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Keep informed with Welland School of Dancing Calendar where you can find out all important term dates, upcoming events and exam extra coaching dates.

Term Dates 2024/25

Autumn Term 1 ~ Monday 9th September - Sunday 20th October 2024

Half term ~ Monday 21st October - Sunday 3rd November 2024

Autumn Term 2 ~ Monday 4th November - Sunday 15th December 2024

Christmas Holidays ~ Monday 16th December - Sunday 5th January 2025

Spring Term 1 ~ Monday 6th January - Sunday 16th February 2025

Half Term ~ Monday 17th February - Sunday 23rd February 2025

Spring Term 2 ~ Monday 24th February - Sunday 6th April 2025

Easter Holidays ~ Monday 7th April - Sunday 20th April 2025

Summer Term 1 ~ Monday 21st April - Sunday 25th May 2025 *

Half term ~ Monday 26th May - Sunday 1st June 2025

Summer Term 2 ~ Monday 2nd June - Monday 21st July 2025

Summer holidays 2025 ~ Tuesday 22nd July - Sunday 7th September 2025

* Bank Holiday - No Classes

Monday 5th May 2025

Term Dates 2025/26

Autumn Term 1 ~ Monday 8th September - Sunday 19th October 2025

Half term ~ Monday 20th October - Sunday 2nd November 2025

Autumn Term 2 ~ Monday 3rd November - Sunday 14th December 2025

Christmas Holidays ~ Monday 15th December - Sunday 4th January 2026

Spring Term 1 ~ Monday 5th January - Sunday 15th February 2026

Half Term ~ Monday 16th February - Sunday 22rd February 2026

Spring Term 2 ~ Monday 23rd February - Sunday 5th April 2026*

Easter Holidays ~ Monday 6th April - Sunday 19th April 2026

Summer Term 1 ~ Monday 20th April - Sunday 24th May 2026

Half term ~ Monday 25th May - Sunday 31st May 2026

Summer Term 2 ~ Monday 1st June - Monday 20th July 2026

Summer holidays 2025 ~ Tuesday 21st July - Sunday 6th September 2026

* Bank Holiday - No Classes

Friday 3rd April
Monday 4th May

Maggie Purr,Principal of WSD 2010 – present

Maggie is a former pupil of Welland School of Dancing. Under the tutelage of Miss Desbruslais, Maggie gained a place at the Royal Ballet School as a senior associate, and then at Central School of Ballet in 1996, trained by Christopher and Carole Gable.

Nicole Ryan

Film and Television – Lead Role

Gemma Jackson

Gemma left the Welland School of Dance in 2005 to pursue her career as a professional dancer. She was offered a full time scholarship at Cambridge performing Arts on the musical theatre course, where she studied for four years.

Alexandra Smith

Tiffany Theatre College, Company Manager P&O and princess cruises

Emily Griffiths

Hammond School, P&O and costa cruises

Poppy Brewell

Bird College

Lavinia Kastamoniti

Lavinia, originally from Greece, began her dancing from an early age in Corfu with her mother Tina Chandley (training: Northern Ballet School) as her teacher.

Charley May

Pirouette Scchool – Leicester, Teacher WSD, TuDance and Inspire.

Emily Boswall

Ballet Theatre UK school

Alice Cade

Trinity Laban, Founder of Abalinodance theatre

Jenny Richardson

I started at Welland when i was 3 years old doing ballet classes every Tuesday, then at 7 I joined tap and modern classes.

Chloe Jackson

Royal Ballet school, Arts Educational Tring Park

Chloe Hebden

Billy Elliott, Hebden School of Dancing

Marina Fraser

Royal Ballet School

Katie Green

WSD Pupil 1984-2000

Kizze Burkitt

Since joining at the age of four, Welland has instilled in me an absolute passion for dance that has fundamentally shaped the course of my life.

Harriet Britten

What The Welland did for me?
I will forever be grateful for what my time at The Welland taught me, I have always loved dance and always will, as well as this, throughout my 9 years there, I learnt how to be disciplined; in a way that I now pass on to my pupils.