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Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for the Royal Ballet companies and other leading UK and international companies and to inspire the future of classical ballet training.

Photo: Students dancing Sea Interludes by Andrew McNicol at the Royal Opera House

Cover photo: Yu Hang, 2018 graduate, as Aurora in Aurora’s Wedding staged by Anthony Dowell from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski. Cover: © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Tristram Kenton Tristram by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 Uspenski. Cover: Andrej by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 One of the great privileges of my role is working with dancers who have a drive to learn and a unique focus on achieving their goals.

These achievements would not be possible 3rd Year students Katharina Nikelski and without our remarkable team of staff, Harrison Lee spent ten days in January at who give the students the confidence, the Prix de Lausanne as part of a special encouragement and support to fulfil choreographic project with dancers from their potential. I feel so fortunate to have the other partner schools. Choreographer such a passionate team who are totally Goyo Montero created a new work on the dedicated to maintaining our School students, which they performed during as a centre of excellence. the interlude while the jury deliberated.

We were particularly proud to see our We had the great pleasure of hosting graduating students gaining contracts dancers from American Ballet Theatre with prestigious companies around the Studio Company for a week in May, which world again this year, including six with culminated in the performance of a new The Royal Ballet’s Aud Jebsen Young ballet by Ma Cong, Resident Choreographer © 2015 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Schuhlelewis.com by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2015 Dancers Programme and six with with Tulsa Ballet. Ma Cong worked with Birmingham Royal Ballet. students at each school on this collaborative ballet, which was shown along with other At Upper School, we saw the first group work prepared by each school. We are, as of students studying for our new BA always, so grateful to Ricki Gail Conway Honours Degree in Classical Ballet and who generously supported these two Dance Performance. The three-year invaluable opportunities for our students. degree programme is accredited by the University of Roehampton and bespoke As ever the year ended on a high with to our training. It is set in the context of five impressive public performances in July; our rich heritage, drawing on our Special four at Opera Holland Park and one on Collections archive, our online Ballet History the main stage of the Royal Opera House. Timeline, as well as our sports science Students from all years of the School and healthcare expertise. excelled themselves in a challenging range of repertoire. We were especially honoured I am delighted with the exciting progress to work with Sir Anthony Dowell, former of our innovative Healthy Dancer Principal dancer and Artistic Director of Programme. We now have more than 20 The Royal Ballet, who presented Aurora’s in-house practitioners working together to Wedding, restaged from Marius Petipa’s build a truly holistic healthcare programme The Sleeping Beauty. It featured a cast from and support system for every one of our all three years of the Upper School with students. Research projects are being White Lodge students dancing Little Red conducted with a number of universities Riding Hood and the Wolf. We are profoundly and interesting results are already being grateful to our sponsors and in particular recorded. These are now informing and Imagination for their continued support developing our training programme. of the School and these performances.

For the third year running, Kevin O’Hare It is also with gratitude that I thank our generously invited the School to take part Chairman, The Duchess of Wellington, in World Ballet Day on 5 October. We and our Board of Governors, for their focused on White Lodge, with Year 10 and support and guidance throughout another 11 students demonstrating a pointe class, memorable year at the School. which was live-streamed to thousands of viewers around the world.

Photo: Taisuke Nakao, 2018 graduate, CHRISTOPHER POWNEY as The Bluebird in Aurora’s Wedding ARTISTIC DIRECTOR staged by Anthony Dowell from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Tristram Kenton Tristram by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 HIGHLIGHTS

The Royal Ballet School is one of the world’s greatest centres of excellence for classical ballet training.

