Lyric Dance School, Ballet & Performing Arts Reviews 

When I raised a concern to Anastasia, it was handled badly. Parents deserve to be listened to, not made to feel like the problem. Management needs to rethink how it deals with feedback. Extremely unprofessional.

We have been part of this wonderful school for 3 years now and it has been an incredible journey.My 8 years old daughter attends the ballet classes and she is absolutelly thrilled.The ballet teacher,Miss Anna, is professional,patient and truly inspiring.We have also enrolled in the drama class and Miss Freya is fantastic.We've seen such amazing progress in our daughter's confidence and expression.It's a joy to see her so excited about every session.I highly recommend this school for its warm environment and dedicated staff.

My daughter (4) adores her teacher, Mrs Anna. She is a very encouraging teacher who manages to make lessons lots of fun whilst still maintaining order in a class of excited 4 year olds. No easy task! We love that Lyric Dance put on shows every couple of years for the children to show what they have learnt but the organisation of these events can be quite chaotic.

We've had a very great experience with Ballet lessons at Lyric Dance School. My daughter looks forward to Saturday classes with Mrs Anna

My 2.5 year old girl attends Tippie Toes and our teacher is called Miss Valentina. She is great and able to connect with a group of young children. I know someone wrote below that some adults filmed their children during the session. I just wanted to mention that Miss Valentina is very strict on this and won't allow any recording/photos during the session which is great (we once had a grandparent who took photos of their grandchild and Miss Valentina kindly let them know it's not permitted). We have so much fun during the session, it goes by so quickly.

My daughter attends Ms. Valentina's classes and is very happy. I also see the progress she's making and I'm incredibly impressed by how much heart and work Ms. Valentina puts into making sure children feel happy and eager to learn new things in ballet. As a parent, I'm thrilled that we chose this school for our daughter.

I want to thank Ms Hannah for her amazing spirit and enthusiasm as a ballet teacher to my daughter.

Phoebe absolutely loves her ballet classes with Miss Kate and has really grown in confidence over the past year. They are well structured so that they are fun and engaging while still teaching the children core elements of ballet. Miss Kate manages to hold the attention of a full class of 4/5 year olds, which is no mean feat.

Fantastic school and Ella loves her ballet class with Miss Valentina. She is very dedicated with the kids and I will totally recommend it to people looking for ballet classes.

This school is an absolute disgrace and should not be trusted with children. The way it is run is beyond unprofessional — it is chaotic, negligent, and utterly incompetent. Staff clearly have no idea what they are doing and are completely incapable of handling concerns or basic responsibilities.

Escalating issues to the principal, Anastasia, was pointless and deeply unpleasant. She is passive-aggressive, dismissive, and shows zero compassion or emotional intelligence. Her attitude toward parents and children alike is cold, uncaring, and completely inappropriate for any educational setting. Someone like this should not be leading a school, let alone one responsible for safeguarding children.

Safeguarding standards were appallingly poor and frankly alarming. The lack of knowledge, training, and awareness among staff puts children at risk. This is not a minor issue — it is a serious failure that should concern anyone considering enrolling their child.

This is one of the cheapest performing arts schools you can attend, and it shows in every possible way. You get disorganisation, chaos, and substandard care — nothing more. Unless you are happy to tolerate constant hustle, confusion, and a complete absence of professionalism or duty of care, avoid this place entirely.

Update:
The school’s response to this review is incorrect and misleading. The issue was not misunderstood — it was repeatedly raised and repeatedly ignored. A parent was allowed to sit in the classroom taking photos and live-streaming the session to family in Italy. I politely and reasonably asked that my child not be included in any photos or live streams, especially to people I do not know. This is my legal right as a parent.

Despite this, the class teacher continued to allow this behaviour on a weekly basis. Parents regularly took photos and videos inside the classroom, even though the school’s own rules state that parents should not be present during classes. This was completely contradictory and demonstrated a total lack of control and safeguarding awareness.

When I raised the issue with Anastasia, an apology was given, but I was then bizarrely asked to write a letter of apology to the other parent — an unacceptable and inappropriate request, given that my concern was about my child’s privacy and safety.

This school is run with no structure, no consistency, and no regard for basic safeguarding or parental rights. It operates more like a chaotic marketplace than a professional educational environment. Families considering this school should think very carefully before entrusting their children to an organisation that so clearly disregards boundaries, policies, and child protection.

Unprofessional dance school. My daughter didn’t enjoy the class and has left since beginning of June next month later they still taking money from my account and have been inform because of the school term will until August so I do understand that. Today is September but still taking my money from my account???? When I messaged the school no reply nothing…..

Be careful of this school