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No, just wanted a reputable syllabus to follow. Have found two companies that are RAD, The facebook page is great, my youngest will love the Gruffalo Workshop. Really appreciate you letting me know about that page, thanks so much 2dancersmum

We live in Warwickshire, and theres a few local dance companies that do this. however, since we left i have been researching for other companies that sound like they actually know what they are doing, and they have seperate classes for both ballet and tap- i am thinking this is the way forward! Thanks all again for the help

Thanks youngatheart. Exactly why my daughter herself has done ballet from a young age, not a natural but kind of understands how its meant to work.. she even said herself she didnt understand why she had missed grades, and also she wants to do the exams They only offer ballet and tap as a mixed class, so around 45 minutes a week for each..

Thanks so much everyone, i have taken some advice and my girls have found something else that suits them both. Thanks again everyone

Thank u all for the responses so my daughter attended a school before this one, and she did 2 exams a year like a tap grade, and a ballet one 6 months later. im sure tap was always a level up from ballet ( or the other way around) at the school in question, they used to be UKA so we did Uka exams but they didnt offer tap and ballet, until they got a teacher in to teach a joint 2/3 class, she then left not long after the old prinicipal. the new principal now teachers majority of the companys classes, the ballet classes are one after the other, and state on the timetable, idta grade 3 ballet and tap, idta intermediate ballet and tap, adult tap. The teacher when i asked her just said that the intermediate exam was worth more points, however i think the minumum age for this is 14 so she then said the whole class besides my daughter would be entered for it next year. Havent a clue about her teaching qualifications, but she is only 22 so doesnt have any experience. I have another post up as my daughter has just left, and the principal has therefore said that her youngest sister is no longer welcome to attend the company anymore either... Hope ive managed to answer all the questions.

Thank you so much for the kind words

Thank you Balletbean, unfortunately we havent moved, My eldest wanted to leave, her group class is only 5-6 kids and shes one that kinda ends up being put on the end.. at the back.. forgotten about so thats why she wanted to leave. i dont think id mind so much if we had somewhere else to go! i think i need to start looking. my 4 yr old is still very upset that shes been 'kicked out' of her dance school =(

its the syllabus! she said the intermediate exam is 'more intense' but only my daughter in the class has ever done a ballet or tap exam ( my daughter did at a previous company) she has therefore incresed the class from 1 hour to one and half, and offered a 30 min pointe class.. which has 2 girls in, both 14, one who did grade 2/3 for 18months and one who only started 3 months ago. im not crazy to think this is a bit odd then?

Thank you BlueLou. my daughter is the youngest in the class, the others are around 14. But she had been in the grade 2/3 for over 2 years before this, they dont offer any grades in between? Most of my daughters school friends the same age as her are in the grade 2/3 but as she had done most of it she got moved up. She hasnt been to the pointe class so cant comment, she was put off that some of the girls in her intermediate class were already being offered the chance to do pointe when they have no ballet experience. im not too sure why theres a jump as the grades inbetween are not offered? it is a small school so wasnt sure if this was the reason? Thanks for the reply

Thank you Janet, i wasnt sure if 'general discussion' was right. thank you for moving it to the correct place =)

my 12 yr old and 4 yr old daughter have attended the same school for 2-3 years. My eldest has been a bit unhappy recently, and felt like she wasnt really progressing the way she should be, she had mentioned things to her new principal ( who is new, been there 6 months), who said she would try and improve on things to make her feel a bit better. Things actually got worse so we gave her notice that she wanted to leave. Principal didnt take this too well and said due to my eldest wanting to leave, she thought it was best that her little sister didnt return to her classes too. Can she do this? I made it clear my youngest was still quite happy in her lessons and wanted to stay and never gave her the impression that she wanted to leave too? Also, they were due to attend a festival in Nov, which my youngest had 2 solos she had learnt to perform at it, she has withdrawn both from the festivals ( my eldest was in 2 group dances) so ive not long paid for costumes which now are no good to us. I was just after some peoples opinions on whether people think that that is professional, and any advise as if i can do anything about it? Kind regards

Hi there Im after some advice please So my daughter was in a grade 2/3 ballet and tap class, with her teacher teaching from the Idta syllabus. due the principal leaving my daughters ballet and tap teacher left too, the new principal then decided my daughter was to be put in an intermediate ballet and tap class (shes 12) although she hasnt done any grades in between this nor done any exams. she teaches this class. She has also said, any of the intermediate class need to consider joining the pointe class, my daughter didnt think she was ready, also some of her friends that have never done ballet or tap before hand have been put straight into the intermediate class and the pointe class? Should this really be happening? The principal is new to running a dance school and i'm a bit concerned to how things are being run since she took over.