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WE HAD 2,559 APPLICATIONS TO OUR 21 GRADUATES GAINED JOBS IN FULL-TIME AND ASSOCIATE COURSES 10 COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD

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A LEVEL 100% PASS RATE 278 DANCERS TOOK PART IN OUR NEW SPRING INTENSIVES

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14 TEACHERS GRADUATED FROM WE REACHED 100K FOLLOWERS ON OUR DIPLOMA OF DANCE TEACHING INSTAGRAM

5 “It has always been my dream to train here so I make the most of every single day.” 1,504 PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE OUR STUDENTS DANCED IN FIVE PUBLIC INTRODUCED TO BALLET THROUGH OUR PERFORMANCES AT OPERA HOLLAND 1ST YEAR, UPPER SCHOOL STUDENT PRIMARY STEPS PROGRAMME PARK AND THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Photo: 1st Year ladies’ classical ballet class, Upper School © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 GRADUATES 2018

More than half of our 2018 graduates joined The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet with others joining internationally renowned ballet companies.

Photo: Harrison Lee (left) and Eli Gruska (right), 2018 graduates – now dancing with The Royal Ballet on the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme and with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company respectively © 2017 The Royal Ballet School/Johan Persson Ballet School/Johan Royal The © 2017 PERFORMANCES

Students danced in four spectacular Summer Performances at Opera Holland Park, presenting a range of repertoire demonstrating the skills acquired through their training.

Photo: Aurora’s Wedding staged by Anthony Dowell from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, performed at Opera Holland Park © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Tristram Kenton Tristram by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 PERFORMANCES

They also performed a final performance at the Royal Opera House, featuring works by Marius Petipa/Anthony Dowell, Nacho Duato, Didy Veldman, Robert Binet, Andrew McNicol, Mark Annear and Tania Fairbairn.

5,752 people attended our Summer Performances.

Photo: Napoli by August Bournonville performed at Opera Holland Park © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Tristram Kenton Tristram by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 PERFORMANCES

“The students, once again, exceeded all expectations.”

BALLET NEWS REVIEW OF THE 2018 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE SUMMER PERFORMANCE

Opposite: Katharina Nikelski, 2018 graduate, as The Fairy of the Golden Vine in Aurora’s Wedding staged by Anthony Dowell from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty.

This page from top left: Bach, Multiplicity forms of silence and emptiness by Nacho Duato, Pulcinella Suite by Mark Annear; Snegurochka by Tania Fairbairn; Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Aurora’s Wedding staged by Anthony Dowell from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty; Self & Soul by Robert Binet. ‘© 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski and Tristram Kenton Kenton Uspenski and Tristram Andrej by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The ‘© 2018 ARTISTIC

Our younger students, aged 11-16, live and train at White Lodge in Richmond Park. Admission to the School is based purely on artistic talent and potential and most students rely on financial support to attend the School.

The Upper School, for students aged 16-19, is in Covent Garden adjoining the Royal Opera House. Over 70% of the Royal Ballet companies are alumni of the School.

The Royal Ballet School continued to score above the national average in academic exams. The School’s GSCE pass rate at grades 9-4 (A*-C) was 93% – the national average was 66%.

At Upper School, the A Level pass rate was 100% (45% at grades A* to B). We also introduced a new Royal Ballet School degree programme, a BA Honours in Classical Ballet and Dance Performance, accredited by the University of Roehampton.

Students get involved in a range of weekend activities, both in the boarding house and beyond.

Pictured here: students painting, baking, crafting, and on trips to theme parks and musicals.

“I am so grateful for all the amazing opportunities I have been given here and for the friends I’ve made.”

We are committed to creating healthy, strong and resilient dancers, prepared for the considerable physical and emotional demands of a career in ballet.

We now have an in-house healthcare team of more than 20 dedicated practicioners offering instant support to all students.

At both White Lodge and Upper School, the healthcare and artistic teams collaborate, educate and share goals to ensure the students remain at the heart of everything that we do.

Pictured here: A physiotherapist using manual therapy for treatment; artistic staff implementing Pilates-based conditioning; upper body conditioning exercises; sports scientists analysing training load data; strengthening rehabilitation exercises with physiotherapists; Pilates exercises. © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 CHOREOGRAPHY

Anna Daly in Year 10 was the winner of the 2017 Kenneth MacMillan Choreographic Award with her ballet Experiment 249. This piece was one of 11 new works performed at White Lodge in front of an audience and panel of judges.

