'He was bullied for it but it made him stronger. It made him want to do more'

A young male ballet dancer who was bullied for his passion has been accepted into one of the best ballet schools in the world.

Oliver Quinn knew he wanted to be a ballet dancer from the age of five when he left a football class crying.

The now 10-year-old told his parents Zoe and Robert the sport wasn’t for him and that he wanted to dance instead.

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Supportive of his new-found interest, the couple enrolled Oliver at Turning Pointe School of Dance where his passion for ballet really began.

Oliver, who lives in Salford, went on to attend Centre Pointe performing arts centre before moving on to Vale Studios.

The youngster attended his dance sessions alongside his normal primary school lessons and his coaches watched as his talent grew.

But Oliver was badly bullied by other pupils for his love of ballet – seeing him get picked on and called horrible names.

The teasing became so bad his parents were forced to move him to a different primary school where it thankfully came to a stop.

But the bullying didn’t stop Oliver from flourishing in his dancing – seeing him grow and become more talented by the day.

With secondary school just around the corner, the youngster was determined to get a place at The Royal Ballet School in London, one of the best ballet schools in the world.

The schoolboy filled out an application form and spent 18 months training six days a week for his audition.

And Oliver has now found out he’s been accepted into the prestigious school – being one of just 12 boys from across the globe to have made the cut.

“We told him while he was at dance school and it was really emotional,” Zoe, 32, told the Manchester Evening