Upper Primary

(9-11 years)

Our Upper Primary is ready for more challenges, and we’re ready to meet them there! Our Upper Primary programme encourages children to take ownership of their voice, creativity, and their role in a team. It’s where confidence moves from developing to thriving.

Our classes run in line with local school terms, typically over 12 weeks. Fees are paid per term, and students are welcome to join at any point in the year.

Want to see if it’s the right fit?

Try our two-week trial for £20 per student. If your child joins for the full term, we’ll deduct the trial fee from your total cost.

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Parents love our Upper Primary classes

Because students become confident communicators. Our programme nurtures creativity, teamwork, and leadership, with progress parents can see.

Core Skills:

Learning how to present themselves in front of a group, resilience, and managing nerves.

Classroom Experience:

Communication styles including public speaking, vocal projection, and empathy in performance.

Confidence in Action

Creativity that involves structuring stories, building complex characters, and making creative decisions.

Their Learning Journey

It all starts with supporting students as they grow to be expressive, confident performers, developing vocal clarity. By exploring communication styles and stepping into different personas.

We begin in the autumn term and develop key skills across the year, including character development, and collaborative performance. At the end of the summer term, students showcase their progress in a final performance for family and friends.

Here’s what the journey looks like, from autumn to summer.

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Autumn Term

We build the foundations of confident speaking and expressive storytelling. Students learn to use their voice, imagination, and emotions to bring characters and ideas to life.

Developing Core Skills

  • Speaking with clarity and confidence
  • Emotional expression and self-awareness
  • Exploring character and story structure

In the classroom

  • Advanced improvisation and character-building
  • Speech games focused on projection and articulation
  • Freeze frames, story-mapping, and scripted scenes
  • Leadership through group tasks and active listening
  • Exploring emotion and tone through movement and speech

Confidence in Action

  • Sharing monologues or original characters
  • Leading small group activities
  • Presenting creative work to peers or parents

End of Term: children begin volunteering ideas, speaking clearly in front of others, and stepping into roles with growing confidence.

Spring Term

With stronger skills in place, students begin working more closely in groups, refining how they listen, respond, and create together through scenes, scripts, and improvisation.

Developing Core Skills

  • Structuring and delivering strong stories
  • Adapting body and voice for different roles
  • Collaborating with creativity and confidence

In The Classroom

  • Scripted scenes and student-devised content
  • Status and role-reversal games
  • Debate-style speaking and persuasive delivery
  • Collaborative story creation and planning

Confidence in Action

  • Performing with purpose and emotional tone
  • Contributing creatively in team settings
  • Giving and receiving feedback

End of Spring Term: children are building characters, solving creative challenges, and taking pride in what they bring to the group.

Summer Term

In the final term, students put their learning into action as they rehearse for a live production. It’s a chance to take pride in their progress and perform with clarity, teamwork, and confidence.

Developing Core Skills

  • Presence and performance discipline
  • Ensemble teamwork and mutual trust
  • Confidence under pressure

In the classroom

  • Rehearsing a full scripted production
  • Blocking, lines, movement, and ensemble timing
  • Voice and character refinement
  • Learning how to stay focused and motivated

Confidence in Action

  • Delivering clear, expressive performances
  • Supporting others and leading by example
  • Showing independence and self-belief on stage

End of Term: children perform with purpose, contribute to a full production, and show the confidence to speak up and lead in any setting.

Find Your Nearest Drama Kids Academy

“In school assemblies and plays, my son, was usually relegated to the background. He was bright but lacked the confidence to speak up and be heard. Since being at the academy, he has bloomed and consequently had major parts in each successive school assembly. Thank you so much for instilling in my son the confidence to let his voice be heard and his presence be felt.”

Parent – North London