Upper School students presented their choreographic creations in January at the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award. It was won by Kele Roberson and Damen Axtens for their joint piece Introspection.

Above: Cloudburst by Grace Donovan, Year 8

This page and opposite: The Imperial ‘Good Companion’ by Ruben Mariner Barbeito, Year 8; Mind The Gap by Constance Bowes, Year 9 (2nd Prize); Hear My Voice by Magdalen Wood, Year 9; I Am The Resurrection by Tianie-Finn Grainger, Year 8; Refugee by Harriet Gibson, Year 8; Outcast by William Ashraf and Arlen Camburn-Morrissey, Year 7 (3rd Prize). The Ninette de Valois Choreographic Award was won by Year 8 student Grace Donovan with her work Cloudburst. © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 CREATIVE ARTIST

We continue to expand the creative and social influences on our students through collaborative projects with other schools, such as The Advance Project; a series of inspiring guest teachers and speakers; and a number of cultural visits throughout the year.

Photo: The Advance Project performance with Year 10 students and young people from Harris Academy Tottenham © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 EXCHANGE

In May we hosted dancers from American Ballet Theatre Studio Company for a week of classes as part of an ongoing exchange. At the end of the week students presented a new ballet together, created by Ma Cong.

Photo: Royal Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company performing On the First Star Of The Night by Ma Cong © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 AUDITIONS

This year we welcomed 2,559 young dancers to auditions around the country for our full-time training and Associate programmes.

We worked with 523 Royal Ballet School Associate students at our eight centres around the country. Associates are talented young dancers who train with us at weekly classes alongside their regular ballet classes.

A total of 1,504 Year 3 pupils from 27 schools in Blackpool, Bury St Edmunds, Dagenham, Mansfield and Swindon participated in six weeks of creative ballet workshops as part of our Primary Steps programme. Of these, 253 were shortlisted for final workshops and 134 then joined our weekly after-school classes.

Photo: Blackpool students in rehearsal for the Primary Steps Graduation performance © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 INTENSIVES

We launched a new one-week Spring Intensive at White Lodge and in Hong Kong welcoming 278 students from 34 different countries.

“I have enjoyed every minute of being trained by such great teachers in a wonderful atmosphere with dancers from all over the world.”

SUMMER INTENSIVES 2018 PARTICIPANT

We hosted more than 530 students from around the world over four weeks in July and August at our Summer Intensives at White Lodge and in Covent Garden. The dancers were taught by Royal Ballet School teachers as well as an impressive line-up of guest teachers including current and former Royal Ballet dancers.

Inspire, our professional development programme for ballet teachers, continued to go from strength to strength with 27 seminars delivered in the UK and additional seminars in Italy and Hong Kong. We reached more than 650 teachers.

14 exceptional teachers graduated from our Royal Ballet School Diploma of Dance Teaching. Three of the graduates also achieved Merits and Distinction in Trinity College London’s Diploma of Dance Teaching and Learning.

Photo: Our Diploma of Dance Teaching graduates with Lynn Wallis OBE © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Emily Kate Dixon Emily Kate by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 OPERATIONS

Significant repairs were made to the stonework, roof and windows of the King’s Building at White Lodge, constructed in 1730. It took two tonnes of stone, half a tonne of lead and more than half a tonne of mortar to complete the repairs.

Brian Shaw Memorial Sophie Warburton and AWARD SPONSORS The Sir James Knott Trust Lady Marsh Our thanks to all those who enable Scholarship Tom O’Day Valerie Adams Leathersellers’ Company Jane McCafferty us to continue our work through their Graeme and Sue Sloan Alexandra Williams The Ballet Association Charitable Fund James and Monica Miller Lady Henrietta St George Simon Wright Michael Broderick Mimi Legat and Dan Freeman Rosie Miller The Leverhulme Trust generous support. Deborah Stileman Estate of Nina Finburgh Andrew Morison The Sutton Scholarship Fund Oliver Messel Audition Fund HEALTHY DANCER Robert Kimber Karen Nissen The Tait Memorial Trust PROGRAMME Kate Nobelius and John Storey The London Ballet Circle Charles Parker

