All about UCAS points

UCAS Key dates for 2023

UCAS have released their schedule for this year, therefore the following dates are key for all learners to ensure that their LAMDA Exams can be included in their Higher Education applications via UCAS: 

• Deadline for UCAS Learner Registration: 1^st June 2023. Learners should be entered on their chosen exam by 1^st June 2023 to be included in the initial Entries submission to UCAS. 
• Latest Exam Date to guarantee provision of results to Universities: 21^st June 2023. LAMDA make a submission of all learner results to be made available to providers by UCAS in early August. In order to guarantee that your results are available to your chosen Universities, you must have completed your exam by 21^st June 2023 at the latest. 

LAMDA and UCAS communicate throughout August to early October to ensure that any amendments processed as part of an Enquiry about Results or Appeal are still communicated to UCAS and in turn the Higher Education Institutions. These later dates should only be used in exceptional circumstances. To guarantee that results are readily available to the chose Institution, the above dates should be honoured. 

If you are concerned about receipt of results we request that you send us an email to: [email protected] The email should include the header ‘UCAS Results’, state the full name of the learner, their Exam Event Date, location and the Exam being taken. The LAMDA team will endeavour to provide the relevant assistance.

Our Level Three Solo/Duo qualifications (that’s Grades 6 and up) are included in the UCAS Tariff. This means that if you pass those exams, you can claim points to help you with university entry in the UK. 

If you’ve taken exams from different syllabi, UCAS points can even be “stacked” to gain more points. So, as an example, points earned from an Acting exam in our Performance syllabi can be added to the points for a Reading for Performance exam from our Communication syllabi. If you are taking multiple exams in the same syllabi, you’ll only be able to claim one set of points. So, we recommend you pick the one that gives you the most UCAS points when you make your claim. 

Performance is: Acting, Devising Drama and Miming 

Communication is: Speaking Verse and Prose, Reading for Performance and Speaking in Public

The below table shows how UCAS points are calculated and how you can search these qualifications on the UCAS tariff calculator. Alternatively, you can download the 2024 tariff table on the UCAS website: 2024 UCAS tariff table.

If you need the 2023 tariff table it can be downloaded here: 2023 UCAS tariff qualifications list.

Please note the following advice from the UCAS website:

'Just because your qualification receives Tariff points does not mean it will count towards the entry requirements for any course, even if the provider in question uses Tariff points in their entry requirements. You must check the course entry requirements carefully to see which qualifications are, and are not, accepted.'

Please check the entry requirements of the university and/or course you are applying for.