Drama in the Key Stage 3 English Framework

Drama is part of young people's core curriculum entitlement. It is included in the English Curriculum Orders and in the Key Stage 3 Framework for Teaching English, and exists as an academic subject in its own right at GCSE and A Level for those who choose to study it. In each year of the Framework there are objectives within Speaking and Listening which are under the heading of drama. They are not the only objectives that can be addressed through drama. Dramatic approaches can be the most effective way to engage with other speaking and listening objectives and a range of reading and writing objectives, as well as objectives at word and sentence level.