
Happy 5th birthday to us!
April 17, 2020
Happy 5th birthday to us 🥳🥳🥳 on Saturday 18th April 2015 Miss Sarah taught Pendle Academy’s first classes! Thank you to every single student and parent both past and present for being a part of our dance family!

Student Success!
March 29, 2020
A huge congratulations to Nicole who has been offered an MDS (Scholarship) at The Hammond School and also a full-time place at Moorland International Ballet School!
We are so proud Nicole, well done!

UK Dance Class Championships
March 08, 2020
What a lovely day we had at the UKDCC today! Well done to Emily who competed for her first time at the Championships !

Nelson Dance Festival
March 08, 2020
A huge congratulations to Nicole who has been at Nelson Festival this weekend. The standard was extremely high and there were some huge sections! She came away with:
🥇1st B Open Modern
🥈2nd B Open Character
🥉3rd B Open Song & Dance
🥉3rd B Open Greek
🏅4th B Open Ballet
Well was also awarded 2 trophies 🏆 Aggregate Classical Award and Aggregate Stage Award 🏆
Also how great does our new uniform look!
Fantastic Nicole! Well done!

Morrison's Fundraising Bag Pack
February 23, 2020
A HUGE thank you to Krissy, Nicole, Emily, Val and Estelle who were bag-packing for us today at Morrison’s in Nelson and managed to raise £239.03 which will go towards renovating Studio 1!!!
We will be looking to hold a few more events over the coming months and will hopefully be ready to start work on studio 1 over summer!

AcroDance UK Competiton
February 23, 2020
Wow that a day at the AcroDance UK competition today! Everyone placed in at least one of their dances which was fantastic! We came away with:
🥇Emily - 1st - Lyrical Dance 1 Age 6
🥈Emily - 2nd - Up Tempo Dance 1 Age 6
🥈Cara & Suzie - 2nd - Duet 1 Age 12+
🏅Zofia - 4th - Up Tempo Dance 1 Age 10
🏅Libbie - 4th - Lyrical Dance 1 Age 12+
🏅Cara - 4th - Lyrical Dance 3 Age 12
🏅Halle - 4th - Lyrical Dance 3 Age 14+
🏅Millie - 5th - Up Tempo Dance 1 Age 7
🏅Emily & Isabel - 5th - Duet 1 Age 6 & 7
🏅Zofia - 5th - Lyrical Dance 1 Age 10
🏅Halle - 5th - Up Tempo Dance 4 Age 13+
🏅Suzie - 6th -Up Tempo Dance 2 Age 12
🏅Suzie - 6th - Lyrical Dance 1 Age 12+
🏅Ruby - 6th - Up Tempo Dance 2 Age 10
🏅Ruby & Erin - 6th - Duet 1 11 & Under
🏅Cara - 7th - Up Tempo Dance 3 12 & Under
🏅Erin - 7th - Lyrical Dance 2 11 & Under
🏅Millie & Zofia - 7th - Duet 1 11 & Under
🏅Erin - 8th - Up Tempo Dance 3 12 & Under
🏅Ruby - 8th - Lyrical Dance 2 11 & Under
Well done everyone!

ISTD Ballet Exam Results
January 27, 2020
Well done to all our Ballet exam candidates who took their exams before Christmas. We cam away with a 100% pass rate with 8 Distinctions and 5 Merits! Well done everyone!

Calling U Out Acro Comp
January 26, 2020
We took part in our first Calling U Out Competition today in Accrington...all the girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we came away with:
Four 1st's
One 2nd
One 4th

ISTD Modern and Tap Exam Results
January 18, 2020
Congratulations to all our students who took their Modern and Tap exams before Christmas! We had a 100% pass rate with all Merits and Distinctions!

Morrison's Bag Pack
December 15, 2019
We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who volunteered their time yesterday to help out at our fundraising bag pack at Morrison's...the total is in and we raised a fantastic £348.16!!! Well done to everyone and the biggest thank you must go to Krissy for organising and running the event!

