Exam success
How does our school maintain high standards of technical excellence and achievement in dance exams?
In order to maintain our high standards of excellence within exams and student technique we only employ teachers who are highly qualified, and our teaching staff regularly participate in workshops, courses and training sessions, such as our recent training in ID contemporary and street dance, as well as continuous CPD training in RAD and ISTD, our teachers remain up to date with syllabus work and strive to keep learning themselves. By expanding our instructor’s skill sets, we can offer our dancers a diverse and rich curriculum that reflects current trends and techniques in the dance world. This allows us to get the most from our pupils and there’s a first rate standard that is matched by the pupils. All Teachers are grateful and proud to be part of a wonderful dance family of nearly 40 years, and out of 8 fully qualified staff 6 have come through the Danceworld from tinies to teachers.
Our timetable allows even our youngest of students to take multiple classes in Ballet, Jazz, Acro and Streetdance, which provides our students from a young age a solid foundation in technique, artistry and performance. We not only put our students into RAD and ISTD exams we also ensure that we are constantly building their confidence in their technique and celebrate students’ achievements, both big and small, to motivate them and gain a sense of pride in their work.
What support and resources do we provide to ensure our students excel and achieve top marks in their exams?
We encourage our students to excel by offering them as much choice of classes as we can in our timetable, where we encourage those who would like to sit exams to regularly practice in classes and without, we also provide them opportunities to perform in shows and competitions which really helps build their confidence and experience. We offer a safe and supportive environment that encourages growth and for them to strive to do their best in every class as well as exams, we want our students to believe in themselves.
We also ensure that our students have access to quality resources, including the use of our dance studios to practice as well as any equipment they may need to enhance their technique. We do not only offer set exam classes but other classes that help build their strength and technique for example PBT classes, acro, pirouettes and offer over 10 styles of dance to help build all round dancers. We put on extra exam classes for our pupils when necessary, we will do private lessons if required and we always make sure to have a mock exam so that our pupils feel prepared and comfortable when entering exams. We always offer personalised feedback for our students focusing on both strengths and areas for improvement as we want them so reach their full potential. We are very supportive and nurturing with our pupils, their biggest cheerleaders. We fill them with confidence and they go into exams feeling this!
Our Talented students have achieved a remarkable 100% exam pass rate within RAD and ISTD from grade 1 right through too Advanced.