Primary Drama Curriculum Resources
Bespoke Drama curriculum advice and support to schools is available. For further information, please email patrice@patricebaldwin.com
Primary Drama Curriculum
I wrote a series of articles to help schools review and develop their Primary Drama Curriculum. They were published in Drama and Theatre magazine during 2022/23 and have now been republished as part of a bookazine, (February 2026). To order it click here.
- Autumn Term 1 – Primary Drama Curriculum – The first step
- Autumn Term 2 – Primary Drama Curriculum – A reality check
- Spring Term 1 – A possible curriculum for five to seven-year-olds
- Spring Term 2 – A possible curriculum for seven to nine-year-olds
- Summer Term 1 – A possible curriculum for nine to eleven-year-olds
- Summer Term 2 – A possible curriculum for nine to eleven-year-olds
The Oak Drama Curriculum
I was Primary Drama Subject Leader for the Oak National Academy during the pandemic, (2019-21). I wrote their Primary Drama curriculum and shaped their KS1 and KS2 Drama lessons. At the end of Spring Term 2026 these drama resources will be removed from Oak’s website. You can still access and download the Oak Primary Drama Curriculum document here but the lessons associated with it, will no longer be available to view online.
- To access and download the Primary Drama curriculum document, click here: https://www.patricebaldwin.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/oak-2021-primary-ks1-ks2-drama.pdf
- To watch the KS1 Drama lessons, click here: https://teachers.thenational.academy/subjects/drama/key-stages/key-stage-1
- To watch the KS2 Drama lessons, click here: https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2/subjects/drama
The ‘Rose’ national curriculum
I was Drama Editorial Expert for Sir Jim Rose’s proposed national curriculum for primary schools in England. Schools may still find this proposed national curriculum document useful, when reviewing and planning their own Drama curriculum for 5-11 year olds.
- To download a copy of ‘Understanding the Arts’ (which includes a Drama framework), click here: https://www.patricebaldwin.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Rose-Primary-Curriculum-Understanding-the-arts.pdf
- To read my published response to this lost opportunity, click here: https://www.thersa.org/blog/2018/05/wither-the-arts
