Leading a Successful Drama Department

Service Description

LEADING A SUCCESSFUL DRAMA DEPARTMENT ​ This CPD course is for Drama teachers with leadership responsibility who are passionate about building strong, coherent and successful departments in a challenging educational landscape. ​ It is suitable for Heads of Drama, subject leads, sole Drama teachers and experienced practitioners with responsibility for curriculum, assessment or departmental direction. ​ Feeling the pressure of leading Drama at a time when exam results, curriculum time and the Arts are increasingly under scrutiny? This course will help you lead with greater clarity, confidence and purpose. ​ You will: • Understand the current landscape Develop a clearer understanding of the national and school-level pressures facing Drama education, including falling entries, accountability demands and Drama’s place within the wider curriculum. • Build a thriving department Explore what makes a successful Drama department beyond individual lessons, with a focus on consistency, shared vision and sustainable practice across KS3–KS5. • Strengthen your curriculum foundations Consider how to design purposeful KS3 provision that develops skills, supports progression and underpins success at GCSE and A level without unnecessary complexity. • Align curriculum and co-curricular Drama Make confident, defensible decisions about practitioners, productions and enrichment so that co-curricular provision supports academic success, student recruitment and staff wellbeing. • Lead with confidence and clarity Examine different leadership approaches, including effective delegation, staff support and implementing sustainable change. Leave with practical frameworks and resources that will reduce your leadership load. ​ You will leave feeling more confident in your decisions, equipped with clear structures and practical resources, and ready to lead a Drama department that is coherent, visible and thriving. ​ Online · 10:00–16:00 · £269 per delegate