Applying to LondonCollegePA
Applications for entry on our BTEC Programme in September 2024 are open. Please click the link to access the application form. If you have any issues in the process please email admissions@londoncollegeofperformingarts.com
*If you would like to audition for our waiting list for immediate start in 2023 please email us.
Entry to LondonCollegePA is by audition. We assess all applicants for their suitability for the course and their potential.
Please note that LondonCollegePA does not provide accommodation and requires students to live with an adult family member or legally responsible guardian within daily commuting distance.
You can always find the next date of upcoming auditions on our Instagram page. Early application is recommended as audition spaces (and places on the course!) fill up quickly.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Musical Theatre Pathway
1 x Song (ideally from a musical but can be pop/rock/folk etc)
AND
1 x Solo dance in a style of your choice (Approx 1.5 mins) *Please try and include a turn, kick and leap if possible
Acting Pathway
2 x short monologues/speeches from contrasting plays
(Approx 1.5 mins per monologue/speech and should be memorised in advance)
Dance Pathway
Solo Jazz dance showing technique (Approx 1.5 mins)
AND
Solo dance in a style of your choice (Approx 1.5 mins)
Please audition pieces that demonstrate your skills, level and areas of confidence.
Dance solos and songs must be accompanied by a suitable backing track which you should provide on a device that will be connected to our speakers.
On the audition day, there may be additional workshops/ sessions in each pathway which will be led by our team.
Audition Fees
There is no fee to audition for LondonCollegePA’s BTEC programme.
RECEIVING AN OFFER
After your audition, we will make an assessment about your skills in the vocational area that applies, ie acting, dance or singing - or all three for musical theatre. We will make an offer to successful candidates based upon our assessment of your skills and potential in the vocational areas mentioned above.
We will aim contact you within one week with the outcome of your audition. This will be by email.
ACCEPTING YOUR OFFER
Once you have received an offer, you will have a period of time to accept your place. You will also be asked to pay a deposit of £60 at the same stage of the process.
This deposit, securing your place on the course, prevents someone saying yes to a place that they don’t fully intend to take up, which risks applicants on our reserve list missing out. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, it is necessary for us to ensure people aren’t accepting places unless they definitely plan to join us in September. If you subsequently decide not to take up your place or remain on the course, the deposit will NOT be refunded.
The deposit can be paid by BACS transfer and you will be informed of the deadline for this and transfer details in your offer email. Once you have accepted, you will of course receive further information and begin the pre-enrolment process during the time leading up to your start date.
Please note: If you do not accept a place within the deadline, we may not be able to guarantee you a place on the course.
DECLINING YOUR OFFER
Should you wish to decline the place offered, you can simply return the online form by the acceptance deadline with the appropriate box ticked to say that this is what you would like to do with no further action required.
Should you decline your offer, it may or may not be possible for you to change your mind at a later date depending on our acceptance numbers and reserve list. Please contact us in this event to discuss your options.
ENGLISH & MATHS
During your application process, we will ask you for your grades or predicted grades in English and Maths at GSCE level.
Once you have started your vocational course at LondonCollegePA, you may be asked to undertake further assessment in these subjects by our senior partner college LSEC. Post GCSE results, if you have not attained the requisite grades then sixth form funding is reliant on continuing study in these subjects, which is provided by the college.
If you have any questions about your application, audition or acceptance just get in touch with us and we will be happy to advise.