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Hiya all,
We’re considering Tring Park for dd for sixth form 2019, but we were wondering what classes as family income?
Dd’s Dad and I are divorced but she lives with me most of the time. Whose income is counted when Tring Park are offering means-tested bursaries?
Thank you! X

I am sure there are students that don’t apply until the open day has been. Personally I would apply as soon as audition dates come out as they do get fully booked. The audition experience is vital regardless of whether you want to go to the school or not. The open days also get fully booked so book...

Hiya all my dd is in year 10 and it says on the Tring website that applications are released in September, however we are anxious about applying for an audition before we’ve looked round the school at the open days in October! What should we do? X

4 months later and we’ve had a turn around! Dd is not determined to do her A levels and pursue musical theatre training! This way she gets the best of both worlds and I am glad she is following both her passions! Thank you all for your kind comments on this thread, I’m so glad that this website exi...

4 months later and we’ve had a turn around! Dd is not determined to do her A levels and pursue musical theatre training! This way she gets the best of both worlds and I am glad she is following both her passions! Thank you all for your kind comments on this thread, I’m so glad that this website exis...

Congrats everyone who has got offers so far! We’re almost at the end!
Does anybody know if Tring Park offers A Levels alongside MT training for sixth form? (Dd is in Year 10) but we want to keep options open! Thank you! X

Our very academic DD joined Tring Park for sixth form. Whereas previously she was at school all day then performing in the evening and weekends, she now condenses 3 academic A levels into the morning and has vocational studies all afternoon. It’s long days, but everyone is doing the same so she fee...

Same position here-DD predicted to get 8's and 9's in GCSE's but her dream is to dance and perform so as she has offers she is going at 16. If it doesn't work out in the future she can do further qualifications but as you only live once we are letting her follow her dream. I am in fact very excited...

scottishdancer00 wrote:At one of dds auditions this years she was incredibly impressed by a girl who went to a sixth form possible called ‘legats’ Or ‘bedes’ ( she can’t quite remember. I don’t have any information but possibly it’s another option ?

Thank you I’ll look into it!

DD has just been getting feedback from two friends recalled at Arts Ed today for their 6th form MT Scholarship. She was told there were three boys and five girls at the recall. One friend is also up for their Academic Scholarship. But definitely scholarships available for MT but we don't know if fu...

Millyweaver wrote:I'd never heard of Abbots Bromley before-looks interesting (and costly) has anyone got any experience? Looks like they've only just started accepting boys in sixth form?

Yeah it used to be an all girls school x

All very good advice - however most PA courses with A level combinations are with private institutions and are very costly (Arts Ed/Tring etc). We are in exactly the same position with dd (14) in Year 10. We have to decide either/or - school is pure A levels and colleges just BTECs, Brit School is ...

The Hammond in Chester offers 2 A levels alongside the 3 year Trinity Diploma in either Musical Theatre or Dance. A real mix of ages - 16 year olds (who do A levels) and 18+ who do pilates or Zumba in the time slots allocated to A level studies ie those doing A levels are not missing any classes fr...

It's an interesting dilemma. For me the initial question is maybe not A levels or straight to PA college at 16. Perhaps the question should be "What's the hurry?" You can do A levels, then go to PA college at 18. Then if the whole PA route doesn't work you can still do a degree as A level...

Hi all, Thought it was around the time to be putting one of these up as even though my dd is in Year 10, we’ve been thinking about this for a while! I’ve named this forum as for 6th form because people on the 2018 chat wanted two separate ones, one for degrees and one for sixth form! Our situation i...