Modern dance class ideas: warm ups, travelling steps and floor work

Practical modern dance class ideas: a simple 45-minute class shape, warm ups, across the floor games, safe floor work, creative tasks and graded next steps.

Tap class ideas for beginners: rhythm games and first steps

Fresh tap class ideas for beginners: a simple class shape, first steps, rhythm games that build listening, and how to move towards graded work.

Dance teacher news: UK Dance Awards 2026 celebrate our schools

The UK Dance Awards 2026 celebrate dance schools and teachers. Plus more from the Arts Council research and a new Freelancers’ Handbook.

Ballet for under 5s: a simple 30-minute class plan

A friendly, ready-to-use 30-minute class plan for ballet for under 5s, with timings, imagery, safeguarding basics and ideas to keep little dancers engaged.

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

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

UK Dance Awards 2026: celebrating this year's winners

The UK Dance Awards 2026 celebrated dance schools, teachers and young dancers from across the UK. Here are this year’s winners, and what the awards mean for dance teachers.

What Arts Council research means for your dance school

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

Employed or self-employed? Hiring your first dance teacher

Growing your dance school and ready to bring in another teacher? A friendly guide to employment status, written statements, holiday pay, pensions, insurance, right to work checks and safer recruitment.

Dance school assistants: pay and safer recruitment

Thinking of taking on a young assistant at your dance school? A friendly guide to volunteers, child employment rules, minimum wage, DBS checks and safer recruitment for helpers aged 13 to 17.

Dance school data protection: photos, videos and consent

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

DBS changes for dance teachers: new rules and lower fees

Good news for dance: from 1 September 2026, more of the helpers who support our young dancers can have the highest level of DBS check, and DBS fees are lower from 5 October 2026. What it means for your studio.

Growth spurts in young dancers: what dance teachers can do

Practical ideas for looking after young dancers’ bodies: growth spurts, growing pains, rest, warm-ups and very flexible joints, based on NHS and One Dance UK guidance.

Free BDSA safeguarding training for dance teachers

BDSA’s new safeguarding course, powered by Teach.Dance, is live and free for every Teach.Dance member. Here’s who it’s for, what it covers and how to start.

Self Assessment for dance teachers: 2025 to 2026 dates

Teaching freelance? The Self Assessment dates for your 2025 to 2026 return, including 5 October 2026 and 31 January 2027, plus the trading allowance, records, expenses and Making Tax Digital.

Dance teacher news: Arts Council maps private dance schools

Arts Council England’s private dance schools research maps over 5,200 schools. Plus BDSA joins CIMSPA and a case for children’s dance in Liverpool.

Holiday dance camps: Ofsted, HAF and childcare explained

Planning a half term or summer dance camp? A plain guide for dance teachers in England to Ofsted registration exemptions, the voluntary Childcare Register, Tax-Free Childcare and the HAF programme.

Dance teacher first aid: kits, first aiders and records

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

Dance teacher news: Strictly Come Dancing 2026 is back

Strictly Come Dancing 2026 is back. Plus new research on children and creativity, National Portfolio guidance and new Vocational GCSEs explained.