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Yes, small but mighty in black. She stands out, because she sort of always looks like she’s gate crashing her big sister’s classes. 😂

Your daughter had a purple / dark lilac leotard. She has light eyes, dark hair in a simple single bun. She’s much taller than my own DD. ❤️ Good luck to us all!

Same. Auditioned in Eastleigh for London. We were number 88 and around 2 PM.

The order of cities was as follows. So if they’re doing single days first it’s definitely Eastleigh next. If they’re doing it chronologically, it’s Birmingham. We’ll know soon. Now I’m starting to sweat. We were in Eastleigh, I thought I have a few days. Newcastle Birmingham (2 days) Manchester (2 days) Eastleigh Leeds Bath (2 days) Totnes London (4 days) Dundee

Whoa, would that put Eastleigh next?!?

What’s the RAD awards?

Son or Daughter? Daughter Birthday? July Year applied for? 5 Auditioned in? Eastleigh (we were traveling for half term so couldn’t go to the London ones) For a place in? London Second choice? London Applied before? Yes. Last year. No luck. Any other centres? No Any other info? Not feeling confident. She’s very small, I mean tiny. She gets mistaken for Reception age children. Not good for line-ups..... But I’m hopeful.

It’s maths from their annual report. See the last page. https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RBS_Annual_Report_17-18.pdf

I gather that overall they take less than 10% of applicants. Their yearly report stated the number of applicants each for year. Boys seem to have a higher chance of getting a place, and London is the most competitive, with the least chance of getting accepted. So basically London based girls have it the hardest. As a mother of a London based girl, I feel your pain.

Last year we got our “no” on 19th June, 5:05 PM. I’m not sure when we’ll get our “no” this year. 😂 Auditions went on longer with and extra city after London....

I seriously doubt anything will come today.

I think they can tell if the child has what they’re looking for there and then. But they don’t have a crystal ball. Girls develop differently, very differently. They could lose interest as well.

I have a good friend who’s a senior teacher at a well known, large American ballet school. She does auditions and she told me that to the trained eye everything is quite obvious after 15 minutes, even in an audition group of 40! They either have it or they don’t.

My daughter will be 9 next month. She’s 125 cm, 20 kg and has all her baby teeth. This is AFTER her growth spur, last year she was even smaller, relatively to the others. And she’s muscular, because she does 14 hours of gymnastics every week. I’ll let you know. 😂

Last year we got our London result e-mail on 19th June, 5:05 PM. So no need to e-mail obsess just yet. 😂 It’ll be a long 2 weeks, the less we think of this the better.

My very young year 3 didn’t get a place either last year. Ballet teacher and many others thought that it was because of her age and slight build. She was tiny then.

My very young year 3 didn’t get a place either last year. Ballet teacher and many others thought that it was because of her age and slight build. She was tiny then.

Exactly! And that makes it easier to accept results as well.... for both the children and the parents.

Don’t, she has no idea and neither do we, as parents. As long as she enjoyed it, you’re in good position. The chances are so very slim, obsessing over details is just self torture.

My daughter is very short too. She’s almost 9 and 125 cm. Always the shortest in every group. Our teacher thinks that’s probably why she was rejected last year (yr 3). She’s was tiny then.

Same here. Last year we couldn’t travel or make any plans for the much awaited half term break, because of the audition, right in the middle of the week, over 3 days. We live in SW London near the A3, so popping down to Eastleigh was not an issue. I have no idea if this helps or hinders. Someone in the panel was an Eastleigh RBS JA teacher.

Hello All, I’m back (from last year - didn’t get a place) DD auditioned today in Eastleigh, for a place in London. I’m not nearly as worked up this time around. I know how slim the chances are.

My thoughts exactly, I wish it were at least a SWL. Oh well. I’m a bit crushed now, but will feel better soon. Probably after I find a new hobby to replace email reloading.

I got a “no” for my year 4 DD who auditioned on Friday at 3 PM.

I’m so sorry, you must be disappointed. I hope your DC will not be discouraged. Which grade?