Carolyn Usherwood Bequest Henry C Beck Jr Charitable Lady MacMillan The Estate of Jill Marion Pelosi THE CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE STUDENT SPONSORS Elizabeth and Roderick Jack Lead Trust Guy and Nathalie Perricone Robert Wallace Scholarship The Estate of Naomi Nina Piercy John Mitchell Lady Rankin Lynda Beresford Jones Allianz Plc The Estate of Joan Kay Sarah Dorfman Nellie Florence Watson Estate Robin Pike David Norman Amy Rogers Deborah Brice The Amar-Franses & Foster- The Morris Kemp Fund EBM Charitable Trust Helen Webb The Royal Ballet School PTA Jenkins Trust April Olrich Award David Rymer Stephen and Caroline Butt Doug and Ceri King Headley Trust Duchess of Wellington The Royal Opera House Covent Christopher Cone Artemis Investment Management Kinoshita Holdings Co Ltd Malcolm A Stewart Gail Sinclair Scholarship Joanna Kaye Garden Foundation VisasForDancers PLLC Ricki Gail Conway Edward and Celia Atkin Valentina Kislaya Lucinda Stafford-Deitsch Olive Margaret Worth Fund Mohamed L Mansour Zita Saurel Peter Wilson Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Suneel and Kamal Bakhshi Ida Levine Becky Steel Sir Peter Wright Scholarship Maaike McInnes Geoffrey Spackman The Worshipful Company of Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman Banham Foundation Sarah Lewis Christopher Stockwell Monument Trust Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers The Steel Charitable Trust Dame Vivien Duffield Anna Birkett Sir Joseph Lockwood Scholarship Anthony Vernon ESPRIT DE CORPS Richard O’Connell The Swire Charitable Trust Christopher Gorman-Evans The Bowles Family The Philip Loubser Foundation Harold and Olga Wienand Ralph and Elizabeth Aldwinckle Quercus Trust ESSENTIAL SUPPORT The Taylor Family Foundation Rosalind Brener Trust (Nadia Nerina Scholarship) Kenneth and Susan Green Zia Boycott Stephen Wischhusen and The Royal Opera House ALSO PROVIDED BY Teale Charitable Trust The Deborah Loeb Brice John Lyon’s Charity Michael Manuschka The Monument Trust Roger and Suzy Brookhouse Benevolent Fund Ian and Phyllida Barby Dulcie Pamela Tilley Trust Foundation Sir Kenneth MacMillan Fund for Ben and Christine Wrey Lady Hobson David and Patricia Chapman Kevin and Olga Senior Bloomsbury Flowers Robin and Frances Tomkins John and Susan Burns Young Dancers Charles Holloway Karen Crisford The Swire Charitable Trust The Borrows Charitable Trust The Calleva Foundation The McGinley Foundation Ray Wheaton DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Imagination Nicola Denoon-Duncan The Thompson Family The Boscawen Bequest Stephen and Ursula Codrington Anna Melluish David and Karen White Madeleine Plaut (Chairman) Elizabeth and Roderick Jack Claire Fisher Charitable Trust G & K Boyes Charitable Trust Ricki Gail and Robert Conway Elizabeth May Florence Mills Glynn Woodin Anna Birkett Aud Jebsen Bursary Michael Foreman Jane van Ammel CHK Charities Limited The Croucher Charitable Trust Jennie Cunis Joanna Kaye Stuart Gordon and Wayne Daniel Covent Garden Academy ‘CORPS’ DONORS The Estate of Noreen Pamela Dr Genevieve Davies Steven and Cheryl Crowe of Flowers SUPPORTING CORE COSTS Naoya Kinoshita Joy Mummery (Sopwith Bursary) Sir Michael and Lady Heller 2018 SUMMER The Estate of Jocelyn Cruft PERFORMANCE SPONSORS The Croucher Charitable Trust Rosemary Burr and Vernon Kemp Sarah Dorfman Michael and Catherine Loubser Rudolph Nureyev Foundation Jammy Hoare Richard and Jennie Cunis Title sponsor: Imagination The Dalby Charitable Trust Peter and Sally Cadbury Candida Hurst-Brown Mohamed L Mansour Denis O’Brien Susie Keown The Department for Education Anna Birkett Simon and Libby Dangoor Jane Carnegie-Brown Elizabeth Jack Nancy Marks Kevin O’Hare Scholarship Janet Lambert Martine Olsen Judith Dickison Memorial Fund Sarah Bunting C H Dixon Charitable Trust William and Jane Carr Keith and Isabelle McDermott Ofer Family Foundation Cosima Magill Zita Saurel The Estate of John Dorick Brooks Richard and Jennie Cunis Pipa Dobson Tom Clementi Maaike McInnes Martine Olsen Tim and Diny Maxwell Sue Sloan The Estate of Alma Rose Girling Charles Holloway June Drew Erinn Collier Madeleine Plaut The Orpheus Trust Pel Mountain The Duchess of Wellington Mark and Wanda Goodey Catherine Nix Nigel and Candida Hurst-Brown The Clore Duffield Foundation Patrick and Lavinia de Pelet Lord Rothschild The Gwynne Parry Memorial Christopher Gorman-Evans Fund Philip Noel Elizabeth and Roderick Jack The Eranda Rothschild Rosalind Dwerryhouse Dame Theresa Sackler Foundation We would also like to thank those Analida Graham Stanley Picker Charitable Trust Charlotte Philipps Timothy and Madeleine Plaut Sylvia Eaborn Lord and Lady Sainsbury Jackie Evans who wish to remain anonymous, Marguerite Griffith-Jones Francesca Pratt Christina Pitman Regional Airports Ltd Judith Foy and those who have generously Sir Timothy and Lady Sainsbury Dame Margot Fonteyn The Hobson Charity Prix de Lausanne Serena Prest Charles Furness-Smith pledged gifts in their wills to The Thompson Family Kevin and Olga Senior Scholarship Fund Ethel Rose Hart Will Trust The Royal Ballet School. Charitable Trust Russell Race Kerry and Dimity Rubie Jane van Ammel Frederick Ashton Foundation Francis and Lynn Howard Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson The Estate of Ronald Hawkridge Andre Rzym Patsy Seddon Charles and Joey Hue Williams Freed of London Limited Photo: Bach, Multiplicity forms Charlotte Heber-Percy The Gerald Ronson Foundation Sarah Sladen Julian and Julie Keanie The Duke and Duchess of TOUR AND EXCHANGE Friends of The Royal Ballet of silence and emptiness by Wellington Hines Fund Rothschild Foundation Tara Stotesbury SPONSOR School Peter Lloyd Nacho Duato, performed at Garfield Weston Foundation Charles Holloway Benjamin Schapiro Alison Titchmarsh Ricki Gail Conway The Headley Trust Audrey Lyons Opera Holland Park © 2018 The Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski Andrej by Ballet School. Photographed Royal The © 2018 Our vision is to be the best ballet school in the world.

