Rockschool music qualifications are tailor-made for the contemporary musician.
Pathway Information
Creative and Performing Arts Levels 1-3 (non-performance tables) is split into two main pathways: Performing and Creating and Performing Arts Business and Production. Each pathway embodies a specific profile of study and this informs the core unit choices, which you are guided to make. Learners will be led by centres when choosing the pathway options available to them, and the units within their chosen pathway.
At Level 3 you have the option to run qualifications that contribute towards Department for Education performance measures. These Tech Levels qualifications give the learner a choice of three pathways: Acting, Dance and Musical Theatre.
Pathway Profiles
The aim of the two pathways is to equip learners with various industry relevant skills, ranging from basic knowledge at Level 1 through to nearing professional capacity at Level 3. Those on the Performing and Creating pathway will have opportunities to demonstrate their acting, musical theatre and dancing skills. Those on the Performing Arts Business and Production pathway will have opportunities to demonstrate their skills in wider areas of the creative arts industry (e.g. marketing, PR, artist development, publishing, set design, lighting, set construction, sound and wardrobe).
The pathways offer the opportunity to undertake specialised learning that can be accurately matched to specific career sectors in the creative and performing arts industries. Centres with learners looking to pursue the following occupations can use the below pathways to select the units that would be advantageous to their learner’s career.
Note that the occupations below are simply an example and the below pathways can also be used to further other career paths.
Performing and Creating Pathway
- Actor / Presenter / Entertainer / Comedian / Acting Teacher
- Choreographer / Dancer / Dance Teacher
- Musical Theatre Performer / Singer / Songwriter / Recording Artist / Musical Theatre Teacher
Performing Arts Business and Production Pathway
- Promotion / Management / Agent / Advertising / Arts Administrator
- Costume Designer / Lighting Technician / Make-up Artist / Prop Maker / Scriptwriter / Set Designer / Stage Manager / Director / Wardrobe Assistant
- Live Music Producer / Audio-visual Technician / Broadcaster Engineer / Cinematographer / Sound Engineer / Video Editor
Our Tech Awards in Creative and Performing Arts (Level 3) enable the practical application and development of skills and knowledge within a chosen pathway of Acting, Dance or Musical Theatre. RSL’s Vocational Qualifications provide a proven technical alternative to A Levels.
Acting
Learners will:
- Perform effectively
- Rehearse and display acting skills
- Initiate and develop repertoire
- Understand contextual issues relating to acting styles, theatrical genres and the performing arts industry
Dance
Learners will:
- Perform effectively
- Rehearse and display dance skills
- Initiate and develop repertoire
- Understand contextual issues relating to dance styles, performance genres and the performing arts industry
Musical Theatre
Learners will:
- Perform effectively
- Rehearse and display musical theatre skills
- Initiate and develop repertoire
- Understand contextual issues relating to dance styles, performance genres and the performing arts industry
Unit Information
Non-performance Tables
RSL Creative and Performing Arts qualifications consist of two types of unit:
- Core (mandatory) units, chosen for their relevance to the overall qualification
- Optional units (including skill units and borrowed units at Level 3).
All of the units in this qualification suite are internally assessed — staff in centres provide assessment opportunities for, and assess the work produced by, learners.
Tech Levels
The qualifications consist of three types of unit:
• Externally assessed core units
• Internally assessed core unit
• Optional units
Externally assessed core units
The externally assessed core units are mandatory units. These externally assessed units require learners to work to a brief, set with input from industry practitioners (employers), specific to their area of specialism.
Internally assessed core unit
All learners undertake the internally assessed core unit, Planning for a Career in the Creative and Performing Arts.
Optional units
Learners can choose from a selection of pathway specific optional units to make up a programme, which qualifies for the chosen qualification.
