The Dance and Drama Awards are a scholarship scheme which subsidises professional vocational training at some of the leading performing arts schools in the United Kingdom.
[2] Dance and Drama Awards are offered to selected students, who are commencing training at the 21 specialist vocational schools chosen for the scheme.
The award pays a substantial contribution towards the cost of attending the relevant course and in many cases, also includes a means tested maintenance grant.
[citation needed] Courses which are eligible for funding:[3] National Qualifications Framework – Level 5 National Qualifications Framework – Level 6 All the schools which participate in the Dance & Drama Awards scheme are validated by Trinity College and are inspected for educational standards by OFSTED.
The only restriction on who is eligible to receive an award is that recipients must be between the ages of 16 and 23[6] and must have been resident in the United Kingdom or the European Union for a minimum of 3 years prior to the commencement of the course.