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 guidan…
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 me…
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, …
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 ar…
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 h…
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, ins…
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 saf…
London Youth Games Dance Is Opening Up to Primary Schools — Here’s Why That Matters
If you’ve ever watched a group of seven-year-olds absolutely lose themselves in a movement routine — all that unfiltered energy, the total commitment to every…
Twenty-Five Years of Nurturing Dancers: Flair School of Dance
Each month, the British DanceSport Association shines a spotlight on a school that embodies what great dance education looks like. This month, that honour goes…
Opening the Door: BDSA and Sport Excel UK’s New Partnership for Inclusive Dance
If you’ve ever had a student in your class who you knew had so much to give but wasn’t quite sure where to find their…
