Guidance

Dance: grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1

Updated 6 September 2017

Applies to England

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1. Grade 8

1.1 To achieve grade 8 candidates will be able to:

  • demonstrate, including through own performance, sustained and perceptive knowledge and understanding of skills required to perform safely, accurately and with sensitivity to style and intention
  • demonstrate sophisticated selection and use of choreographic elements and aural settings to communicate choreographic intention
  • critically analyse, interpret and evaluate own and professional works, to produce convincing reflective judgements using specialist terminology accurately and effectively

2. Grade 5

2.1 To achieve grade 5 candidates will be able to:

  • demonstrate, including through own performance, clear knowledge and understanding of skills required to perform safely, mostly accurately, and with some sensitivity to style and/or intention
  • demonstrate coherent selection and use of choreographic elements and aural settings to communicate choreographic intention
  • analyse, interpret and evaluate own and professional works, to produce clear reflective judgements and using specialist terminology appropriately

3. Grade 2

3.1 To achieve grade 2 candidates will be able to:

  • demonstrate, including through own performance, some knowledge and understanding of skills required to perform safely and with some awareness of style and/or intention
  • demonstrate some purposeful selection and use of choreographic elements and aural settings to communicate simple choreographic intention
  • use some analysis and/or interpretation to provide simple reflections on own and/or professional works, with inconsistent use of specialist terminology
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