PATRON GOVERNORS* SENIOR STAFF HM THE QUEEN CHAIRMAN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER PRESIDENT THE DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON OBE PIPPA ADAMSON HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES DEPUTY CHAIRMAN ACADEMIC & PASTORAL PRINCIPAL VICE PRESIDENT RICKI GAIL CONWAY KAREN DAVIES (UNTIL AUGUST 2018) THE LADY SARAH CHATTO DEPUTY CHAIRMAN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PASTORAL FOUNDER MADELEINE PLAUT & WELFARE DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS OM CH DBE JILL TAIT-HARRIS SUNEEL BAKHSHI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANNA BIRKETT HEAD OF TRAINING & ACCESS CHRISTOPHER POWNEY JONATHAN CHENEVIX-TRENCH MARK ANNEAR TOM CLEMENTI DR GENEVIEVE DAVIES HEAD OF INTENSIVE COURSES SARAH DORFMAN & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLARISSA FARR SAMIRA SAIDI DAVID FLETCHER CANDIDA HURST-BROWN HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT JANET LAMBERT & COMMUNICATIONS NANCY MARKS SARAH ELIOT-COHEN MENNA MCGREGOR KEVIN O’HARE CBE HEAD OF SITE OPERATIONS ZITA SAUREL ROGER ATKINSON DR STEPHEN SPURR KENNETH STEELE COMPLIANCE OFFICER JASON HUGHES GOVERNOR EMERITUS THE LADY SAINSBURY CBE

