama qualifications develop spoken language skills, enabling students to communicate effectively and perform with poise.
Performance arts grades
These cover diverse creative skills, allowing candidates to develop and showcase a range of performance styles—spoken word, acting, dance, puppetry—or technical backstage skills, including set, costume, lighting and sound design.
Acting for Screen
The first qualification that builds relevant skills that sit at the heart of the rapidly growing television and film sectors through exam tasks that reflect industry-aligned practices, critical for success in auditions, showreels and self-taping.
Real-world benefits for your students
Drama education is about more than performance — it fosters critical 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, creative thinking, emotional intelligence and problem-solving, all of which prepare students to thrive both personally and professionally.
Real-world benefits developed through drama assessment:
- Improved communication
- Enhanced performance skills
- Building confidence
- Teamwork and collaboration
By offering performing arts qualifications from Trinity College London, you’re helping students build a strong foundation of skills that will serve them well, whether they pursue a career in the arts or other fields.
A trusted partner in drama education
Trinity College London has been a leader in performing arts education for over 150 years. Our qualifications are respected by educators, drama schools, universities, and professionals worldwide. Choosing Trinity means partnering with an institution that offers rigorous, flexible, and industry-relevant drama assessments.
Our qualifications are designed to meet the needs of both students and educators. By offering respected and internationally recognised acting and speech and drama qualifications, you can enhance your drama programme, attract passionate students, and help them achieve life-changing outcomes through flexible, world-class qualifications that set them apart.
Join a global community of drama educators
With Trinity, you join a global network of educators using our qualifications to shape the future of drama education. Our performing arts assessments not only prepare students for the next steps in their education or careers but also helps showcase the quality of your teaching, helping to raise the profile and reputation of your drama department or setting.
By offering prestigious qualifications like acting assessments, speech and drama, and musical theatre qualifications, you enhance your school’s reputation and provide your students with the tools they need to succeed, not just in the performing arts, but in all aspects of life.
Success stories
Discover how leading performing arts centres and schools around the world successfully deliver Trinity College London Drama qualifications to their students. Explore their journeys, which highlight innovative teaching approaches, student outcomes and the transformative impact of Trinity’s drama exams on both students' and educators' creative and professional development.
AUSTRALIA
Drama flourishes at Abbotsleigh Girls' School
INDIA
MET Rishikul Vidyalaya School champions 21st-Century skills through drama
UK
Nurturing talent and creativity with Trinity Musical Theatre at Eastbourne College
UK
Empowering students through Trinity Drama at Sherborne Girls
NEW ZEALAND
Northern School of Performing Arts — growing excellence in Performing Arts Education
NEW ZEALAND
Supporting drama excellence and inclusion at Saint Kentigern College
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