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Everything you need to inspire your performers this academic year.
Browse the latest updates, exam prep help, your next showcase idea, and Stageschool’s flexible qualifications and practical resources built for performing arts teachers.
Updated syllabuses, new qualifications, free resources and performance opportunities, all here to help your students really grow in confidence and creativity.

Updated Musical Theatre

Every grade, from Premiere to Grade 8, now follows the same clear structure: Performance, Technical Skills Demonstration and Understanding & Reflection.

Group Exams and Show Exams give you room to work with anything from a small ensemble to a full company, and every performer is assessed on what they bring to the production, not the size of their role.

Discover a syllabus built to support confident performers at every stage of their journey.

(COMING SOON…)

NEW Solo Musical Theatre Syllabus

Our brand new Solo Musical Theatre syllabus puts the individual performer centre stage, bringing acting, singing and dance together in one qualification.

Candidates are assessed on how they combine all three to communicate character, story and intention, the same skills needed in auditions, training and professional performance.

With flexible repertoire and a clear progression pathway, every performer can find material that shows off their own strengths.

(COMING SOON…)

Cast Awards

The Musical Theatre Cast Award is an unregulated qualification designed to complement the RSL Musical Theatre qualification suite.

It recognises the participation and contribution of learners involved in a live musical theatre production, particularly those who are not undertaking a full Musical Theatre qualification, ensuring every cast member’s achievement is recognised and celebrated.

(COMING SOON…)

Free Teaching Resources

A full toolkit for the year ahead: syllabus breakdowns, rehearsal planning, repertoire suggestions and exam day checklists, all in one place. Whatever stage you’re at with the new syllabus, there’s something here to help.

Free Fillable Planners

Fill them in on screen or print them off for the studio wall, whichever works for your centre. Each planner is built around one part of the new assessment structure, Performance, Technical Skills Demonstration or Understanding & Reflection, so prep stays focused and nothing gets missed.

WHY MAKE BELIEVE CHOSE STAGESCHOOL

Make Believe already taught singing, dance and drama to a high standard. Stageschool added the accreditation, so a term of rehearsal now ends in a regulated qualification. Founder Joel, Creative Product Director and Principal Emma, and their students explain what changed.