About
English National Ballet School, official School of English National Ballet is a specialist training centre for aspiring and highly talented young ballet dancers aged 16 to 19. We transform talented young dancers into world-class performers over a three year programme validated by Trinity College, London.
The School was founded in 1988 by English National Ballet to train students for a professional career in dance. Today the School exists as a separate entity but maintains strong links with its parent company, sharing its commitment to excellence and access.
English National Ballet School is a talent-led organisation, that transforms talented young dancers into world-class performers over a three year programme validated by Trinity College, London.
Each year 300 young dancers audition for one of thirty places in the first year. Once a young dancer joins, they have an incredibly bright future. ENBS dancers join English National Ballet and other prestigious ballet companies worldwide.
English National Ballet School is highly respected in the field for its training and pastoral care. The school is regarded as an ‘exemplary provider’ by Trinity College London and has been awarded Outstanding by Ofsted. ENBS continues to be the only Dance Specialist Dance and Drama Award school to consistently achieve this grade since inspections began.
English National Ballet School’s training and curriculum concentrate on a technique and style of dancing required by English National Ballet and the ever increasing choreographic and technical demands of ballet companies around the world. Students are provided with a carefully structured two year training programme followed by a third year pre-professional programme.
Its ambition is to make English National Ballet School the first choice for the next generation of international ballet dancers.