In partnership with our strong Christian foundations and high-quality teaching and learning practice, Drama at Bradford Forster Academy encourages students to become: 

• Ambitious for themselves. 
• Academically successful. 
• Inquisitive and reflective learners. 
• Active and effective participants. 

• Confident communicators. 
• Emotionally resilient. 
• Inspiring to others. 
• Culturally and socially aware. 

Drama is sequenced to allow students to build their knowledge and skills over time by: 

• Providing a high-quality education in the subject of drama, delivering valuable learning opportunities and experiences for all students, including those with SEND and specific talents. 
• Developing oracy and literacy skills which enable students to decode the meanings of texts and to articulate and express meaning, ideas emotions and viewpoints. 
• Developing IT and digital skills that enable  pupils to record and review performances using digital technology 

• Equipping students with the skills they need to work safely and responsibly in practical performance environments   
• Providing pupils with the opportunity to access a KS4 course which develops their performance skills; their ability to devise and analyse performances; and their understanding of how those skills and abilities can be applied in a vocational context. 

Drama provides students with opportunities for them to develop the habits and skills needed to succeed in life during and after BFA by: 

• Promoting the development of good student physical and mental health and well-being. Students are taught how to support one another and how to show everyone and the space respect. 
• Developing pupils’ ability to work successfully in a team with individuals who have a range of personal characteristics and attributes.  
• Developing pupils’ cultural capital by exposing them to a range of drama genres, scripts and performances including opportunities to see live professional theatre performances 
• Encouraging spiritual development through imaginative and creative thinking  
• Supporting moral development through the exploration and consideration of the consequences of character’s actions  
• Providing enrichment opportunities through an after school drama club and the opportunity to perform to larger audiences in events such as the BDAT ‘Be There’ performance showcase.