Requirements for born leaders of drama schools (5)
I believe the answer is:
needs
'requirements' is the definition.
('need' can be a synonym of 'requirement')
'born leaders of drama schools' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'nee' (I've seen this before).
'leaders of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'drama schools' is 'ds'.
'nee'+'ds'='NEEDS'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for needs that I've seen before include "Misses" , "Essentials" , "Requires, is in want of" , "Can't do without" , "Requires or lacks" .)