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ABSTRACT
This article offers a perspective on Drama as a separate subject within the UK secondary school curriculum from the point of view of a working Head of a Drama department. I explore the various concerns a teacher of this subject must consider when planning a curriculum within their school, including breadth and depth of content and assessment of the subject. I also discuss some of the current issues faced by working Drama teachers such as the lack of a National Curriculum for Drama, the impact on Arts subjects of government education policy and school progress measures.
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Notes on contributor
Laura Hennessy has been a secondary school Drama teacher for over 10 years and a head of Drama and Theatre Studies since 2010. She read Drama at the University of Manchester and trained on the Secondary Drama PGCSE course at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.