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.