*Includes Governors who served in office during the year and subsequently

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES BALANCE SHEET

For the year ended 31 August 2018 For the year ended 31 August 2018

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Total Total 2018) 2017) Funds Funds Funds £000) £000) General Designated 2018 2017 FIXED ASSETS £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Tangible assets 40,400) 41,400)

INCOME FROM: Charitable activities 8,669 - - 8,669 8,319 CURRENT ASSETS Donations 1,303 - 2,709 4,012 4,022 Debtors 2,441) 1,074) Other income 39 - - 39 32 Cash at bank and in hand 5,474) 5,065) TOTAL INCOME 10,011 - 2,709 12,720 12,373 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 7,915) 6,139)

EXPENDITURE ON: Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Raising funds Trade and other creditors (567) (803) Fundraising and communications 261 - 23 207 284 Deferred income (2,603) (1,594) 261 - 23 284 207 NET CURRENT ASSETS 4,745) 3,742)

) Charitable activities TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 45,145) 45,142) Teaching 2,899 - 58 2,957 2,810

Pastoral and healthcare 1,935 - 282 2,217 1,782 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (341) (371) Outreach and partnership 849 - 606 1,455 1,183 Premises 2,968 - 279 3,247 3,021 Support and governance 1,637 2 - 1,639 1,861 Defined benefit pension scheme liability (591) (1,098) Grants and prizes 36 - 839 875 3,998 10,324 2 2,064 12,390 14,655 TOTAL NET ASSETS 44,213) 43,673)

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 10,585 2 2,087 12,674 14,862 THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY: Unrestricted funds NET INCOME / (EXPENDITURE) (574) (2) 622 46 (2,489) General fund 3,390) 2,415) Designated funds 38,393) 39,450) Transfers between funds 1,055 (1,055) - - - TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 41,783) 41,865)

Other recognised losses RESTRICTED FUNDS 2,430) 1,808) Actuarial losses on defined benefit ) pension scheme 494 - - 494 350 TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS 44,213) 43,673)

NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS 975 (1,057) 622 540 (2,139) Report by the trustees on the Summarised Financial Statements TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD 2,415 39,450 1,808 43,673 45,812 The above summarised financial statements are extracted from the full statutory Governors’ annual report and financial statements which were approved by the Governors and signed on their behalf on 27 February 2019. The full financial statements, on which the TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 3,390 38,393 2,430 44,213 43,673 auditors Crowe UK LLP gave an unqualified audit report, will be submitted to the Charity Commission and the Registrar of Companies.

The auditors have confirmed to the Governors that, in their opinion, the summarised financial statements are consistent with All transactions are derived from the charity’s continuing operations. the full financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2018.

All recognised gains and losses are included in the Statement of Financial Activities. These summarised financial statements may not contain sufficient information to gain a complete understanding of the financial affairs of the charity. The full statutory Governors’ report, financial statements and auditors’ report can be found on our website at www.royalballetschool.org.uk/reports.

