Important News/Info

Parents or guardians who are interested in their children joining the SSD program at their school can register their child directly through the site. Simply fill out the details below and an application form will be provided. Alternatively, you can download the application form from the Downloads section of this website.

Recommend a friend - Remember, we now do kids parties. If you know anyone who would be interested in using our services then we will ensure that your child receives a free lesson credit!

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Suitable attire for dancing

Your child should wear appropriate clothing when attending our lessons as this will enhance their overall learning experience as well as to ensure that parents are not faced with potential damage to school uniforms, through floor exercise etc.

Clothing can include but is not limited to the following:

School PE Kit
Sports Tracksuits
Leg-ins
T-shirts - can be either loose or tightly fitted garments

Footwear

Plimsoles or flat soled light weight training shoes (Children can also dance in bare feet or socks if the floor is relatively un-polished)

Children who are already involved in any other form of dance are welcome to wear any existing clothing they have. This may include: Ballet shoes, Dance shoes (preferably without high heels unless the dancers are sufficientlly experienced to use them) leotards, dresses, Lycra trousers and tops etc.

Tap dancing shoes are not appropriate as is restrictive clothing i.e. jeans etc.

For any specific advice please contact us directly through the contact section of this web-site or by telephone, dance clothing can be expensive and sometimes parents are lead to believe that they need to spend a lot of money when they should not or when sensible alternatives are available!. If you are interested in acquiring clothing for your child or children then you will find some useful sites in the links section of our website.

Refreshments

SSD supply liquid refreshments for children who participate in our Ballroom and Latin American dance lessons. This is important as the children are undertaking physical exercise. Please let us know in advance on the childs application form if your child has any specific requirements regarding liquid refreshment. Whilst we try to ensure that refreshments provided are healthy and also include mineral water. Some of these may contain additives.

Female dancers

If young female children are wearing skirts or dresses, please try to ensure that they are also wearing leg-ins or shorts underneath, as the children are required to carry out stretching routines and must be comfortable and able to do all exercise required as part of their learning.

Start of lesson

Parents are responsible for making sure that their children arrive on time for each lesson, this usually means a few minutes in advance of the lesson start time if changing is required. If the lesson starts immediately after school has finished the school will ensure that children are available for the start of the lesson.

End of lesson

Parents are responsible for the collection of their children at the end of each lesson. SSD will often need to depart after each lesson has finished within 15 minutes so as to ensure prompt arrival for our next lessons which are at other school locations. We have limited time between lessons and our schedule is fixed.

If for any reason a parent or guardian is late when collecting their child, the child will be supervised by a member of the Strictly School Dancing team until collection has taken place.

Absence

If a child is likely to be absent from our lesson(s) please advise us in advance where possible as we like to keep our team informed regarding such situations. SSD pair dancers at a very early stage in their learning cycle and absence can lead to an element of disruption. Planned absence that is advised will ensure that paid entitlement carries over to the next available lessons.

School Holidays, Bank Holidays and Inset Days

SSD provide lessons for children during school term times. When a bank holiday occurs or an inset day is planned, unless specifically agreed with the school, parents should assume that the lesson for that day will not take place. It is our aim, for the purpose of continuity of learning, to attempt to continue with lessons wherever possible. However, it remains the schools decision as to whether or not lessons can take place on these days.