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Teach.Dance graphic: Raffles at your Christmas show. The rules, in plain English. A Christmas tree beside raffle tickets and a wrapped gift.

Running a raffle at your dance school Christmas show: the rules explained

13 October 2026

Planning a raffle or tombola at your Christmas show? Here’s what the Gambling Commission rules mean for a dance school raffle, in

Teach.Dance photo graphic: Safe drop-off and collection. Ready for darker evenings. A community hall entrance lit up on a dark, wet evening, with a street lamp and a parked car.

Drop-off and collection at your dance school: a darker evenings guide

6 October 2026

The clocks go back on 25 October. Here’s a simple, friendly dance school drop-off and collection routine for darker evenings, with what

Teach.Dance graphic: What the research means for your school. Arts Council England findings. A pie chart under a magnifying glass beside a bar chart with a location pin.

What Arts Council research means for your dance school

5 October 2026

What Arts Council England’s research into the private dance school sector means for your school: space, costs, progression, inclusion and safeguarding.

Teach.Dance graphic: Self Assessment for dance teachers. Dates for your 2025 to 2026 return. A calculator and receipt beside a calendar with a date ringed.

Self Assessment for dance teachers: 2025 to 2026 dates

3 October 2026

Teaching freelance? The Self Assessment dates for your 2025 to 2026 return, including 5 October 2026 and 31 January 2027, plus the

Teach.Dance graphic: Holiday dance camps explained. Ofsted, Tax-Free Childcare, HAF. A tent with bunting beside a calendar and a sun.

Holiday dance camps: Ofsted, HAF and childcare explained

1 October 2026

Planning a half term or summer dance camp? A plain guide for dance teachers in England to Ofsted registration exemptions, the voluntary

Teach.Dance graphic: Taking on your first dance teacher. Employed or self-employed? A briefcase with a name tag beside two contracts and a pen.

Employed or self-employed? Hiring your first dance teacher

30 September 2026

Growing your dance school and ready to bring in another teacher? A friendly guide to employment status, written statements, holiday pay, pensions,

Dance teacher first aid: kits, first aiders and records

29 September 2026

A practical first aid guide for dance teachers: needs assessments, first aid kits, first aiders, head bumps, accident records and RIDDOR, based

Dance school assistants: pay and safer recruitment

28 September 2026

Thinking of taking on a young assistant at your dance school? A friendly guide to volunteers, child employment rules, minimum wage, DBS

Dance school data protection: photos, videos and consent

24 September 2026

Sharing photos and videos of your dancers? How to ask for consent, post safely and look after medical forms, based on ICO

Teach.Dance photo graphic: Music licences for dance classes. TheMusicLicence made simple. A speaker and phone on a stool beside the barre in a dance studio.

Music licence for dance classes: a dance teacher’s guide

22 September 2026

Do you need a music licence for your dance classes? How TheMusicLicence works for hall classes, studios, exam classes, shows and online

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