RSL Awards Professional Qualifications are your entry to performing arts diplomas and certificates at a professional level.

Professional Diplomas

Whether you’re an aspiring teacher, musician or performing artist, we recognise your ambition to succeed. You live to create, perform or teach – and the Professional Diploma will help get you there! Choose units from three Pathways: Performance, Teaching or Creative Enterprise.

Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Learning

Kick start your teaching career! Whether you already have some experience teaching or you’re just getting started, this certificate will help you develop essential teaching skills.

Academically rigorous and perfect for those aged 16 and up who are preparing for or already working in professional creative settings, the Rockschool Professional Diplomas allow candidates to specialise in Performance, Teaching or Creative Enterprise. Candidates complete four coursework units in their chosen specialisation over 12 months, earning a globally-recognised diploma qualification.

The new Associate Awards, offered at Levels 4 and 6 and open to all ages, are performance-specialist qualifications at an advanced level.

The Associate Awards are perfect for learners who have completed Grade 8 Rockschool exams and are looking to further challenge and develop their performance skills. The performance standard is equivalent to the Professional Diplomas, however there are no written coursework elements.

The Level 3 Certificate is designed for learners aged 16 and up beginning their teaching journey, helping to develop teaching skills specific to music or performing arts. Candidates work with a more experienced teacher observing, supporting and mentoring the candidate as they complete coursework.

The Level 3 Certificate also provides a flexible pathway into the Level 4 Professional Diploma (Teaching), with the opportunity to transfer credit towards the diploma.