Is a dancing course full time education?

Hello, I''m new to this. My 17 yr old daughter starts a dancing course at:unsure: a fee paying academy in september. It has no qualifications attached to it. It is a how to become a dance star kind of course & looking at the industry. My question is, would this be deemed as Full time education?

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how many hours per week will your daughter be attending the dance academy?

At this point I don''t know. It will be a full time course over 2 terms but there is no qualification at the end of it.

If it doesn''t lead to a qualification it doesn''t sound like education at all, whether full term or short term. Any more details?

(I hope you aren''t paying - some of these courses are a rip-off)

My ex has asked me to pay. I would have considered it until my daughter to me to **** off unless I did. The ex has threatened to take me to court again unless I do. It is a Dance development course at a dance academy. She could have chosen a course that gave her a qualification but said the curriculum was too narrow. What other details would you like to know?

It doesn''t sound like full time education to me; it sounds like you are being used as a walking wallet.

There are plenty of proper, accredited dance courses at FE colleges which she would not have to pay fees for as she''s 17. This would also give her a dance qualification which would be recognised nationally. If she''s serious about dance as a career then you could steer her in this direction.

The problem is the ex has signed the consent form & has sent it back paying the fees. She said she is now going to apply to the court to increase the maintenance to get it back. I have a court order saying I should pay school fees but my x2 kids have not been in fee paying schools for 2 years. The ex is not enforcing the school fee element of the order but wants to vary the order up to cover these fees..... I argued this course did not qualify as school fees.