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Sylvia Young Theatre School is a stage school, in Marylebone
Marylebone

Marylebone is an affluent, inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It can be pronounced as Marribun or Mar-lee-bone Marylebone is in an area of London that can be roughly defined as the area bounded by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware Road to the west and Portland Place to...
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. The school's founder and Principal
Principal (school)

Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an elementary school, middle school, or high school in some English-speaking countries, including the United States, India and Australia....
 is Sylvia Young
Sylvia Young

Sylvia Young Order of the British Empire is the founder and Principal of Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, UK....
.

The school was originally established in 1981 on Drury Lane
Drury Lane

Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of London Borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 but due to expansion it moved to its current premises in 1983. Students either attend full-time with board, Saturday or evening classes or holiday school. Full time fees for 2008-09 range from £2,100 a term (£6,300 a year) to £3,210 a term (£9,630 a year) depending on the child's age.

The school admits both boys and girls from the ages of 10 to 16.






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Sylvia Young Theatre School is a stage school, in Marylebone
Marylebone

Marylebone is an affluent, inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It can be pronounced as Marribun or Mar-lee-bone Marylebone is in an area of London that can be roughly defined as the area bounded by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware Road to the west and Portland Place to...
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. The school's founder and Principal
Principal (school)

Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an elementary school, middle school, or high school in some English-speaking countries, including the United States, India and Australia....
 is Sylvia Young
Sylvia Young

Sylvia Young Order of the British Empire is the founder and Principal of Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, UK....
.

The school was originally established in 1981 on Drury Lane
Drury Lane

Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of London Borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 but due to expansion it moved to its current premises in 1983. Students either attend full-time with board, Saturday or evening classes or holiday school. Full time fees for 2008-09 range from £2,100 a term (£6,300 a year) to £3,210 a term (£9,630 a year) depending on the child's age.

The school admits both boys and girls from the ages of 10 to 16. The school provides a clear focus on performing arts
Performing arts

The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical work of art....
 (drama, singing and dancing), but full-time students receive education and examination in all areas of the GCSE curriculum
Curriculum

In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of wiktionary:deed and experiences through which children grow and mature in becoming adults....
. Entry to the school is gained by audition
Audition

An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist.Audition may also refer to:* The sense of hearing ...
, with an interview and written assessment.

Alumni

A large number of British celebrities are known to have attended the school, among them:

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  • Annabella Lwin
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  • Alex Pettyfer
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  • Adele Silva
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  • Asher D
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  • Billie Piper
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  • Daniella Westbrook
  • Dax O'Callaghan
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    Dax O'Callaghan is an English singer, dancer and actor.Dax trained at the world famous Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, where many other stars such as Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, All Saints, Spice Girls, Busted, McFly, Blue & S Club Seven also trained as kids....
  • Denise Van Outen
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  • Dominique Moore
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  • Eliza Bennett
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  • Jemma McKenzie-Brown
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  • Leona Lewis
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  • Elaine Tan
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    Elaine Tan is a United Kingdom actress, born in London, England. She is of British Chinese Malaysian Descent.She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School at an early age and appeared in commercials, TV, film, and stage productions, including West End productions of South Pacific and The King and I....
  • Tamsin Outhwaite
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  • Samantha Janus
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  • Tom Fletcher
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  • Vanessa White
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  • Jon Lee (entertainer)
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