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 schemes of:
  • Royal Ballet School
  • Elmhurst Ballet School
  • Northern Ballet (Leeds)
  • Moorland International Ballet Academy
  • Studio 10 (formerly Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre)
  • Stagebox

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.

Our school has also been featured on:
  • BBC documentary 'Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness'
  • 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
  • That's Manchester TV
  • Caters News
  • Radio Times
  • The Times
  • The Daily Express
  • MSN News
  • Bury Times
  • Bolton News
My lessons make me feel happy and I know that if I keep on working hard then I will hopefully be able to do ballet in the future. Miss Johanna makes my lessons fun and she pushes me to work my hardest all the time. ​

–  Ila, student
RAD Advanced 2 Ballet – Distinction
Student who went on to a career with
Linz Opera Ballet Company, Austria
ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Junior and Senior Awards
Photo credit: Hudson Photography
Seven students in the last four years accepted as Junior Associates for Elmhurst Ballet School (in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet)
Junior Associate of the Royal Ballet School, London
Past student currently studying full-time at The Royal Ballet School, London.
Past student, 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 The Hammond School, Chester.