Conditions for Music Lessons

Conditions attached to Music Centre lessons

• Instrumental/vocal lessons will be given by the staff of the Solihull Music Service, under the direction of the Inspector of Schools (Music) and organised by the Head of Service. The provision of tuition is subject to availability of staff and demand from pupils.
• Lessons will be held in term time: specific teaching dates will be issued. There will be 33 lessons in each academic year.
• Charges at Music Centres from September 2011 will be (per term)
• • Individual 30 minute lesson £16.44 per lesson 
  • Individual 20 minute lesson £11.69 per lesson
  • This works out at a charger per average term of 11 lessons of
    Individual 30 minute lesson £180.8
    Individual 20 minute lesson £128.62
     
    N.B.Charges for music lessons are reviewed annually.
    
• Please note that the cost of daytime lessons within each school may be obtained by application directly to the school. This cost is however likely to be lower than those quoted above.
• Please do not send money with the application form. You will be invoiced each term in arrears (i.e. you will receive the bill for each term's lessons at the beginning of the next term). Bills for the Autumn and Spring terms will be for 11 lessons each, with any shortfall or excess from this figure carried forward to the next bill. The bill for the Summer Term will then be the "settlement bill" on which the adjustment will be made for any lessons missed by the teacher which have not been made up during the school year (September to July).
• Credits are not normally given for lessons missed by pupils. However, in the case of long-term illness, or prior notice of unavoidable or compulsory school events, consideration may be given to credits.
• It is a requirement of the Education Committee that half a term's notice of withdrawal from lessons must be given to the Lyndon Music Centre, in writing. If such notice is not given, half a term's fee will be charged in lieu.
  Please note that verbal notice of withdrawal to the teacher is not sufficient. It is not the teacher's responsibility to inform the Lyndon Music Centre, but that of the parent/guardian.
• Families receiving Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based) qualify for free lessons and should contact the Lyndon Music Centre for an additional form, which should be completed and returned with this form. Families not in receipt of benefit, but who would have difficulty in paying for lessons, may apply to the Head of Solihull Music Service for help with the cost of lessons.
  Free lessons or any other concessions are only available to pupils who are resident within Solihull and who attend a Solihull LEA school, and to pupils who live outside Solihull but who attend a Solihull LEA school.
• Parents/guardians are responsible for the transport of pupils to and from music centres.
• All music must be paid for by the pupil.
• Borough instruments, where available, will be on loan for a maximum of two years.