Examinations Specialist
Charlotte offers optional examination preparation and entry for students undertaking regular coaching. Examinations are available with all of the leading music and arts examination boards in a large variety of subjects. Below you can find out more about the subjects and levels available with regular coaching.
100% Examination Pass Rate
What Are Regulated Exams?
The exam boards below (with the exception of RADA) are recognised awarding organisations by Ofqual (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulations in England), and the corresponding regulatory authorities in Wales (Qualification Wales) and Northern Ireland (Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment).
What this means is that all regulated exams have been designed in such a way that a direct comparison can be made between those regulated exams and academic qualifications like GCSEs and A-levels. Learners taking these exams are tested on their knowledge, skills and understanding of the subject and will only be awarded a qualification if they show they have achieved the required level.
Regulated exams at Level 3 (Grades 6, 7 & 8) carry UCAS (The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) points for university and college application.
Non-regulated exams are specific to the exam board to which they are linked.
Subjects at Grades 6, 7 & 8 carry UCAS Points For University Application
RSL Awards | Rockschool
RSL was founded on an ethos to provide innovative, contemporary qualifications for music and the arts. Being at the forefront of the industry for over 25 years, their operations include Rockschool Graded Music Exams, RSL Classical Graded Music Exams, Professional Diplomas, Vocational Qualifications (VQ’s), Performance Arts Awards (PAA) and Creative Qualifications (CQ).
RSL pride themselves on delivering the most academically rigorous, industry-relevant qualifications designed to support aspiring artists, educators and teaching establishments – wherever they may be.
Rockschool Vocals (Contemporary / Popular Music Vocals) | Grades 1 – 8
Rockschool Popular Music Theory | Grades 1 – 8
Acting & Screen Acting | Premiere – Grade 8
Performance, Teaching & Creative Enterprise Professional Diploma (Degree Level) | Level 4 & 6
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
LAMDA Exams are about achievement and empowerment. They’ve been helping learners all over the world develop into confident speakers since the 1880s. As qualifications have moved on over the years, LAMDA’s principal aim remains the same: to provide all people with the opportunity to improve self-expression, self-assurance and, most importantly, have fun.
Over a hundred thousand people take LAMDA Exams every year. LAMDA learners come from all over the world, and are from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities. What unites them is their enthusiasm for the English language and a desire to develop the skills they need to be a success.
Musical Theatre | Entry Level
Musical Theatre | Grades 1 – 8
Solo Introductory | Stage 1 – 3
Shakespeare | Level 1 – 3
Acting, Devising Drama & Miming | Grades 1 – 8
Speaking Verse & Prose, Reading For Performance & Speaking in Public | Grades 1 – 8
London College of Music (lcme)
Established in 1877, the London College of Music Examinations (LCME) is the longest-established exam board for the creative arts in the UK and the only one that is part of a leading British university, the University of West London.
London College of Music examinations in music, and in drama and communication, are held at centres worldwide. LCME qualifications are unique in the graded exam sector in being awarded by a university.
Music Theatre | Steps 1 & 2
Music Theatre | Grades 1 – 8
Performance Diploma (Degree Level) | Level 4 – 6
Early Learning Drama & Communication | Stage 1 – 3
Speech & Drama | Step 1 – 3
Speech & Drama | Grades 1 – 8
Acting | Grades 1 – 8
Verse Speaking | Grades 1 – 8
Reading Aloud | Step 1 – 3
Reading Aloud | Grades 1 – 8
Drama & Communication Diplomas (Degree Level) | Level 4 – 6
Trinity College London
Trinity College London is a leading international exam board and independent education charity that has been providing assessments around the world since 1877. Trinity specialise in the assessment of communicative and performance skills covering music, drama, combined arts and English language.
With over 850,000 candidates a year in more than 60 countries worldwide, Trinity qualifications are specifically designed to help students progress.
Trinity’s aim is to inspire teachers and learners through the creation of assessments that are enjoyable to prepare for, rewarding to teach and that develop the skills needed in real life.
Musical Theatre | Initial
Musical Theatre | Grades 1 – 8
Performance Arts | Initial
Performance Arts | Grades 1 – 8
Acting, Speech & Drama & Communication Skills | Initial
Acting, Speech & Drama & Communication Skills | Grades 1 – 8
Drama & Speech Diplomas (Degree Level) | Level 4 – 6
Teaching Diploma (Degree Level) | Level 4 – 6
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
ABRSM is the UK’s largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and one of the world’s leading providers of music exams, holding over 650,000 assessments in more than 90 countries every year. ABRSM partners with four Royal Schools of Music: Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music & Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Music Theory | Grades 1 – 5
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
RADA was established in 1904 by renowned actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in rooms above His Majesty’s Theatre in the West End: an academy founded by the industry for the industry. RADA have maintained strong links with the performing arts industries ever since, and have built an outstanding reputation as a world-renowned centre of excellence.
Shakespeare Messenger Award
Shakespeare Bronze Award
Shakespeare Silver Award
Shakespeare Gold Award
Shakespeare Platinum Award
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