Lancashire Dance Festival
December 15, 2019
Halle has had a busy day today, competing at Lancashire Dance Festival and also taking her Grade 5 Ballet exam! Halle placed 1st in E Novice Ballet, 3rd in E Open Lyrical and 3rd in Senior Lancashire Dancer. We are so proud of you Halle!

ISTD Ballet Exams
December 15, 2019
ISTD Ballet Exams done! A huge well done to everyone who took their exams today!You have all worked so hard and we are all extremely proud of you!

Chritsmas Party 2019
December 08, 2019
What a great way to celebrate 2019...we welcomed students, friends and family to the ACE Centre where we had games, prizes, exam presentations, teacher awards, secret santa, raffles and much more! Merry Christmas everyone!

ISTD Modern & Tap Exams
December 07, 2019
A huge well done to everyone who took their ISTD Modern & Tap exams today!

Burnley's Gotta Dance
November 25, 2019
What a great night at Burnley's Gotta Dance! Well done to all the girls who represented us so professionally and a big thank you to SSPA Events for the opportunity to perform!

Lancashire Dance Festival
November 23, 2019
A huge congratulations to Halle who placed 1st in E Novice Ballet today in her first time out with her Ballet solo at Lancashire Dance Festival!

Tapathon 2019
November 17, 2019
We had so much fun taking part in this year's Tapathon for Children In Need! We're hoping to break the world record for the most number of people tap dancing at the same time...fingers crossed we break the record and raise lots of money for Children In Need!

Wharfedale Festival
November 02, 2019
Congratulations to Nicole who placed 2nd in B Bllet and 1st in B Greek today!.

ISTD Junior Ballet Awards
October 26, 2019
Wow! I could not be prouder right now! What a wonderful day at the ISTD Junior Ballet Awards, both Emily and Nicole danced beautifully and Nicole was awarded 3rd place in the Grade 2 class. This is a fantastic achievement and both girls were a credit to the school!

Ballet, Tap and Cheer Competiton
October 19, 2019
A huge well done to the dancers who represented us so brilliantly at the Ballet, Tap and Cheer Comp today at the Burnley Mechanics! Especially proud that we placed 1st-3rd in all of the Ballet solo's we entered! We came away with:
Eight 1st's
Five 2nd's
Three 3rd's

ISTD Modern & Tap Exams
October 18, 2019
A huge well done to Emily, Chelsea and Hebe who took their ISTD exams this month! We received 3 Distinctions and 1 Merit with 2 high marks of 91 and 92 for the Primary Modern students!.

Four Season's Grand Final
September 21, 2019
What a fantastic weekend ate the Four Season's Grand Final. Nicole was representing us and came away with an amazing 7 first places out of 7 sections entered...she also came 3rd in the Four Season's Star Final and received the B Aggregate and highest Character mark trophies!..

Acro Dance UK Competition
September 07, 2019
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Acro Comp today! Everyone danced brilliantly! We came away with:
Four 1st's
Two 2nd's
One 5th
One 6th

ISTD Teacher Summer School
August 10, 2020
This week Miss Sarah and Miss Ronnia have been attending the ISTD Teacher’s Summer School in Chichester to refresh their Ballet, Modern and Tap training. We’re very inspired and are looking forward to bringing lots of new ideas to our classes in September!

Fundraising Bag Pack
July 13, 2019
A huge thank you to Emily S, Emily L, Nicole, Chloe, Val and especially Krissy for organising the bag pack today! we raised £227.74 towards the renovation of our 3rd studio! We will be looking at more bag packs throughout the year and we would love to see more volunteers next time, as we could have made 2 or 3 times as much today with more help!

Lancashire Dance Festival
July 06, 2019
For our final festival of the season we had Nicole coming away with an incredible seven 1st places for all of her solos, a 3rd place for Junior Lancashire Cabaret Dancer as well as 4 trophies and Estelle came 4th in B Tap! Well done to you both!

Burnley's Gotta Sing
June 24, 2019
Nicole was representing us at Burnley's Gotta sing the week - performing Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray. Thank you to SSPA Events for inviting us to take part!

