Principal of KaSoDance Juniors Kate Beck leads our G.C.S.E programme at the Aylesbury Vale Academy. She is the author of our Schemes of Work for Key Stages 1,2, & 3 and her extensive experience in both Primary and Secondary education informs KaSo’s teaching and learning ethos. She is responsible for ensuring that KaSoDance is perpetually delivering exceptional quality teaching and products to our array of wonderful clients.
Kate is a qualified secondary school dance teacher and previously Head of Department. Her passion for dance and theatre started aged 5 and she has studied a wide range of techniques to advanced level including Ballet, (ISTD and RAD syllabi) Tap, Jazz (ISTD) and Contemporary Dance.
She diversified at university and completed a degree in drama and has since spent more than 25 years in education, during which time she has turned around departments in inner city London Schools by improving A Level and GCSE results and revolutionising teaching practices.
Artspool
We are delighted to be partnering with Artspool Education Limited, 2024/5 winner of Dance Education Resource Platfrom of the Year (London and South East England Prestige Awards).
Creative Director Sara Ridley has been a dance teacher for more than 40 years and a G.C.S.E. Dance Teacher for the past 14. Artspool are experts in delivering the theoretical components of the qualification and have achieved huge success supporting thousands of students both nationally and internationally.