Undergraduate Courses Application Form 2026 Entry

Central requires details from at least one parent/guardian per applicant. You may also provide details of an additional parent/guardian below.

Central welcomes applications from dancers with disabilities and learning differences. We offer places based on talent in dance and potential to flourish within the rigorous demands of the course, and to prepare for a successful career in dance.

To meet your needs during the admissions process (and, if successful, throughout your course of study), you are encouraged to disclose any disability in the box below (e.g dyslexia, a physical, sensory, cognitive or mental health condition). All information will be treated as strictly confidential.

Successful applicants with a disability may be eligible for further support from the Student Loans Company. Members of Central’s Higher Education team will support you with this process.

In order to fully support you during your time at Central, the following questions ask for further details about your medical history. Please provide any details you feel are relevant and are comfortable with disclosing at this time.

Successful applicants who accept their place will be required to provide a certificate of health from a doctor (e.g local GP).
Successful applicants who have accepted their place from Central may be required to undergo an orthopaedic screening by the medical team, at the beginning of the course. Artistic staff may also be part of this process. The aim of the orthopaedic screening is for us to collect information that will facilitate your training and maximise your health and fitness throughout the course.

All applicants are required to upload a recent headshot. Professional headshots are not necessary, images can be taken on a mobile device.

Please ensure your image:

• Is in portrait orientation
• Is taken within the last 6 months
• Is in front of plain background (ideally white)
• Shows your full face clearly e.g. hair tied back
• Shows head and shoulders clearly
• File is in a .jpg or .png format

You are required to submit a personal statement to support your application. Your personal statement should reflect who you are as a person; please submit this statement in the format which feels most accessible to you.
If you are applying for Direct Entry into Year 2 and/or 3, you must provide an additional personal statement that requires further information. Please review this below before submitting your personal statements.

All Applicants
Please answer the following questions in your statement:

• Why do you want to train at Central School of Ballet?
• What are your training or performance highlights? (e.g. school/college shows, performances you’ve seen, awards and scholarships)

In addition to the above, please provide information about experience in any of the following areas:

• Choreography
• Dance Improvisation
• Dance History
• Anatomy
• Nutrition
• Injury Prevention
• Pilates
• Goal Setting
• Supplementary Training (i.e. Exercise Programmes)

Central School of Ballet is committed to training and supporting the most talented students, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

Central actively encourages applications from underrepresented populations in dance, including: those of Global Majority Heritage, applicants who are male-identifying or non-binary, from lower income households, and those in care, care leavers or those estranged. Central will support those with cognitive and learning disabilities and those with sensory, medical or physical disabilities to enable them to access the audition and course.

Please complete the following monitoring information. If you do not wish to disclose this information, please tick ‘Prefer not to say’.

Should you have any concerns regarding this, please contact admissions@csbschool.co.uk.

The following details will help our admissions team determine whether you are eligible for home fee status or if you are required to pay international fees. Please provide details of your nationality and current country of residence so we can assess your tuition fee entitlement. For more information on tuition fee eligibility, please visit UKCISA.

Central School of Ballet is a ‘Data Controller’ of your data, and holds and processes ‘personal data’ (which may include ‘Special Categories of personal data’) as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) about applicants and students which is provided to them by you (or which is otherwise received from third parties) for their own, separate purpose(s).

Central School of Ballet needs to process (that is, collect, use, store and ultimately securely dispose of) personal information about you as a student to be able to record your application to the school.

For more information, please see our privacy policy here.

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