Midlands mum

I agree we did not see it as competitive between the children, I did not mean to sound negative my daughter loved her time at white lodge and made wonderful lifetime friends, they have a special bond having been there. But it can be stressful. But it is not the only route to take and as I said they are young and many of them change there mind in which direction they go between 11 and 19. Wishing all the yes's and no's the best of luck for their onward journeys at whichever schools they attend whether vocational or not and mostly don't forget to enjoy dancing.

Those who have a no please don't take that as a bad thing, my DD had a yes at year 7 and had some fantastic times doing nutcracker and swan lake but was assessed out in year 9, we applied because our JA teacher said it would be a great experience to go to white lodge for auditions. In my daughters year only 3 original girls form year 7 were offered upper school, sometimes the confidence they get at their local schools could be much better than the tough times at white lodge. My DD got fantastic GCSE's but is now at a vocational ballet school that is fantastic and very caring who's emphasis is making sure they children excel and gain jobs at the end of the 3 year course.