Is a dancing course full time education?

If she''s signed the consent form she''s liable for the fees. My worry would be whether this is the best option for your daughter. What is she planning to do at the end of the course? If she wants to continue dancing she will still need a qualification and will have wasted 2 terms.

Thank you for all your responses. I suspect I will have to wait & see whether the court agrees with ex that I should pay these fees & increase my maintenance according or whether they think it is not Full time education & I don''t have to pay the fees & maybe stop paying child maintenance to my ex. Although, I would still support my daughter directly.

Thank you for response. My daughter has said as the academy is independent they have said she may be able to go straight onto the dance degree they do, as she will have relevant experience. She had an offer to stay on at her current school to do her a levels, this is what I would have preferred her to do, and do the dance as an extra curricular. But any time I suggested it I was told I didn''t believe in her. So I suspect I will be off to court shortly.

There''s no harm in having an extra string to one''s bow. Even the greatest dancers miss auditions or suffer injuries.

Unfortunately, my daughter won''t listen to my opinion. And my ex will apply to the court as I explained, as she''s done this sort of thing before. But thank you for supporting my opinion, I thought I was being an awful father but I''ve had years of what I feel is being taken advantage of and I feel I need to make a stand at some point. I hope the court sees it at least in part from my opinion. Thank you for all your responses.