YOUR STUDIO · YOUR CITY
Where every dancer begins
The Royal Academy of Dance syllabus, from a first class at four through to the advanced vocational grades — taught in one studio, by one principal.
Four
YOUNGEST AGE
RAD
SYLLABUS TAUGHT
One
STUDIO, ONE PRINCIPAL
Eleven
LEVELS TO ADVANCED
A FIRST CLASS
The first time the music starts
Your child stands at the barre in a room of mirrors, and for forty-five minutes nothing else exists. There is a curtsey at the end, and they will want to show you.
It is the part most of our students still remember years later — long after they have forgotten which grade they were in.
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THE ACADEMY
A warm, encouraging and safe space
The Ballet Studio is led by a dedicated and experienced RAD-trained principal with a passion for nurturing young dancers.
We create a warm, encouraging, and safe space where students learn, grow, and shine — at their own pace.
MEET THE PRINCIPAL
THE YEARS AHEAD
You are not choosing a term. You are choosing the next ten years.
One syllabus, one teacher, one room. This is roughly where a child who starts at four will be, year by year.
Four
PRE-BALLET
First positions, learned as shapes rather than corrections. They find the beat before they find the step.
Six
PRE-PRIMARY
The RAD syllabus begins. Real vocabulary, and the first understanding of what taking a class means.
Nine
GRADED
A first examination, if they are ready. An external assessment, and a certificate they keep.
Twelve
GRADES 5–6
The technique starts to look like ballet — and they can see it in the mirror themselves.
Sixteen
VOCATIONAL
Pointe work, Intermediate and Advanced, and a stage they have grown up on.
Come see the first class for yourself
No pressure, no obligation — just a warm room, good music, and a teacher who has done this for years.