Successes

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For us, success is seeing happy children, learn about music and movement and develop a passion for dance.

Thanks to the experience, professionalism and hard work of our teachers and the pupils themselves, our success as a school has been recognised in many other ways too.

  • Excellent exam results achieved over the last 20 years with many special commendations for outstanding pupils.
  • Pupils have performed with The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, Billy Elliot West End, Billy Elliot Live, The Stars of Strictly Come Dancing, Saddler's Wells and Her Majesty's Theatre, London.
  • Pupils have gained places on The Royal Ballet School Associate programme, Tring Associate Classical Ballet Academy programme and Young Dancers Academy Associate programme.
  • Pupils selected to take part in the Royal Ballet Summer School.
  • Pupils have been accepted at the following Vocational Schools  - The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, Tring Park School, Laines Theatre Arts, The Urdang Academy, Arts Educational School, Chiswick, The Royal Academy of Dance BA Hons in Ballet Education, Sylvia Young School London and Top Talent Agency.
  • Pupils awarded scholarships at The Arts Educational School Tring, Legat Ballet School.
  • Pupils selected to dance with the London Children's Ballet, Ballet Theatre UK, the English Youth Ballet, the Kent Youth Ballet, professional productions at the Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells and Royal Victoria Hall, Southborough
  • Dance scholarship awarded at Beechwood Sacred Heart, Legat, and the Sussex Summer School.
  • Major grade achievers have been invited to attend and dance at the IDTA annual seminar at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and nominated for awards within the IDTA.
  • Former pupils have gone on to dance professionally and teach both in the UK and abroad.
  • Former pupils who are now professional dancers return to hold classes and workshops.