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Do you mean Year 10?

Bless him. Is he doing Summer School?

Thats interesting. My dd loved her classes at summer school with them but what you describe does not sound ideal.

I heard funding results were delayed due to a staff member being off sick but they apparently started to come out yesterday.

Is the ticket still available?

There isn't any significanty change from what I can see (except I suspect many organisations wern't doing it). Exam results are indeed personal data but they are not sensitive data. Schools and organisations have a responsibility to inform pupils/parents (depending on age) if exam results are to be pulished. This should be done on a regular basis. From what I have gathered so far, though it is a bit subject to interpretation, students and parents then have the right to request their data is not used in this way.

I have various items available too but suitable for Year 9 as most of dd's Year 7 stuff was either passed on or worn to death (except the coat which she wore for the first time on the day of the Carol service, lost it, then it turned up 3 years later!

Is it worth you contacting school & saying you made a mistake/clicked the wrong number of seats etc& seeing if they will refund?

You would need to check I think on the situation with a child coming in from abroad. In the UK a child is not legally allowed to leave school until the last Friday in June of the academic year in which they turn 16, unless they are home educated. However there have been instances wheras child prodigies have begun university at an early age. It woulod need careful looking into and consulataion with the school I think. My daughter is in the same school year as dancing unicorn, but she has an October birthday so will will be 1 month away from her 17th birthday when she begins upper school/seniors.

Booked. But was awkward to get 1 concession & one full price without losing my other ticket.

They put on the extra Saturday evening show last year due to the centenary & the alumni taking so many tickets.

Level 6 Diplomas are not degrees. The practical work is degree standard & there is a small academic content but to get a full degree you have to do a 12-18 month dissertation year (Middlesex uni offer it). Its like comparing A levels & Grade 8/intermediate. Both are Level 3 on the QCF but they differ in their practical/academic content.

No they are not. The diploma courses contain very little actual theory (1 hr IPS plus tutorial). I have no knowledhe of health professional courses but my husband has taught on L6 diploma courses at various different colleges for many years now.

This isn’t specific to classical ballet but for professional dance courses Spotlight & Equity state that graduates should have been accessing 36 hours per week of training. This will (at least for those on the Trinity Diploma) include Integrated Professional Studies such as business, marketing, anatomy, nutrition etc) of maybe 1-2 hours per week. In terms of exactly how this this works I don’t know the timetables at other schools but at Hammond the third year dancers would typically do about 23-26 hours of dance class with the rest of the time being IPS, audition technique, careers session, Pilates, singing, choreography & acting. They typically work from 9-6 each day with a few 8am starts.

I could not disagree more strongly with Young at Heart. Comparisons to everyone else are not helpful. it is much more likely to make kids write themselves off than to aspire to be greater. A distinction for one child might be no sweat and actually that childm might be quite lazy wheras a merit for a different child might be down to sheer hard work and having overcome various obstacles. For the majority of children ballet classes are only ever going to be a hobby. My daughter's first ballet class had a little girl in who was quite severly dyspraxic (she ended up in a wheelchair for a short time). why on earth should that child have to see her results displayed for all to see against all the others. Incidentally that first teacher was awarded a British Empire Medal for her work with disabled children. Its the same in acadeic schools. Help children to reach their potential, reward achievment but please do not make children feel awful about their ability and their achievments.

Except that doesn’t happen in any academic schools I know of these days either.

Off the top of my head Annual “Healthy dancer” physio screening Medical insurance RAD/ISTD exam fees Theatre trips (usually 1 per year) Annual summer show fee. Optional 1:1 instrumental/singing lessons

I think legitimate interest relates to the being able to retain and process the data though, not the right to make an access request. There is a specific exemption for subject access requests that would involve examination results being given out before their official release date.

Well I asked dh this question tonight as there have been lots of meetings at his school about GDPR & it was something he had never thought about. The look on his face was quite a picture as he realised the implications. Notes are handed in from the various panel members at his school & compiled over a discussion meeting where candidates are ranked. What happens afterwards he doesn’t know but no panel member is allowed to retain audition notes. He was only involved in degree audition discussions this year not diploma due to conflict of interest but I think the process is similar. So this could be a can of worms about to be opened. As an aside i appear to have geen given the unenviable task of Data Controller at my workplace & it’s a blooming nightmare.

The GDPR only applies if someone can be identified personally. Therefore if a school uses candidate numbers and all audition notes etc are made under that number by the panel with just the end result (yes, no, reserve) transferred across to the actual applicant records before being destroyed then you are not entitled to that data. My guess is that schools will bring in that kind of system if they don't already.

I would say that merits are more normal but if schools focus strongly on exams (perhaps taking longer or not doing non syllabus work) they are likely to get Higher results than a school that only focuses on the syllabus for half the year with the rest of the time d voted to non syllabus/show work. Some schools will keep students in lower grades if they are not likely to get a distinction whereas other schools will enter students they think are capable of getting a pass.

It may be a bit too far North for his students but you could try contacting Daniel Jones Dance as he holds regular adult classes and runs various community ballet projects for young people and adults in Staffordshire. I know some of them are involved in things Manchester based, whether they would be able to commit to travelling further North I don't know.

Could you not then simply ask under 18's to leave after the actual class, or observe the meeting but not be able to vote?

Students over school leaving age (so those who are 16/17 and in year 12 and above) do not need chaperoning for either classes, rehearsals or performances. I see no reason why you cannot open your first class to those aged 16 and above. My daughter often takes part in Open Adult classes during holdiday periods and she has never been chaperoned. Under 16's do not need a chaperone to take part in classes but it would be best practice for the teacher to be DBS checked (or supervised by someone who is) and for the organisation to have a child protection policy. They would of course need licensing and chaperoning for any performances but you'd have plenty of time to sort that. Whilst I think that many schools would be supportive in principal (and its great that Mr Dutton has indicated his support) as the parent of a child at the school who will enter seniors next year I think the issue is, particurlaly for the seniors that the timetable is so full and students are juggling A levels, classes, assessments and performances (all of which are assessed and formulated to meet the requirements of the Trinity Diploma) that it is difficult to make a regular commitment to anything other than "guest appearances". Many of the students also have part time jobs at weekends as the majority will not get maintenance grants. I'm not saying it won't happen but don't take it personally if it can't.

It’s on the Phantom of the Opera Facebook page which I don’t seem to be able to link to.