The Arts

TAKING CENTRE STAGE

The Performing Arts play a prominent role in the life of the Sixth Form at King’s. Many students actively participate in the wide variety of music and drama groups, orchestras, choirs and theatre productions, performed in any one of our first-class performance spaces.

Our A level Drama and Theatre course combines an academic study of dramatic theory and the work of practitioners who have shaped the development of theatre practice, with the advancement of the students’ own practical skills. It is ideal for those who have a strong interest in drama and the theatre, or have strong performance or production skills that they wish to develop.

For a school with such a close and historic relationship with the Cathedral, it is no surprise that music, in all its forms, is incredibly strong at King’s. Music at A level is both challenging and rewarding. The course is both theoretical and practical involving the study of set works including classical and jazz. It includes a significant performance element with an externally examined recital, as well as composition and harmony.

King’s has a magnificent, self-contained Art School built over three floors. The light and spacious building offers five studios, a range of workshops, a gallery, an art library and IT space.

The Art Department has its roots in the fine-art tradition and all students have the opportunity to explore painting, textiles, print-making, mixed-media, digital media and sculpture. In the Sixth Form at King’s, students follow the two-year Cambridge Pre-U qualification. It is a stimulating and exciting course that encourages students to think deeply about art and develop their own individual styles. Upper Sixth artists follow independent programmes of study that build upon their existing skills and reflect their personal interests. Each Upper Sixth student has an individual studio space that encourages the development of ambitious, large-scale work. Our examination results at every level are outstanding and we are regarded as a centre of national excellence.