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Prima students have been accepted and often gone on to train with scholarships at:

- Royal Ballet School, Junior Associates

- Northern Ballet School, Manchester

- Ballet West, Argyll

- The Place, London

- Theatreworks, Blackpool

- SLP Dance College, Leeds

- Preston Professional Dance College, Preston

- Sage Academy, Newcastle

- Newcastle College, Newcastle

Prima is 12 years old and we now seem to have reached the stage where students we have been teaching for a number of years are at the level where they wish to go on to train to become professional dancers/singers/teachers etc. Listed below are the major successes (and forthcoming auditions/vocational exams) of our current and former students to date (for child protection names are not given of students under 16 years of age).

January 2010 - Three students to be performing with Ballet West

November 2009 - 8 year old student accepted into the English Youth Ballet

November 2009 - a third 8 year old student accepted onto the Aspiring Professional's course at Ballet West.

October 2009 - 8 year old student shortlisted for English National Ballet competition

July 2009 - Former student accepted onto the Professional Dance Training Course at Imperiya Eighty Four

July 2009 - Three 16 year old students accepted onto the full time dance programme at Newcastle College

July 2009 - 8 year old student accepted onto the SLP College Associate's Programme

July 2009 - Another 8 year old student accepted onto the Aspiring Professionals course at Ballet West!

July 2009 - 16 year old student accepted on the Professional Dancers Course at Preston College

June 2009 - 8 year old student accepted onto the Aspiring Professionals course at Ballet West

June 2009 - 16 year old student successfully auditioned for the 2009 Panto at Tyne Theatre

June 2009 - 10 year old student accepted into the Royal Ballet School's Junior Associate Programme

Summer 2009 - 2 students audition for Preston Professional Dance College

May 2009 - 16 year old student auditioned and accepted into Sage Academy

May 2009 - 7 year old student recalled to 2nd round of auditions for National Youth Ballet

April 2009 - Two 7 year olds and a 10 year old audition for Royal Ballet School Junior Associates Programme

April 2009 - 8 year old student took part in Peter Pan at Journal Tyne Theatre.

March 2009 - 7 year old student auditions for National Youth Ballet

February 2009 - Two 16 year old students accepted onto PMA Teacher Training Programme.

September 2008 - 16 year old student started at Northern Ballet School

September 2008 - 16 year old student started at SLP College

July 2008 - 4 students took RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

July 2008: 16 year old student taking RAD Intermediate Ballet exam

April 2008: 2 students performing with the English Youth Ballet

April 2008 - 2 students auditioned for the Junior Associate Programme of the Royal Ballet School

February 2008 - 15 year old student accepted at Northern Ballet School & Ballet West to train to become a professional ballet dancer.

January 2008 - 15 year old student through to 2nd round of Dance Catalogue Model audition

November 2007: 2 students successfully auditioned to join the English Youth Ballet

July 2007: 15 year old student awarded financial scholarship for the Professional Dancers course at Preston College

July 2007: 15 year old student passed IDTA Intermediate Modern Jazz exam with Highly Commended

July 2007: 15 year old student passed RAD Advanced 1 Ballet exam with Merit

May 2007: 15 year old student accepted onto the Professional Dancers course at Preston College

May 2007: 9 year old student successfully auditioned for 'We Will Rock You', she will be performing in the show at the Sunderland Empire in August

April 2007: 3 students were all accepted at Sage Academy, Newcastle

April 2007: Student auditioned and accepted onto dance course at Newcastle College

March 2007: 15 year old student accepted onto dance and musical theatre course at SLP Dance College, Leeds WITH SCHOLARSHIP

January 2007: 16 year old student accepted onto dance and musical theatre course at SLP Dance College, Leeds

October 2006: 11 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

July 2006: 14 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Ballet exam

July 2006: Two 14 year old students successful in RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

January 2006: Jade Harrison graduated from RAD CBTS Programme (Teacher Training) through Prima

August 2005: 3 students performed with the English Youth Ballet

July 2005: 13 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

July 2005: 17 year old student successful in IDTA Intermediate Modern Jazz exam

January 2005: 3 students successfully auditioned to join the English Youth Ballet

September 2004: Jade Harrison accepted onto RAD CBTS Programme (Teacher Training)

May 2004: 9 year old student became a reserve for the Royal Ballet School's Junior Associate Programme

July 2003: 13 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

July 2003: 14 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

February 2003: 15 year old student accepted onto full time dance and musical theatre course at SLP Dance College, Leeds WITH SCHOLARSHIP

July 2002: 15 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Ballet exam

July 2002: Jade Harrison successful in RAD Intermediate Ballet Ballet exam

July 2000: 13 year old student successful in RAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam

Tel: 0845 094 6460 (local rate)  e-mail: info(AT)primaschool.co.uk   Postal address: Bridgefield House, Hartley Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE13 7BA