Acro Competition
June 22, 2019
A huge well done to these girls who competed at the Acro competition today! We came away with lots of trophies and medals - all your hard work paid off! Congratulations everyone!

ISTD Ballet exams
June 14, 2019
What a lovely day for our ISTD Ballet exams today! A huge well done to a selection of our students who took their exams and all looked stunning! I'm thrilled to announce that all the students received a distinction! Wow! What a fantastic acheivement!

Colne Dance Festival
June 01, 2019
What an incredible weekend at Colne Festival this weekend. Nicole came away with a 1st and four 2nd's and Halle came 1st in Senior Novice Modern. We also won the Local dancer Classical trophy, local dancer cabaret trophy, B aggregate trophy and highest novice mark trophy! So proud of you both!

Four Seasons Festival
May 18, 2019
A huge well done to Estelle who performed at the Four Seasons Festival this weekend and came 4th in B Tap - well done Estelle!

Darwen Four Seasons Festival
May 11, 2019
Congratulations to Erin who placed 2nd in C Novice Character today and then rushed straight to Bunley to compete in the Ballet and Tap competition! Well done Erin!

Ballet, Tap and Cheer Competition
May 11, 2019
Wow! What a fabulous day we had at this competition! Well done to all our students for representing us so brilliantly and professionally! We cam away with 9 first's, 7 second's, 3 third's, 2 fourth's, 4 fifth's, 6 sixth's and a 7th place±

ISTD Modern & Tap Exams
May 04, 2019
A huge well done to everyone who took their ISTD exams! We had another 100% pass rate! Congratulations everyone!

Coastal Dance Festival
April 06, 2019
Well done to Estelle who performed her new Tap solo today and came 4th for B Tap!

Festival Of Spirit Performance
March 24, 2019
We had a lovely morning performing locally ate the Festival OF Spirit event at the Muni Theatre. It was great to get out into the local community and showcase what our school is all about!

Preston Four Season's Festival
March 23, 2019
Well done to Emily who competed in the Tiny Tots section at the Preston Four Season's festival and came 2nd in both her Song & Dance and Character! Well done Emily!

Nelson Dance Festival
March 09, 2019
Another weekend of festival fun! This weekend we're at Nelson festival and Nicole came away with 1st for B Greek, 3rd for B Song & Dance, 3rd for Junior Impromptu and with 86 marks therefore qualifying for the All England finals, 2nd in B Modern! Halle also placed 1st for Senior Novice Modern! Well done girls!

Blackpool Dance Festival
February 23, 2019
A huge well done to Nicole and Erin who were representing us at Blackpool festival today! Nicole came 3rd for Junior Own Choreography and 4th for Junior Lyrical, and Erin got 2nd for Junior Novice Character! It has been such a high standard at this festival and we are proud of all our students who took part!

Acro Dance Competition
February 17, 2019
We had lots of fun at the Acro Dance competition today! It was great to have so many students taking part, a lot of whom were competing for the first time! We came away with 5 x 1st places, 2 x 2nd places, 7 x 3rd places, a 4th place, 5 x 5th places, 4 x 6th places, a 7th and an 8th place! Well done everyone!

Panto - Dick Whittington
January 20, 2019
Four of our lovely students took part in this year's panto Dick Whittington with PMA Productions. They all had an amazing and thoroughly enjoyable 2-week run at the Muni Theatre!

Exam Success
January 20, 2019
A huge congratulations to the following students who took exams at the end of last term and ALL received distinctions! Grade 1 Tap - Emily & Estelle, Grade 2 Modern - Nicole & Erin, Grade 2 Ballet - Nicole. Well done girls!

Funtropolis Christmas Party
December 22, 2018
Congratulations to 5 of our students who performed at the Funtropolis Christmas party!

Christmas Party
December 16, 2018
What a great way to end the year! Lots of fun was had at our Christmas Party which included games, secret santa, a raffle plus prizes and presentations! Merry Christmas everyone!

