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16+ PERFORMING ARTS
Year 12 entry
Monkton’s Performing Arts scholarships offer a range of exciting opportunities in either Dance, Drama or Music. Selected students are given further opportunities beyond Monkton’s extensive co-curricular programme to develop their artistic passion.
We are looking for students with the potential and drive to become highly skilled individuals, who will share their talents across the Monkton community and beyond. They will be offered an exciting range of challenges and experiences, including the chance to work with industry professionals and venues.
The programme will provide scholars with:
- Development time with faculty staff
- Termly mentoring by senior member of the department
- Masterclasses with professional musicians, composers, actors, dancers etc
- Bespoke trips to some of the UK’s leading arts venues - recent visits include the Royal Opera House, the BBC, and Askonas Holt Management
- Links with institutions such as Bath Spa University and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
- Annual report to parents
Expectations:
- Play a full and influential role in the artistic life of the school, attending a range of weekly rehearsals and performing in concerts, productions and events
Show passion for artistic development through regular attendance at lessons and practice sessions
Demonstrate commitment and punctuality, acting as a role model to other pupils
Mentor younger pupils in their artistic development and engagement with school
Model Monkton values of humility, service, confidence and integrity within Performing Arts and the wider life of the school.
preparing for assessment
Application deadline: Friday 16th October 2026
By the application deadline, submit to Admissions a pre-audition video in one of the following areas:
Dance: one 1-1.5 minute dance piece (can be from an established choreographer or self-choreographed)
Drama: one performance piece of around 3 minutes, or a portfolio of recent work for those wishing to apply as a writer/actor
Music: one 3 minute piece (around the standard of Grade 7*), or a portfolio of recent work for those wishing to apply as a composer
*Candidates do not need to have passed an exam, or be working towards one. The requirement is that the technical difficulty of the music offered is similar to that required to successfully perform Grade 7 pieces.
You should be clear on your primary discipline. For those of you who have multi-disciplines you may choose to supplement your primary audition video with up to two additional videos in other disciplines if you so wish. Please note, this is not a requirement.
Accompanying music for either Dance or Music (piano music or MP3) should be submitted to admissions by the application deadline
If the performance in the submitted video meets the required standard, you will be invited to one of the following assessment days in your chosen discipline.
Scholarship Assessment Day
Assessment date: Monday 9th November 2026
Depending on your chosen area of specialism, you will have one of the following assessments:
Dance
- Performance of two contrasting pieces (at least one self-choreographed). The whole performance should be between 3 and 4 minutes
- Directed dance exercise
- Interviews within faculty
- Interview with Principal
Drama
- Performance of two contrasting pieces around 5 minutes in total
- Improvisation exercise
- Interviews within faculty
- Interview with Principal
Music
- Performance of two contrasting pieces around 5 minutes in total (around the standard of Grade 7*)
- Sight-reading & aural tests
- Interviews within faculty
- Interview with Principal
*Candidates do not need to have passed an exam, or be working towards one. The requirement is that the technical difficulty of the music offered is similar to that required to successfully perform Grade 7 pieces.
Please note that the audition will be recorded for internal moderation purposes. This will be deleted at the end of the process.