AllAboutTheJourney Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Does anyone know if WL generally has an open day for prospective applicants and, if so, roughly when in the year it is? I appreciate it was all online last year (and may be again I suppose) but I wondered what had generally happened in the past. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzyballetmum Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I’m not sure if this is still the case but I’m previous years year 6 junior associates are invited around November time . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAboutTheJourney Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 Thanks @Dizzyballetmum - hopefully they might do that again this year. We’ve got a lot of questions about the academics etc which it feels like an open day/tour might help with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmummy18 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Just to add we found the academic side at the school fantastic (& I’m a hard person to please being a secondary school teacher!) My dd left with all grade 9s and one 8 in in her GCSEs in July despite the pandemic. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAboutTheJourney Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 16 hours ago, Balletmummy18 said: Just to add we found the academic side at the school fantastic (& I’m a hard person to please being a secondary school teacher!) My dd left with all grade 9s and one 8 in in her GCSEs in July despite the pandemic. Thanks that's really good to hear - and well done to her! I am determined not to get carried away by the 'name' and to find out as much as we would expect to know from any high school we were considering for our children (while appreciating this is all a long shot of course!) But there's no point, in my mind, in letting DD even apply if we wouldn't be happy letting her take up a place if it miraculously happened to be offered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmummy18 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 That’s a very sensible approach as we certainly did no expect dd to gain a place. It’s important to remember that each child is very different . With hindsight, despite the brilliant academic results for her- we made a huge mistake and very much regret her going there as she suffered a traumatic experience artistically. HOWEVER this was not true for everyone and some in her year( she has just left yr 11) absolutely thrived . It’s important to know the good and bad even with such a prestigious place as your child is far more important than a school. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAboutTheJourney Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 Absolutely - we're in two minds about the whole thing anyway, trying to be led by DD but only if we've done a lot of research and feel fully aware of the potential positives and negatives. This forum has already been invaluable for that so thank you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 18 hours ago, Waverley said: Absolutely - we're in two minds about the whole thing anyway, trying to be led by DD but only if we've done a lot of research and feel fully aware of the potential positives and negatives. This forum has already been invaluable for that so thank you. This sounds like a very sensible approach, Waverley. I agree that the standard of pastoral care and fair, age/skeletally-appropriate teaching is vital, as well as academics. Looking back, I wish I had remembered that despite how small the ballet world is, and despite the omnipresence of the constant, if unspoken mantra, “you’re lucky to be here”, if I wouldn’t have tolerated behaviours by an academic school, I shouldn’t have tolerated them by a ballet school. If you can - and this applies to any full-time ballet school - get as many first-hand experiences from other parents as you can, via DM if preferable, and go with your gut feeling. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balleteveryday Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Realise this thread is a couple of years old but does anyone know if they are still inviting Y6 JAs to White Lodge? We’ve had no notifications but I have seen another Y6 student who has clearly gone in the last few days under the banner of ‘insight day’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletMummy123 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Balleteveryday said: Realise this thread is a couple of years old but does anyone know if they are still inviting Y6 JAs to White Lodge? We’ve had no notifications but I have seen another Y6 student who has clearly gone in the last few days under the banner of ‘insight day’. I saw this too and wondered the same! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 'Insight days' are publicised on the RBS website. https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/participate/insight-days/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balleteveryday Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Ondine said: 'Insight days' are publicised on the RBS website. https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/participate/insight-days/ That’s what I thought until I saw the post! As far as I was aware, they’re all Floral Street based 😀 Edited November 10, 2023 by Balleteveryday Additional clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 The published Insights for the Associates for 2024 take place in various locations and Booking will open on Wednesday 29 November 2023 https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/train/dancer-training/associate-programme/associate-insight-days/ 21 minutes ago, Balleteveryday said: Floral Street based The audition Insights was yes Floral Street and has been and gone! https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/participate/insight-days/audition-insight-day/ Not seen anything about a White Lodge based Insight that took place recently! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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