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Scroll down to read the latest news and updates from LAMDA Exams for current customers. (Last updated: Thursday 10 October 2024)

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Guildford Public Centre: Spring Event Update

Please note that the Guildford public events for Spring 2025 have been rescheduled. The dates are as follows:

• 22-23 March 2025
• 5-6 April 2025

Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to your participation and hope to see you there!

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Book Now: Exams Teacher Conference in Manchester

Book now to join us at the Crowne Plaza Manchester City Centre on Thursday 7 November, from 5pm - 8:30pm.

We hope you'll be able to join us for this welcoming and insightful evening. Providing a 'starter guide' to LAMDA Exams, you'll have the chance to meet our Exams staff, ask your key questions and gain useful guidance. 

You'll be introduced to the new syllabi, understand what happens in the Examination Room, get advice on choosing pieces for Learners, and find out more about using ExamTrack.

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Leigh-on-Sea Public Centre Name Change Notice

We would like to announce that the Leigh-on-Sea Public Centre has been renamed the Southend-on-Sea Public Centre. This change has being made to more accurately reflect our location in Southend-on-Sea.

All event dates remained unchanged, and if you registered under the Leigh-on-Sea Public Centre, your booking has been automatically transferred to the Southend-on-Sea Public Centre.

Get Involved: Group Qualifications Review

We have recently launched a review of our Group Suite of Qualifications containing:

• Group Acting – Entry Level, Grade 1-8
• Group Devising – Entry Level, Grade 1-8
• Group Musical Theatre – Entry Level, Grade 1-8
• Group Recital – Entry, Grade 1-3
• Group Choral Speaking – Entry, Grade 1-3

As a part of this review we would like to invite you to be involved and provide feedback in a manner that is convenient to you. You can be a current user of the qualification, you may have thought that you would like to use one or all of these qualifications in future, or you may just have a personal interest in these subjects. We welcome all feedback from all parties.

There will be different levels of involvement offered to suit all. These include:

• Full involvement in a working group – this will require a commitment to attend at least 3 meetings of 1 hour to discuss key questions and provide feedback verbally. There are limited numbers of places available in each working group, so inclusion in these groups will be by invite only.
• Provision of written feedback – There will be 2 ways to provide this feedback, an online survey, or by email. You will be sent each draft that has been designed following collation of feedback, and you can choose how much feedback you give at each stage.

The reviews will be split into 3 groups:

• Group Acting, Devising and Musical Theatre – Entry Level, Grade 1-5
• Group Acting, Devising and Musical Theatre – Grade 5-8
• Group Recital and Choral Speaking

The first step to getting involved is to express your interest. To do this, please send an email to [email protected]. In the email, please state:

• Your name
• Which Group(s) you would like to be involved with
• Your chosen level of involvement
• Your current/future experience/interest in the qualifications and the types of Learners you work with or will work with in relation to these qualifications. 

Expressions of interest must be received by 30 September 2024 to be considered.

Examination fees and dates for 1 August 2024 onwards announced

UK Examination fees for in-person and Remote Online Assessments and Public Centre examination dates for 1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025 have now been added to our website, here,

• Find UK fees listed on our How to pay for an exam page. 
• View Public Centre Examination dates for 1 August 2024 onwards here.

Impact Evaluation of LAMDA Exams in Schools

We’re pleased to share the results of a recent independent report by The Centre for Education and Youth, which used case studies and survey data to analyse the benefit of LAMDA Exams within state schools, and its broader impact on academic development, mental health, confidence and more.

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Private Centre Payment update

LAMDA have made changes to our payment methods and invoices. Each customer will now have bespoke payment details that will allow us to identify your payments more efficiently.

New Shakespeare for Performance Syllabi​​​​​​

From 1 January 2024, the new LAMDA Shakespeare for Performance Qualification will replace the current LAMDA Shakespeare Qualification. 

The last examining date for the current LAMDA Shakespeare Qualification is 31 December 2023. All learners wishing to sit the current qualification must ensure their examination is scheduled to take place on or before 31 December 2023.   

The new LAMDA Shakespeare for Performance Qualification will be available for teaching from 1 September 2023.

The new LAMDA Shakespeare for Performance Qualification will be available for examination from 1 January 2024.

Read more about the new syllabi

We are releasing a new process that will ensure you get your paperwork directly from our system ExamTrack. Please ensure that you inform us if your email address changes. If you have entered Learner(s) for one of Public Centre events and have not received your exam paperwork 14 days prior to the exam event, please check your Spam folder or email us on [email protected]

Private Centre Reports Now Accessible on ExamTrack
Up until now we have been sending out reports such as draft timetables and special attention reports as an email attachment. To make life easier and prevent emails getting lost, you can now access all the relevant reports related to planning and preparing for your Private Centre Exam Events via your ExamTrack login. These are formatted in the same way and can be printed in full, or in part. 

Please look out for the email notifications telling you there are reports available. 

For examination events starting from 15 February 2023, we will no longer send any of these reports by email. The only reports you will receive by email will be the Results Summary when your learners have completed their exams and they have been marked and moderated.

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Update on Remote Online Assessments (ROAs) for Group Exams

LAMDA has been working on delivering remote online assessment (ROAs) for Group Exams. Testing has been undertaken to explore different assessment methods to ensure that the Group ROAs are fully comparable with Group Face-to-Face examinations. The testing has indicated that conducting Group ROAs, in the same manner as we conduct other ROA exams, does not work. This is because of the limitations of remote meeting software. Therefore, there has been a delay in delivering the Group Exams online. A self-tape option is currently being explored, but we need to test it before offering the exams in this format.

Please note that, due to interactive elements that are part of the Assessment Criteria, some Group Exams will not be offered in online format and will be only available as Face-to-Face exams. These exams are Level 3 Group Devising Drama and Introductory (all stages). We strive to bring you a solution for all other Group ROAs by the end of 2023 and will keep you updated on our progress.

 

General Updates

Syllabus Update

Read about our upcoming Syllabus updates here.

​​​​Change to LAMDA’s Learner Examination Report (LER)

Please be aware that LAMDA now prints on both sides of the Learner Examiner Report. This means that when you receive your results, the Examiner comments may be printed on the second page, which will be on the reverse of the document.

​​LAMDA Exams Policies

We have recently updated all our published policies. Please take your time to read through them and ensure you understand them fully and you know how to access any updated forms. It is a key responsibility for our Centres that they stay familiar and compliant with our Policies. Read the policies on our website here.

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2022 Updates

FAQs
We've recently expanded our FAQs section. For questions regarding the content (syllabus) of our exams, please refer to our Teacher FAQ's.

Our new payment portal
We've made it easier for our Public Centre customers to pay for assessments, visit our How to Pay page for more information.