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To: AQA
Cut lengthy written exams for Drama A Level
Breakdown the lengthy 3 hour written exam for Drama and Theatre A Level students. As drama teachers and educators we believe the current drama exam is too long.
Why is this important?
Students are struggling to cope with such a lengthy exam and it is impacting their results. One of my students collapsed from exhaustion in the middle of their exam (it was their second exam that day and they had been writing for over 5 hours).
We urge you to consider dividing the exam into 2 separate exams. This will help students to improve their ability to focus and will also prevent students with access arrangements for extra time from suffering almost 4 hours in a drama exam. We should be testing their knowledge not their stamina!
