Senior School Application 2025 Entry

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Candidate Details

Before you begin your application form...
- You will need to complete this application form in one sitting, so please allow up to 15 minutes to complete this form.
- Please ensure you have your headshot, audition videos and personal statement ready.
- Please ensure you have a parent / guardian with you when completing the form.
- If you have any access requirements or need any support completing the form, please contact auditions@enbschool.org.uk

First name(Required)

Surname(Required)

Date of birth(Required)

Age as of 1 September 2025(Required)

Gender(Required)

Please self identify

Pronouns(Required)

Height (in cm)(Required)

Email Address #1(Required)

(Candidate Email Address) Please note – both email addresses will be used for all correspondence

Email Address #2(Required)

(Parent / Guardian Email Address) Please note – both email addresses will be used for all correspondence

Mobile Phone Number(Required)

Home Phone Number(Required)

Nationality(Required)

Country of Birth(Required)

Country of Residence(Required)

Current home address(Required)

Postcode (UK only)

Parent / Guardian #1

Please note that parents / guardians will also be used as emergency contacts.

First Name(Required)

Surname(Required)

Relationship to candidate(Required)

Email address(Required)

Mobile phone number(Required)

Home phone number(Required)

Home address(Required)

Parent / Guardian #2

Please note that parents / guardians will also be used as emergency contacts.

First Name

Surname

Relationship to candidate

Email address

Mobile phone number

Home phone number

Home address

UK Emergency Contact (International Candidates only)

For international candidates who attend a final audition in the UK, we require a UK contact in case of emergencies.

First name

Surname

Relationship to candidate

Mobile phone number

Home phone number

Email address

Dance Training

Current dance school or teacher(Required)

Date joined(Required)

Town / City(Required)

Country(Required)

Number of hours training per week(Required)

Please tell us if you have studied any of the below dance genres

Classical Ballet

Pas De Deux

Contemporary

Lyrical

Character

Jazz

Tap

Street / Commercial

Acro

Please give a brief description of any dance examinations taken or awards received

Are you currently enrolled onto ENBS’ Associate Programme?(Required)

Have you ever attended short courses or intensives at ENBS?(Required)

If yes, please provide details below:

Academic Experience

Most recent place of study(Required)

Leaving date(Required)

Most recent academic qualifications you are studying for/have received(Required)

If 'Other' please specify

Disabilities

ENBS welcomes applications from dancers with disabilities and learning differences. Successful students are selected on the basis of their talent and potential skills required for a career in professional Ballet and dance. To meet your needs during the admissions process (and, if successful, throughout your training), we encourage you to disclose any disability in the box below (e.g dyslexia, a physical, sensory, cognitive or mental health condition). All information will be treated as strictly confidential.

Please let us know if you have any disabilities below

Please provide any further information should you wish to

Are you currently receiving or have previously received any Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) support?

SEND support refers to additional or different support provided to pupils with learning difficulties or disabilities. It is offered in schools and is tailored to the individual needs of the child.

Medical Conditions

In order to fully support you during your time at ENBS, the following questions ask for further details about your medical history. Please provide any details you feel are relevant and are comfortable with disclosing at this time. Please note, if you are invited to attend a Final Audition, you will be required to provide certain medical certificates and forms, to be completed by your GP.

Any allergies

Please provide details of any medical conditions and / or injuries

Please provide details of any medication(s) you are currently taking

Headshot
All applicants are required to upload a recent headshot. Professional headshots are not necessary, images can be taken on a mobile device.
Please upload your headshot(Required)
Accepted file types: jpg, png, Max. file size: 32 MB.
Audition Videos
Please use this section to insert the YouTube links to your audition videos. Please refer to our 'Upload to YouTube Guidance' which can be found in our Audition pack. If you have been given permission by the school not to include audition links at this stage, please insert https://www.enbschool.org.uk/ when encouraged to insert a link.
Excerpts from Ballet class(Required)

Classical solo variation(Required)

Contemporary or improvised solo(Required)

Final Auditions
If you are successful at the Preliminary (Video) Audition stage, you will be invited to attend an in person Final Audition.
Please select your preferred final audition location / date(Required)
Please note, whilst we endeavour to accommodate your preferred choice, this may not always be possible.
If invited to attend an in person Final Audition, do you have any access requirements?

