Developing Literacy in the Drama Curriculum at KS4-5

By Sharon Leftwich-Lloyd, FCCT, Lead Practitioner & Progress Coordinator for Drama & Theatre. This article was recently published in the Autumn 22 edition of Impact, the Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching.

Over the last twenty years of teaching, I have learnt that students are often driven by a love of practical rather than theoretical work when they opt for Drama; this preference creates a motivation gap between practical and theoretical achievement. The Educati