Mummy twinkle toes

We were for yr9 place if that helps.

I suspect bursary had changed as it hasn’t appeared on their website this last year.

I would assume that most schools will be tightening their belts at this time. We have family that work in private education and most are charging 50% of the fees this term so income for them is down.

2 hours ago, Ellera said:

Hi Mummy Twinkle Toes

 

When we went to open morning in September, we spoke to finance and they showed us the scale for the bursary for non MDS award families.  50 percent was given for incomes 0 to 30k with a sliding scale according to income. If you are over 80 k then there is nothing.  However I think this scale was for 2019/2020, and from what Denise Charles has said on the audition day it may well be different for 2020/2021.  From the letter sent by Hammond this afternoon they will look at applicants audition marks in the first instance, before deciding on financial support based on income.

 

The financial forms and letter came through by email, so hopefully others will get these soon too.

 

Thankyou for kind words from many.  I agree it has been quite a poor service.  They should be able to respond to individual enquiries even if Covid 19 makes working conditions a bit tricky.  I am not keen to go through this process again, my daughter's reaction to it all is to want to audition again next year!  Arghh!

 

Sorry to hear of your sad news Mummy Twinkle Toes.  Helps to put this into perspective, as my husband would say all this ballet stuff is a first world problem.  Important but not fundamental.

 

Good luck to everyone.  x

Thank you that is really helpful.

32 minutes ago, Ellera said:

I have just had financial letter and forms come through.  I feel so sad, all MDS awards accepted.  No chance for my daughter now, as we know based on the figures they gave us at the open day we will not qualify for any financial help with the fees, as our income it too high.  But no way we can pay them in full, even if we sold our house.  I really feel for everyone, this has been a very stressful time and feel the lack of communication from Hammond has made it far worse.  It seems a harsh and inhuman system.  There has to be a competetive element to it all, but they could do alot better with making the process clear from the start and supporting families through it.  It has come as a bit of a shock to me, I did not expect my daughter to be offered a place at all but we supported her to audition as it was her dream to go to Hammond.  We helped her prepare so it would be a good audition experience for her and we wanted her to have aspirations; she worked really hard for 6 months and to our shock and delight she was accepted.  The rest has all been a bit of an emotional whirlwind.

 

I wish you all good luck, both those with confirmed MDS places and those hoping to get MDS or bursaries. I hope we will hear some good news for you.  Some MDS places may become available later on, fingers and toes crossed.  Most important of all-keep fighting.  The system never changes unless we do something about it.

What figures did they give before no financial help? I do not think they stated this on the last audition date.

Unfortunately, it isn’t that fair a system. We will complete forms as might as well pursue it. 
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5 minutes ago, Betty’s mum said:

That was why I asked before I phoned, don’t want to keep hassling them x

You are in a different position though in that you have the MDS. You need to know what their plans are especially if you have accepted.👏🏻👏🏻

The registrar may be off currently. No one knows. We lost a very good colleague to Covid 19 suddenly on Friday night. I work in University and we are still interviewing candidates but no one knows whether we will open or commence online for September.

No-keep checking but no news

No, I emailed the contact email on their website and had a reply. They said they would inform Mrs Charles but nothing further. I guess it is just a waiting game 🤞🏻

5 minutes ago, margarite said:

It’s a staff training day today, the school officially ‘opens’ tomorrow, so you might have to wait until then 🤞🏻

😊 Thank you

Has anyone heard anything? I emailed Friday but have not heard anything. There is no answer on the phone. I appreciate the situation but the wait is hard.

Thank you Milzmam for letting us know.🙂

When Dd1 was going to go you were asked to ring about bursaries. These were dependent on where you were on list. If your income was a certain level you were offered 50%. However, that was 3 years ago and it used to discuss them on the website. Now there is no mention of them.

That year we knew 2 who got MDS in June so they can come later. 

We were last date if it helps-yr9

48 minutes ago, Milzmam said:

So are they just using videos from first audition? I haven't heard anything

Yes, using results of first audition 

21 minutes ago, Calea said:

Y7 Reserve list for us!@Mummy twinkle toes - congratulations to you!

@Betty’s mum - have you heard anything? Fingers crossed for you!

Thank you. 🤞🏻🤞🏻to us all

Had email. Reserve list for us

No but it states their building will close Friday. I imagine their priority is to organise current children and then we will probably get an email.

Yes, we use it and find it really useful. Grade 6-8 for women you have to buy the DVD. 

Still waiting for the Hammond but after announcements today I cannot see it going ahead.

We also attend 2 local ballet schools. One has closed as teacher is in her 70s. Other is continuing. We are waiting to see what associates say and whether Hammond finals go ahead 

Apologies if my post offended in anyway. I was just pointing out reliable sources rather than social media 😏

For accurate information look at the CDC and WHO websites. The UK are now only fully testing hospitalised patients so today it appears we have only 20-30 new confirmed cases. The severity of what this can cause is more than flu. I was a critical care nurse and now I am a critical care lecturer. No one should be scaremongering but precautions should be followed. Italian reports are also worthwhile reading. 

I thought they said they were aiming to bring around 52-56. They said there are 13 MDS available due to yr11 leavers.

When Dd1 was going to go you could decline attending recall if you could pay/happy to take bursary. All staff seemed to have changed so could be different policies now

Going for yr9. 🤗

Dd2 has a place but depends on funding.🤩

We were going to Lugano but as Dds are in Rome for DWC we have opted for Florence.