Filming Consent(Required)
We are required to film and record all final auditions that take place. Any footage is strictly confidential and used for internal purposes only.
I agree and give consent for my final audition to be filmed.

Personal Statement
You are also required to submit a brief personal statement, as part of your application.
Please prepare a personal statement that includes responses to the following questions:
- Why do you aspire to be a student at ENBS?
- What are your aspirations for your future in dance?
- What is your biggest achievement in dance to date?

How would you like to submit your personal statement?
Written personal statement [no longer than 500 words](Required)
Video personal statement [no longer than 4 minutes](Required)
Please ensure this is provided as a YouTube video. Guidance on how to upload to YouTube can be found in our 'Audition Pack'.

Fees and Funding
We recognise that embarking on a full-time vocational ballet course is a financial commitment so it's important that you are aware of the costs involved. Please refer to our 'Fees and Funding' page for more information.
Please let us know how you intend on paying for the course(Required)
Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA)
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) offers a number of means-tested awards for students undertaking Further Education Dance and Drama courses, known as Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA). To be eligible for a DaDA award, you must have been living in the UK, the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Gibraltar for the past 3 years and have a household income of below £90,000. For full eligibility criteria, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/dance-drama-awards
Based on the information above, please let us know whether you believe you will be eligible for a DaDA award(Required)

Equity and Diversity Monitoring
At the English National Ballet School we are committed to developing an inclusive and supportive environment where all students have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. We value the positive impact that diversity has in our school,and actively seek to attract applications from people from diverse backgrounds. To help us develop our widening participation data, please complete the questions below. The information you provide is strictly private and confidential. Completion of this form is entirely voluntary, and you can select "prefer not to say" if you would rather not answer any particular question.
Household income (annual income in GBP) £(Required)
Ethnicity(Required)
Disability(Required)
Are you a care leaver?(Required)
Anyone who spent time in care as a child (i.e. under the age of 18). This care would have been approved by the state through a court order or on a voluntary basis. It can range from as little as a few months to as long as ones whole childhood (18 years). Such care could be in foster care, residential care (mainly children’s homes) or other arrangements outside the immediate or extended family.
Are you a Young Carer?(Required)
A young carer is someone aged 25 and under who cares for a friend or family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, cannot cope without their support.
Have you been eligible for free school meals within the last 3 years?(Required)
Are you estranged from your parents from your parents / guardians?(Required)
You should have had no contact with your parent/guardian for at least 12 months before the start of the course, and be unlikely to have a relationship with them again.
Are you from a refugee/ or asylum seeker background?(Required)
Individuals who identify as refuges have typically been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. An asylum seeker is currently in process of being granted their refugee status.

Declarations and Consent
How did you hear about the Senior School at ENBS?(Required)
Would you like ENBS to keep in touch you for other purposes outside of your application? E.g events, performances, promotional or marketing purposes(Required)
Please provide the email address we can use to contact you(Required)

Candidate(Required)
I confirm that the information and data provided within this form is as accurate and truthful, to the best of my ability.
Candidate's Parent / Guardian(Required)
I confirm that the information and data provided within this form is as accurate and truthful, to the best of my ability.

How to apply

Senior School Application Form 2025 Entry

Candidate Details

Parent / Guardian #1

Parent / Guardian #2

UK Emergency Contact (International Candidates only)

Dance Training

Academic Experience

Disabilities

Medical Conditions

Headshot

Audition Videos

Final Auditions

Personal Statement

Fees and Funding

Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA)

Equity and Diversity Monitoring

Declarations and Consent

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