The School

Elisabeth and I became the third people to run The Weston School in 1988.  In the first few years, we introduced two firsts – the first website for the school and the first shop run by the school, the latter of which has since become an online store.

Uniform

We are pleased to detail herewith the uniform that students are required to wear at the relevant classes. Children entering the school in the Ballet With Your Bear Class only need to wear something easy to move in. For girls, this should be a full-skirted dress or skirt and blouse; for boys, shorts and a T-shirt. The children may wear ballet shoes or dance barefoot.

Commercial Jazz, Musical Theatre and Contemporary Dance students should wear black leggings or jazz pants with a plain tee-shirt or leotard and black jazz shoes, with the option of bare feet for Contemporary Dance. All other students, from Primary upwards, are required to wear the uniform, as detailed herein. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL ITEMS ARE CLEARLY NAMED.

Students' hair must always be neat in all disciplines of dancing. Girls should wear long hair either in a bun or ponytail with a scrunchy to match their leotard, and short hair should be secured by a headband. Boys' hair, if long, should also be tied back. Jewellery, apart from studs in pierced ears, may not be worn.

Students attending adult classes may wear any comfortable exercise clothing, but no bare midriffs, please! In the interests of safety, trousers, if worn, should be no longer than the ankle - clear of the floor.

We strongly advise that the uniform not be purchased until it is confirmed that the student has settled and has been placed in the correct class.