We will be holding London Centre examinations in the Autumn Term at ISTD HQ and Central London venues between Sunday 5th October and Thursday 20th November.
Please note that applicants should be available for all, or as many of the dates listed as possible. Please be aware that we may not be able to accommodate applications with less flexibility.
Imperial Classical Ballet
Grades and Class Examinations
8, 9 November at ISTD HQ*
Imperial Classical Ballet
Vocational Grades / DDE (Unit 4) / Licentiate / Fellowship
19, 20 November at The Place**
Cecchetti Classical Ballet
All levels
3 November at The Place**
Modern Theatre/Tap
Vocational Grades / DDE (Unit 4) / Licentiate / Fellowship
23 October, 4,6 November at ISTD HQ*
Modern Theatre/Tap
Class Examinations and Grades up to and including Intermediate
18 October, 16 November at ISTD HQ*
Contemporary
Vocational Grades
4 November at ISTD HQ*
Classical Indian Dance – Kathak
Grades – Vocational
23 November at ISTD HQ*
Classical Indian Dance – Bharatanatyam
Grades – Vocational
5 October at ISTD HQ*
Street Dance
All Levels
19 October at ISTD HQ*
Application process, timeline and cancellation policy:
Please email ukdanceteachers@istd.org to request an application form, which must be completed and submitted to us by 8 September.
We will contact you regarding your allocated exam time/s by 15 September.
The payment deadline for all genres (except Classical Indian- Bharatanatyam***) is 22 September.
***For Classical Indian Dance – Bharatanatyam, applications must be submitted by 25 August.
We will contact you regarding Bharatanatyam allocated exam time/s by 1 September.
The payment deadline for Bharatanatyam is 8 September.
*ISTD HQ studio dimensions are 9.9m (length) x 7.95m (depth).
** The Place studio 8 dimensions are 18m (length) x 9m (width).
Once the timetable is confirmed and you have received the payment request email, you will have five working days to submit any change requests. Due to the complexity of scheduling, we may not be able to accommodate requests.
Please submit payment promptly as we cannot hold your booking once the payment deadline has passed.
Please note that London Centre and Regional Centres are only available to teachers who have less than 3 hours’ worth of examinations.
Dates - TBC
Imperial Ballet, Modern Theatre and Tap
All Levels
23, 30 November
Closing date for applications: 6 October
Imperial Ballet, Modern Theatre and Tap
All levels
8, 9, 10 December
Closing date for applications: 7 October
*Please note that this is only available to teachers who have less than 3 hours’ worth of examinations.
Please email ukdanceteachers@istd.org to request an application form.
Once we have logged your application it will be passed to the relevant Centre Organiser to collate the timetable.
We will contact you regarding your allocated exam time/s approximately four to six weeks before the examination dates.
Payment is due when the timetable is released, and the deadline is 4 weeks before your exam date. Please submit payment promptly as we cannot hold your booking once the payment deadline has passed.
Scotland Autumn Tour
Closing date for Central Scotland (Edinburgh/Glasgow) applications – 8 September
Closing date for Northern Scotland (Aberdeen) applications – 7 October
Scotland Central (Edinburgh/Glasgow)
27 October – 9 November
Scotland Northern (Aberdeen)
24 November – 7 December
Channel Islands Autumn Tour
Closing date for Channel Island applications – 22 September
Jersey and Guernsey
10 November – 23 November
Applications must be made through Quest by the closing dates above. Please calculate the days you require using the rules on exam timetable groupings.
To help us accommodate your request please be as flexible as possible and try to provide us with a minimum of 50% date availability within the advertised date range. If you require more than one day of exams, please list as many available consecutive dates as possible. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee to accommodate requests with limited available dates listed.
All fees and timetables must be submitted no later than four weeks prior to the exam date(s).
Please submit payment promptly as we cannot hold your booking once the payment deadline has passed.
Teachers who wish to cancel their examination date/s within the tour must inform UK Exams by emailing ukdanceteachers@istd.org within five working days of their exam date(s) being confirmed via Quest.
Please note that there is a £100 charge (per exam day) for cancellations made after 5 working days. Once a timetable has been submitted on Quest, candidates cannot be withdrawn or swapped for another. Refunds only apply as per policy rules.
If you wish to book exams outside of the tour dates, you will need to ensure that you have at least two days of exams in a single genre (or Modern with Tap). Please note that the dates must be consecutive, and the minimum daily fee must be met per day of exams you hold. Please contact us so that we can discuss options for your examinations.
For any further enquiries please contact ukdanceteachers@istd.org.
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