Workshops, CPD & consultancy
Give students a focused creative experience, equip teachers with practical approaches they can use immediately, or bring an experienced outside eye to your drama curriculum and department. Every session is shaped around your learners, staff and priorities—not taken from a fixed script.
In person across the UKOnline worldwideInternational visits by arrangement
Support shaped around your school
You might have a specific performance challenge, a department development priority or simply the beginnings of an idea. We will help you turn it into a useful, engaging piece of work.
Student drama workshops
Bespoke practical workshops help students explore, take creative risks and make more purposeful performance choices. Sessions can introduce a new area, unlock work already in progress or give a group fresh momentum.
Teacher CPD and INSET
Practical training for specialist drama teams, non-specialists and mixed-experience departments. Sessions combine active exploration with clear teaching approaches that can be adapted to your own students.
Drama department consultancy
Focused support for departments reviewing what they teach, how learning progresses and how assessment is understood. Clare can work with a Head of Drama, a whole team or a school leader who needs subject-specific insight.
Popular areas of focus
You do not need to choose an off-the-shelf title. Tell us what students or staff need to be able to do differently, and Clare will recommend an appropriate format.
Move from interesting ideas to structured, intentional performance through stimuli, ensemble decisions, dramatic form, rehearsal and refinement.
Help students make specific choices about character, relationships, voice, movement, space and audience impact.
Turn practitioner study into active, memorable exploration that students can understand and apply rather than simply describe.
Build a shared understanding of criteria, purposeful feedback and the practical habits that help students develop their work.
Use drama to explore a theme, text, historical context or another area of the curriculum through a bespoke practical experience.
Review progression, schemes of work, assessment, resources or team practice and leave with clear, manageable next steps.
A straightforward, bespoke process
Share the audience, context and outcome—even if the brief is not fully formed. We will ask the useful questions and help clarify the need.
We will recommend a format, focus and delivery plan. You will know what is included, what the work is designed to achieve and the full cost before you book.
Clare delivers the agreed session in person or online. Where appropriate, the proposal can include resources, follow-up discussion or further departmental support.
Meet your facilitator
Clare is the CEO of Drama Lesson Plans and a qualified drama teacher, curriculum leader, trained actor and current examiner with more than 25 years' experience in drama education.
She has worked as a Head of Drama, Director of Drama, Head of Expressive Arts and Head of Performing Arts, teaching and leading curriculum across KS2–KS5. Her leadership experience includes writing schemes of work, developing staff, overseeing quality assurance and creating practical arts experiences for students in the UK and internationally.
Clare has examined GCSE and A-level Drama performance work since 2008. Her examining experience includes in-person and recorded performance, international assessment, monitoring marking and supporting examiner training and standardisation. She is also a former LAMDA Schools Award examiner.
Before training as a teacher, Clare completed a three-year Acting Diploma at East 15 Acting School. She also holds a PGCE and an M.Ed. From 2011–2017 she ran Drama-Workshops.co.uk, creating bespoke workshops for schools and organisations across KS2–KS5.
Talk to us about your schoolFlexible delivery
Work can be delivered as a focused online session, twilight CPD, half day, full day or a connected series. In-person workshops are available across the UK. Online support is available worldwide, and international visits can be discussed where the brief and schedule make them practical.
Most work is quoted individually because group size, preparation, resources, travel and follow-up vary. Your proposal will set out the scope and full cost clearly before booking.
Useful details
Clare has taught and designed workshops across KS2–KS5, with particular depth in secondary drama, acting and performance. Tell us the age group, course and current level of experience so the session can be pitched appropriately.
Yes. Workshops and consultancy can support practical skills, course planning, assessment understanding, feedback and department practice. Clare’s examiner role informs her professional understanding, but the service does not use confidential materials, represent an exam board or offer an “inside track” to grades.
There are useful starting points, but the final brief is tailored. That prevents schools from paying for a generic session that does not fit their students, staff or curriculum.
Yes. Online workshops, CPD and consultancy are available worldwide. The format and group size will be agreed so the session remains active and useful rather than becoming a passive webinar.
In-person work is available across the UK. International visits are considered by arrangement. Share your location and preferred dates in the enquiry form and any travel requirements will be included transparently in the proposal.
Fees depend on the format, preparation, group size, location and whether resources or follow-up are included. Tell us what you need and we will provide a clear proposal with the full cost before you decide.
Start a conversation
You do not need a finished brief. Tell us about the students or staff involved, what you would like to achieve and any dates already in mind. We will come back with useful questions and a recommended next step.
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