National Centre for Circus Arts

"If you want to have a taster of a bunch of different things you can learn here, I recommend trying their Circus Experience Day. It's a couple of hours where you rotate through different activities. I went with a friend and it was really fun. We did silks, trapeze, tightrope, acrobatics, juggling. It's very beginner friendly, so don't expect to learn any intermediate skills. But it's great if you want a fun activity to try and to get an idea of what you might like to pursue further. Instructors were friendly and knowledgeable and taught us how to build up to different tricks step-by-step, which I really liked."

"The staff at reception are extremely rude and create an uncomfortable atmosphere. They’re all of a similar age and create a school playground environment when you walk in. They never want to help with your questions and try to take advantage of the little power they have by not allowed you to enter if you are 2 mins late- despite warm ups never starting till late anyway! People have jobs and with london transport it’s unreasonable to not allow you to enter when you are only slightly late. I think they need to distinguish the difference in how they treat and talk to the students doing the degree to the adults trying to make it on time despite having other responsibilities. The environment in extremely hostile and unsympathetic for peoples situations. The fact some of us are leaving work early as we are so dedicated to the circus, to then be treated so badly is really disappointing."

"They run several levels of circus classes for young kids. Starting from nursery level and keeps going up in ages and difficulty. The first few years a parent / carer needs to be present, but from Year 1, the children can enjoy the time on their own guided by fantastic staff / teachers / performers. There are always great games and new apparatus that they set up to teach / learn. Very fun time for active kids."

"I’ve had a fantastic experience with trying out their courses. The teachers are good and try and help each student to their own ability. The space is fantastic. A wonder space to work out in! Their warm ups are inventive and fun, even with large groups. I am looking forward to booking further courses"

"The space is nice and the whole idea of little kids and parents learning circus arts is very good. Some staff try their best but we had bad experience with administration and most of the staff in the kids lessons are not really engaged with the kids. Trying to be funny does not work if you're really not supporting these small students. One instructor even asked us during the class to move from away the trapeze so that she can show something to another kid, who seemed more engaged. Shortly after that we decided not to renew the class enrollment for another term. 00"