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Definitely helpful - thank you very much!

This is really helpful - thank you so much.

Share with me as well please!!

We're not - but I will take a look at this - thank you for this!

I'm totally onboard with this - thank you for making me realise we're not alone going through this!!

That's really helpful thanks - yes moving out when she's barely turned 16 and 100's of miles away is a tough thing to consider - for everyone! Likewise she is thinking that a fulltime BTEC Diploma where she can stay at home is an option. I just think that A-levels (whilst continuing dance & singing training and Emil Dale associates) may be a better route especially as she's a bright girl! Then she is also not putting all her eggs in one basket. Argggh! Thank you so much - I'll definitely come back to you if I have any questions

Many thanks for the reply and information. She hasn't done anything with Tring at all and if I'm being honest the £45k+ per year is going to be out of our reach sadly. We have a local option at D16 which offers an Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma but, as parents, we do feel that she may be better suited to study A-levels and continue with her dance, singing and associates classes and then focus more on MT colleges when she's 18. I think her worry is she will be left behind if she doesn't study MT/dance as soon as she leaves school at 16. It's so difficult - which is why I'm trying to explore if there's a blend that can be found.

Hi all, I'm new to posting in this forum so I hope I am posting this in the correct place. My daughter has just started Year 11 and has a massive passion for Musical Theatre. She does tap, ballet and modern dance as well as private singing lessons and performed in various local shows and pantomimes. She has been with NYMT and English Youth Ballet and will start associates with Emil Dale soon. We are torn between MT colleges at 16 or holding fire until 18 so she can do A-levels first. I know Tring offer MT with A-levels as well... as do Hammond. Are there any others that offer this? Another option are online A-levels to work on alongside MT college - does anyone have any experience of doing this and have any recommendation of online A-level providers? Many thanks for your help. Chris.