After teaching freelance for several years, Miss Sarah took over the Swanmore arm of Roynon in 2010 shortly after the original owner Virginia Wilkinson sold the company.
At the time classes ran only on Saturday mornings, Today, RPA now runs over 60 classes per week over 6 days in a range of dance, drama and music styles for all ages and abilities and supplies a range of other services including events performance and delivery of lessons in local schools.
Miss Sarah first started dance at the young age of 3 and trialled her first class wearing welly boots! After gaining ISTD Advanced 2 in Tap and Modern and Intermediate in Ballet, she decided that her passion was within teaching rather than performing.
She has trained to teach Ballet, Tap, Contemporary and Modern but her specialty lies within Tap in which she holds her full ISTD DDE and was carried out under the watchful, experienced eye of Virginia Wilkinson, founder of Roynon.
She is extremely passionate about the running of the school. She always seeks to ensure that the school has a professional yet friendly atmosphere and provides a positive experience regardless of whether a student is in one or many of its classes.
Miss Sarah has been pivotal in organising fundraising events for charity. Since Miss Sarah took on the school in 2010, she has helped organise and raise large scale fundraisers to local children’s cancer charity, Abby’s Heroes, Naomi House and Red Cross. She has also organised countless events for Children in Need, including participation in Tapathon, which has results in live coverage on BBC South Today.
She is extremely proud of the unique opportunities she gives to the school. This has included inclusive performance opportunities such as the Whole School Show, public performances via the dance team, dance festivals and even closed events for Sir Richard Branson.
Miss Sarah continues to add to her teaching qualifications and also holds Acrobatic Arts and Progressing Ballet Technique teacher status.
Miss Sarah feels honoured to run Roynon Performing Arts and is very proud of how far it has come!
