As well as its full-time training programme, the School has a thriving outreach programme, engaging with thousands of aspiring young dancers in the UK and overseas each year.

The Associate Programme, established by Dame Ninette de Valois in 1948, offers pre-vocational training to gifted young dancers in UK-wide centres. The School runs programmes for primary school children both in-person and digitally. It also offers a calendar of intensive courses and masterclasses in the UK and internationally, and a range of online classes that dance students can enjoy wherever they are, whenever they choose.

The Royal Ballet School sets the standard for the future of classical ballet training with its extensive teacher training programmes for dance professionals from all backgrounds and levels of experience. These include a world-class two-year Diploma of Dance Teaching, the Inspire series of CPD seminars, one-hour webinars, and the ground-breaking Affiliate Training & Assessment Programme.