Signed on behalf of

THE DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON OBE JONATHAN CHENEVIX-TRENCH CHAIRMAN GOVERNOR

THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL | OUR YEAR 2017/18 THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL | OUR YEAR 2017/18

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE EXAMINATION RESULTS

GCSE PASS RATES GCSE PASS RATES A*-A/9-7

2018 2018

32% 211ENTRIES (8-9) (7) 17% OVERALL % A* TO C/9 TO 4 42% DONATIONS 93% 2017 2017 2016 2015 Entries 21 1 200 177 Overall % A* to C 96% 98% 96%

46% 22% 23% 51% PARENT CONTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT FOR HOWHOW TO FEES EDUCATION WEWE AREARE BTEC DOUBLE AWARD DIPLOMA IN BTEC TRIPLE AWARD EXTENDED DIPLOMA PERFORMING ARTS (DANCE) FUNDEDFUNDED IN PERFORMING ARTS (DANCE) Number of candidates achieving grade 2018 Number of candidates achieving grade 2018 DM 6%

DD 1 D*D* 19% 31% 7% 3 5 16 D*D*D 2 D*D*D* STUDENT 50% CANDIDATES 1 CANDIDATES 1 50% BURSARIES 12% 2% OUTREACH AND FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS 7 D*D D = Distinction 44% D = Distinction M = Merit The Diploma is equivalent to two A-Levels M = Merit The Extended Diploma is equivalent to three A-Levels P = Pass WHEREWHERE 13% OUROUR MONEYMONEY A LEVEL PASS RATES GOES 2018 SUPPORT AND GOES 26% GOVERNANCE PREMISES AND STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

11ENTRIES 11PASSES

17% PASS RATE 100% PASTORAL AND A*TO B GRADES 45% HEALTHCARE 23% 2017 2016 2015 TEACHING Entries 12 14 11 Passes 12 14 11 Pass Rate 100% 100% 100% A*to B Grades 50% 29% 64% THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL | OUR YEAR 2017/18 THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL | OUR YEAR 2017/18

APPLICATIONS 2017/18 STUDENT NUMBERS 2017/18

WHITE LODGE, UPPER SCHOOL & ASSOCIATES FOR ENTRY IN SEPTEMBER 2018 WHITE LODGE JUNIOR ASSOCIATES

2018 APPLYING TO: 2018 12 Year 7 London 54 14 31 488 White Lodge 13 26 98 Year 8 Bath 11 6 265 Upper School 15 70 Year 9 Birmingham 11 2,559 Junior 1,074 15 TOTAL APPLICANTS Associates 156 Year 10 Eastleigh 20 13 12 253 Mid Girls 68 33 13 20 2193 366 Associates Year 11 Boys 63 Leeds 14 Total 131 14 GIRLS BOYS Senior 99 8 28 Associates Manchester UPPER SCHOOL 7 Advanced 14 Associates 1 11 Newcastle 4 1st Year 15 16 Girls 227 Totnes 23 Boys 101 SPRING INTENSIVES 2nd Year 14 6 Total 328 14 LONDON HONG KONG Girls 40 MID ASSOCIATES 11 For 141 places For 137 places 3rd Year Boys 41 11 Total 81 XX UK 20 London 35 16 Rest of the UK 283 Rest of the EU 9 NATIONALITIES OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS World World Bath 18 125 209 0 American 14 Birmingham Australian 8 493 238 Belgian 2 16 APPLICANTS APPLICANTS Manchester Brazilian 2 0 Girls 96 British 143 12 Newcastle Boys 18 Bulgarian 1 1 Total 114 EU 85 Canadian 2 SENIOR ASSOCIATES Chinese 4 33 Czech 1 London XX 15 Danish 1 Girls 48 15 Dutch 1 Birmingham Boys 15 0 Total 63 SUMMER INTENSIVES Estonian 1 ADVANCED ASSOCIATES French 4 WHITE LODGE COVENT GARDEN Girls 14 For 378 places For 181 places Indian 1 XX 14 London Boys 4 Israeli 1 4 Total 18 UK 99 Italian 4 PRIMARY STEPS AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES Rest of the UK 603 Rest of the Japanese 9 World World 29 699 463 Kiwi 1 Blackpool 14 Korean 2 Lithuanian 1 Bury St Edmunds 26 18 1,880 833 Norwegian 1 APPLICANTS APPLICANTS 37 Polish 1 Dagenham 25 EU 271 Russian 1 Mansfield 28 Spanish 5 15 Swedish 3 Girls 153 EU 33 578 Swindon Boys 82 Ukrainian 3 10 Total 235