Student Achievements

Our students have been offered places at:
  • Royal Ballet School
  • Elmhurst Ballet School
  • Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
  • The Hammond School
  • Central School of Ballet
  • Moorland International Ballet Academy
  • The Legat School of Dance
  • Northern Ballet School
  • Shockout Arts
  • Urdang Academy
  • Alkins School of Ballet

Our students have been accepted on to the associate programmes of:
  • Royal Ballet School
  • Elmhurst Ballet School
  • Tring Park School for the Performing Arts Classical Ballet Academy
  • Northern Ballet (Leeds) Associates
  • Northern Ballet (Leeds) Centre for Advanced Training
  • Ballet Boost
  • The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training Pathway
  • Moorland International Ballet Academy
  • Studio 10 (formerly Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre)
  • Stagebox

Our students have been accepted on to the intensive holiday programmes of:
  • Royal Ballet School
  • Bolshoi Ballet Academy
  • Elmhurst Ballet School
  • English National Ballet School
  • Joffrey Ballet School
  • Moorland International Ballet Academy
  • and attended many holiday intensive courses which do not require an audition process.

Our Ballet for Sports students are:
  • British Champions
  • GB team
  • England team
  • GB pathway

From our school, students have continued their professional work, and had success in:
  • Linz Opera Ballet Company, Austria 
  • English National Ballet, London
  • Out of hundreds who auditioned from across the UK, one of only eight boys selected to perform in Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall (2017)
  • Out of hundreds who auditioned from across the UK, one of only eight girls selected to performing in Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall (2019)
  • English National Ballet's Nutcracker at London Coliseum and Southampton Mayflower
  • Three junior students and two Silver Swans® cast in Birmingham Royal Ballet's Swan Lake Dreams at the Birmingham Hippodrome (2019). One of our Silver Swans® was cast as the Queen.
  • Following a global casting, reached the final two for the Amazon 2020 Christmas advert 'The Show Must Go On'.
  • Dance photo shoots for professional organisations
  • Regular photo shoots for dancewear companies
  • Appeared in professional theatre productions (including Cameron Macintosh's productions), after rigorous auditions. Productions include Oliver!, Gypsy and The Pied Piper at the Opera House, Library Theatre, Wythenshaw Forum and Mermaid Theatre (London)
  • After numerous tough audition rounds, played the part of Gretl in the professional UK tour of The Sound of Music.
  • Cast in professional pantomimes
  • Stuart Hayes (Head of Commercial at SLP College and Head of Dance at Masters Performing Arts) trained from beginner to Vocational.
  • Suzanne Shaw (Winner of Pop Stars, Hear’Say, Winner of Dancing on Ice, now West End Performer) received her dance training from us for many years.
  • Professional theatre productions across Europe. 
  • Cast in English National Youth Ballet productions
  • Worked for Walt Disney Productions.
  • Travelled the world dancing on Cruise Ships.
  • Backing dancers for pop singers such as Kylie Minogue and Steps.
  • Teaching dance in vocational dance, academic and private dance schools across the world. 
  • TV work.
  • Appeared in music videos and commercials.
  • Grade 3 R.A.D. Ballet examination result of 100%
  • Award winners in the ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Junior Awards
  • Finalists in the ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Junior Awards.
  • Award winners in the ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Senior Awards.
  • Finalists in the ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Senior Awards.
  • ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Scholars.
  • Invited to be a part of English National Ballet's Ballet Futures: The Pipeline Project
  • Our School has a 100% pass rate in all children's ballet, tap and modern examinations, with 98% of students gaining distinctions over our school's 40 years, from Pre-Primary through to Advanced 2.

Our school has also been featured on:
  • BBC documentary 'Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness'
  • ITV Tonight: How to Age Well with Martin Kemp
  • BBC North West Tonight
  • BBC North West Lunchtime Bulletin
  • BBC North West social media video (with over 1.6 million views)
  • BBC Radio Manchester Breakfast show
  • BBC Radio Manchester Drive Time show
  • Woman's Weekly
  • Breathe Magazine
  • RAD@Home
  • World Ballet Day
  • That's Manchester TV
  • Caters News
  • Radio Times
  • The Times
  • The Daily Express
  • MSN News
  • Local newspapers
Former student, Eliana, currently studying at the
​Royal Ballet School's White Lodge, London
RAD Advanced 2 Ballet – Distinction
Graduate, Julie, who went on to a career with
Linz Opera Ballet Company, Austria
Our Ballet for Gymnasts student, Daisy – British Champion
ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Junior and Senior Awards
Photo credit: Hudson Photography
“I have been so impressed with Janet Lomas School of Dancing where my daughter attends and loves it. The quality of teaching is exceptional and the teacher, Miss Johanna is passionate, caring and very supportive. She really pay attention to each child individually and make sure you get the attention you need. My daughter joined the school when she was 7 with no experience of ballet, with the encouragement and teaching she received she is already studying in Grade 3 in short of 2 years’ time and her loves to ballet has grown stronger and stronger! Would highly recommend Janet Lomas School of Dancing"

– Janice - parent
Former student, Denis, who is currently studying at the Royal Ballet School's Upper School.
Former student, Emily, who successfully auditioned against hundreds of children for one of just eight girls roles in Birmingham Royal Ballet's 'The Nutcracker' at the Royal Albert Hall, London. She is now studying full-time at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.