Nutcracker Cinema Trip
December 03, 2018
We had a lovely experience watching a live stream of the Royal Ballet's 'Nutcracker' from the Royal Opera House in London - simply stunning!

Burnley's Gotta Dance
November 27, 2018
A selection of students were involved in this year's Burnley's Gotta Dance showcase at the Mechanics Theatre in Burnley. We loved every second of it and the students performed brilliantly!

Tapathon 2018
November 18, 2018
Twelve of our students (and Miss Sarah) took part in a World Record Attempt Tapathon for Children In Need. We all had so much fun learning and performing this routine and though we just missed out on breaking the world record, we managed to raise £180 for Children In Need!

ISTD Junior Ballet Awards
October 27, 2018
A huge well done to Nicole for getting through to the final of the Grade 1 ISTD Junior Ballet Awards in Milton Keynes - you danced beautifully and were a credit to the school!

Four Seasons Autumn Festival Darwen
October 27, 2018
What a busy weekend! Well done to Emily S and Erin who travelled to Darwen to compete this weekend - Emily came 1st for Teenie Song & Dance and Erin came 2nd for B Novice Character!

Funtropolis Halloween Launch Party
October 26, 2018
We loved performing our Thriller routine at the launch party! Happy Halloween!

Ballet & Tap Competition
October 20, 2018
What an incredible day ! Well done to all the girls who took part for all their car work - you were a credit to the school! We came away with:
1st places x 12
2nd places x 4
3rd places x 6
4th places x 3
6th places x2
All students who entered came away with a trophy or rosette for placing in at least one of their sections! Amazing!

Four Season's Autumn Preston Festival
October 13, 2018
What a great dweekendat this festival! A huge well done to Emily S who competed for the first time in the Teenie Song & Dance section and came 1st! Well done Emily! Other results from Nicole, Erin, Emily L and Estelle totalled four 1st places, four 2nd places, five 3rd places and a 4th! We placed for every dance we performed and Nicole came away with 5 trophies including winning the Autumn Star section!

Mini Portfolio Photoshoot
September 08, 2018
What an incredible day! We were so lucky to have the fabulous David Taylor at the school for a Mini Portfolio Workshop! The students all worked incredibly hard and learnt so much! Photos are available to view in our gallery!

Launch of Acrobatic Arts pre-school classes!
September 07, 2018
This week we launched our brand new pre-school acro classes! Lots of dancing, stretching and tumbling fun was had! Our Saturday class is currently full but there are still spaces in our Tuesday and Thursday classes!

A Night To Remember
June 29, 2018
Wow!!! Wat a fantastic day! Our second ever school show and the first time we have put on two performances! A huge thank you to Miss Lauren and Miss Ronnia for all their fantastic choreography and support, and also to everyone who volunteered to be a chaperone! We hope you all enjoyed it!

Burnley's Gotta Sing
June 18, 2018
A huge well done to Nicole who was singing 'Hard Knock Life' from Annie at the Burnley's Gotta Sing event this evening!

AcroDance UK Competition
June 16, 2018
Wow! Congratulations to all the girls who took part in the AcroDance Competition today! I am so incredibly proud of you all - you danced beautifully and all exceeded my expectations!! For most students competing is completely new to them and yet they were professional, hard-working and a joy to watch! Thank you all for making me so proud!
We came away with a 2nd place, four 3rd's, three 4th's, three 5th's and a 6th place!
Well done everyone!

Luther Greenwood Festival
June 02, 2018
Well done to the girls who represented us at this weekend's Luther Greenwood Festival in Colne! We came away with a 1st place and four 2nd places!

Pendleside Hospice Charity Evening
May 18, 2018
Congratulations to some of our Inter and Senior students who performed beautifully at this evening's charity performance in aid of Pendleside Hospice!.

Junior Showtime
April 27, 2018
Extremely proud of these students who were representing us at a charity evening in Bolton last night! IT was an incredibly long and tiring evening but they were all extremely professional and danced beautifully! Thank you to Miss Lauren for the fabulous group choreography and to the parents who helped with lifts, hair and chaperoning!

Happy 3rd Birthday to us!