Fees and Funding

All candidates are required to attend an entrance audition for the school. If a Scholarship, Music and Dance Scheme Award or a Post 16 Dance Award has been applied for, the suitability of your son/daughter to return for a final audition for one of these places will be considered at the time of the entrance audition.

Following the entrance audition you will be advised whether or not your son/daughter has been successful.  If they have been successful they will be offered a normal place and if suitable, they will be invited back to the final audition for a Scholarship or an Award as detailed below.

Suitability for a funded place is determined on talent and potential at the time of audition.  All final auditions usually take place in March and successful candidates are offered places to start in the following September.  Candidates not offered funding after the final audition will be placed on a reserve list for a funded place until 1st September of that year.

School Scholarships

The School offers a number of scholarships each year, for entry into the Lower School and for entry into the Upper School. These are open to new pupils, existing Third Year Prep (Year 6) pupils moving up to First Form (Year 7) and existing Fifth Form (Year 11) pupils entering the Sixth Form (Year 12).

Scholarships will usually be awarded to those wishing to follow the Theatre Arts, Drama, Musical Theatre or Performance Foundation Course. The value of the Scholarships is dependent on the results of a means-testing process. Auditions usually take place in the Spring Term.

Bursaries

In exceptional circumstances the School may be able to offer some financial assistance to current pupils whose families have a significant change in financial circumstances.

Music and Dance Scheme

There are Government assisted places for talented classical dancers of which Tring Park normally has a small number to offer each year, usually to children aged eleven.

The parental contribution to the fees is means- tested. Some additional costs are also paid for by the scheme. Those reaching an audition for an MDS place will be given further details at the time. These auditions normally take place in the Spring Term.

www.dcsf.gov.uk/mds/

Post 16 Dance and Drama Awards

The Department for Education currently allocates the School a number of Dance Awards each year for pupils aged 16 going into the Sixth Form. 

The tuition fees on this Dance Course are paid for by the Government with a small contribution from the parent.  Boarding fees and extras also have to be paid for by the parent, however there is a means-tested hardship fund that can be applied to for extra help.  Those reaching an audition for one of these awards will be given further details at the time.

Dance and Drama Awards Funding News – January 2012

The Department for Education has been working with colleagues in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS),Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) and Skills Funding Agency (the Agency) to consider a long term solution to providing support for the most talented young people and adults to access specialist dance and drama provision in the UK. 

News update

In December 2011, the departments concerned reported that they need further time to consider the options, and that they have therefore decided to postpone the implementation of the new arrangements to commence in September 2013 rather than September 2012 as was anticipated.

The DaDA scheme will therefore be supported for a further, final transitional year in, 2012/13.  This means that students showing exceptional talent during the autumn 2011 audition period and who start courses in September 2012 will continue to be offered awards under the DaDA scheme, and will be funded to the end of their courses.

This will be the final transitional year, before a long term solution is implemented.

Please see the YPLA website for further information and eligibility.

FEES 2012 2013

All funding is subject to review and satisfactory performance and development of the pupil.