If she's 8 and is heading for grade 5 next year I'd say she won't be compulsory, as they wouldn't bother with 5, they'd go straight to comp 4. In fact lots of clubs I know skip 5 as it's not much different to 6 or 4 and has the knee breaking beam thing.
There are lots of us here in the UK with extensive knowledge of many gyms- It's a very small world
. If you want to PM I'm happy to put my 2p in, or refer you to someone else if it's one of the few areas I've never lived....
I was also going to ask why it has to be today? In the UK it's not like the US where you have to sign up for "the season"