Too easy to get distinctions in LAMDA?

[LanaDelPray]

As per the subject, just got results from July exams and 100% got distinctions, how is this possible? I know and have seen some of these children perform, cannot understand how all of them got distinctions (over a 100
of them).

i’m wondering if it’s worth it?

Hmm. Same here- has not been the case in previous years though. Very suspicious- unless we're talking about the same school. And they're all perfect!

Interesting to read this- my dd has always got distinctions in lamda with frankly very little work. Music distinctions for similar grades have been hard won.

she gave up lamda as she felt this wasn’t fair or challenging- a shame as I felt she was learning lots.

DD goes to Stagecoach where the whole group of 200 odd children often get distinctions.

It should be like a degree classification where only the top few get a first and the majority get a merit.

There was a massive syllabus change about 10-12 years ago which saw LAMDA become very much a tick box excercise. It became more difficult for teachers who taught acting in a way that drama schools/the industry want to get high marks due to this but much easier for the identikit teachers to get high marks.

So it’s not just me who thinks this then.

Music is much harder and I feel prouder of my son receiving a merit in Music than of his distinction in Lamda. The cynic in me thinks it’s just a way of getting more children to take exams, commit to higher grades, in order to keep the whole organisation in business?

Not really because their admin is awful, they are really annoying lots of teachers and they have this rule where if you fail 1 element of the criteria eg a child has a mind blank on a question which is only worth a couple of marks but fails to answer they fail tue entire exam regardless of everything else.

many teachers are looking elsewhere.

Were you talking about the Group exam?
The LAMDA Group exams are non-regulated and Solo exams are regulated

Solo exams

I don't think so.

DD did Lamda until Grade 6 (skipped grade 5) and ever only got high merits (3-5 points of distinction). The school definitley had them work hard on the paperwork to a point of redoing sections if they thought they weren't done well enough and they had tons of extra rehersals.

Yes, some of her fellow drama students got distinctions and there were 2 how got the 100 but these two are teen actors and went on studying drama.

That may have been the case in the past and I do recall a few years ago there were many merits, but this past year all distinctions. It’s like everyone coming 1st in sports day?!?

It’s doesn’t really matter since unless they are going on to drama school the qualification counts for absolutely nothing. “Ucas points” turned out to be a myth since only an astonishingly small number of places count them and they tend to be the places that would make an offer to everyone anyway. We learned this after years of doing the exams..

Both mine did LAMDA when in primary - it did seem easy to get full marks. But it wasn’t about that for me / them ( I don’t think) - this was a confidence boost, gave them skills that they use to great effect now in public speaking and performance even though their paths ( one has his own business, one at uni) are nothing to do with this- eye on the prize - it’s life skills not certificates :)

Agree, the goal is confidence and public speaking, my son performs at school and festivals so gets enough practice and is able to move through the grades as the exams are optional. My initial post asked whether it’s worth it in terms of the exams, it means we have to practice, pay for the exams then write off the exam day when he could be doing something else. I think my question has been answered.