ThatDancingGirl

Interesting, my DD is on wait list for SA2 in London so that seems full and possibly only movement for SA1.

@Mumtolulu thanks for sharing.

@Mumtolulu was it for London SA2? wonder how they determine who gets offered off the waitlist as they said there's no set number on the list they 'reevaluate it' each time a place is available. Do you mind sharing which associates program your DD loves? Always good to hear about good programs!

Thanks. DD would be SA2. Sounds like chances are slim.

I've seen posts on MAs and AAs so I thought I'd also ask about SAs as my DD was put on the "short waitlist" for that in London. I wonder if everyone who wasn't offered a place was put on this list? And if there are ever movement on the SAs? I imagine not much if at all since unlike the MAs most students on the program aren't at vocational or auditioning for vocational? We only know of 1 person that was offered a place on SAs everyone else was waitlisted.

@Kerfuffle I just meant in general wondering how the international students manage as they don't do A levels so if they were finishing off the high school or equivelant or if doing the diploma. I see what you mean for ENBS and don't really think A levels on top of that would be a good idea. Don't even know if she'll get into these upper schools but just trying to wrap my head around what all the various pathways could be.

@expatballetmom that was what I was trying to understand but it looks like not many A level options avail (if at all) and not seen anything with an IB. I do think one could do something completely different such as an online school and I have emailed the schools she's considering to ask more information about that. I imagine the international students coming to the UK for ballet upper schools do this?

All very good points and helpful to know. @Lifeafterballet that's great to hear it was possible for your DC and others in the year group with the 2 A levels.

thank you everyone. lots to think about and look into. obviously hope ballet works out for her (that's her dream) but given everything i've read on this forum chances seem very low to make it all the way through the hurdles and then finally into a company.

@alison from what I found on their curriculum policy (latest update 2021) there's a possibility of taking one A level.

@Neverdancedjustamum @Jewelthat's what I was worried about.

@Jewelthat's interesting and very helpful. Interesting they would not accept the diploma even if it's higher level than the a level. May I ask how your child managed the a levels alongside the dance diploma?

Thank you for the replies. I guess I should also add I'm not from the UK so while my children have been born and educated here, the education system is very new to me. (as is the ballet world on top of that- non dancing family ) DD is academic and into arts in general if she were to do a levels it would be art and english related subjects but I guess it's not feasible to do them alongside the upper school ballet training from what I'm gathering. So schools like Tring and Elmhurst seem to cover all the ground. But if she wanted to go the route of ENBS or others, and she had to resort to a plan b would that not require going back to take the a levels or do uk unis not require it if she had the degree? Again, apologies for being clueless here. It's such a competitive world in ballet and I just worry about not having the back up plan.

Hello there. I am new to this forum but I was hoping to ask those of you with knowledge of ENBS or other upper schools how it works as my dd(currently in year 10 at a normal secondary) would like to apply to upper schools in ballet after finishing GCSEs but I would love her to be able to continue with a levels some how so she can have her plan B available to apply to uni should it not pan out with a ballet career. Looking on ENBS website it seems there aren't options for online learning to do such thing? And it seems upon graduating they'd still need to do 18 months of learning to get a degree is that right? But CSB and RBS for example skip A levels all together and once finished the 3 years gain a BA? But from what I gather RBS also offers options for students to do online a levels instead if they wanted? I'd love any insight into this from those of you ahead of me. Thanks so much