Miss Tutu

My dd is at The Hammond and I cannot speak highly enough of the school 

dd does around 20 hours a week dancing in various ability groups  . My dd struggles academically and has been given 1-1 for at least 1-2 hours per week but never misses a dance lesson for it.The dancing although ballet is the core is very versatile  which is what sold  the school for us and they really encourage you to sing also which is what's needed in the dance world these days, I was lucky as my dd has always been versatile although she loves ballet she also loves all styles of dance and  singing too which I found was the only school to offer it all at 11.  The staff  really do care about the individual child and are very approachable unlike some of the other schools ,the pupils who attend are also so supportive of each other which is lovely to see .

oh really , have Hammond been in  touch with you ? How exciting 

I formally declined after no fee reduction as

there was no way of finding that type of money for us   

I didnt hear that on the meeting I thought all were going on there , Hammond have said most parents are self funding this year wish that was an option , best of luck

🤣fingers crossed

Has anyone been lucky enough to find a way of  self funding ? 

No problem Im struggling to get hold of anyone Thank you 

On 26/06/2020 at 14:40, WrapsnBows said:

We never got one but I did speak to one of the senior staff and said we probably need to put the idea of the Hammond to bed with no funding so they have probably taken that as a no!!  

Can I ask which senior member of staff did you speak to and was is by email ? or phone ? 

We had a welcome later same day as got told there was no remission for us , Ive formally declined the place now 😪

8 hours ago, WrapsnBows said:

I know of a year 8 who has been given a remission and year 7 and like Ponklemum said less than any hand full given out This year out of 50+ places offered.  
Have you had a reply yet @Miss Tutu  and has anyone managed to get any feed back? Or any other good news xx

yes i emailed we didnt get one either im afraid 😪

15 hours ago, ponklemum said:

I emailed them earlier and I’ve just had a reply saying no fee remission for us. I’ve heard that there were literally only a handful offered out so really there wasn’t much of a chance. 

Sorry to hear that  what year was it for ? Has anyone else still not heard or am I the only  one ? 

On 13/06/2020 at 14:43, ponklemum said:

Thank you. I’ve still not heard so I think I’ll email them next week. 

Did you ever hear anything ? 

20 hours ago, SpinningBoy said:

No fee remission for year 9 start for us. Thank you everyone for your support on this forum. May try again next year, may not. We’ll take our lead from Spinning Boy. He’ll find his way.
Best of luck to everyone else.
Take care x

so sorry 

20 hours ago, Carlymay said:

No fee remission for us and reserve list for mds so it will be a no to year 7 entry 

Sorry to hear that 

4 hours ago, Flower said:

Has anyone else not heard yet? 

we havent heard yet either

19 hours ago, ButterflyBallerina said:

We have received ours, offering fee remission xx

congratulations 

I feel quite nervous the closer we get to the 5 June ,  I have lost 99 %of hope with the current covid 19 situation but you always hold onto that 1 % that you may be lucky , fingers crossed to all🤞

21 hours ago, Betty’s mum said:

I spoke to the registrar yesterday confirming she had received our paperwork. I think the issue is that anything that was submitted prior to lockdown so 23rd March & in this case when accepting offer & being put forward for MDS. So the forms you have been re sent, the originals are at the school & due to the newish GDPR regs being so tight she can not take them home to work from. That is why you may have been sent another copy. Hope this helps. I was told they are having big virtual meeting tomorrow re boarding. We had to say today if we want boarding (my DD has MDS so not waiting) I presume this went to all MDS offers, maybe after they know how they can run boarding houses with social distancing they can speak to those on WL.... 

thank you x

Year 7 too as far as I know x

we are year 9 and had the email this morning 

Just received mine ,  I don't hold out much hope unfortunately  😪

Its such a strange time for everyone I understand they are extremely busy and  they need to  sort their current students out which I totally understand , Im just inpatient and want to know what the future holds  and the options if any available 

Least we are not alone I suppose this wait is so long 😫

Has anyone heard anything yet ? 

No  I haven't heard anything either