Peripatetic Music Lessons Application Form: Supplemental Notes 2025‐2026
Please ensure you read all the information carefully before submitting your application form.
Use this document to assist with filling out the online application form for peripatetic music lessons.
Instrument
Please select from the list of available instruments. This is currently all that we offer, but feel free to contact us if you have a query regarding other instruments as, if there is enough interest to employ a new specialist teacher, then that may be a possibility.
Preferred Teacher
Please read the Peripatetic Teacher details on the website carefully and make your preferred choice for your lessons. These are not guaranteed and are dependent both on-demand and on how early your application is received. Please contact us with any queries regarding a suitable teacher.
Student or Teacher absence
Student absence - if a student is absent from school, for any reason, on the day of their peri music lesson, the missed lesson cannot be rescheduled for a later date and the lesson will still be charged for.
Teacher absence – in the event of a peri teacher being absent, all missed lessons will be rescheduled for another date during that term or the following term.
Planned or unplanned school closures
In the event of a school closure due to either a planned event, i.e. open days, parents consultation days or an unplanned closure, i.e. bad weather or industrial action, the peri lessons will be offered online.
Please note: The peri music lessons run back-to-back, so it is not possible to reschedule lessons.
Attendence
By applying for a course of peri music lessons, the student is agreeing to attend every lesson, wherever possible. Regular attendance is required in order to gain the most benefit from the music lessons. Lesson timetable information is available via the timetables pinned up outside the peri music rooms. Students can also check their lesson times and dates with their peri music teacher either in person or via email and also by contacting a member of staff in the student services department either in person, by email or by phone. Please note: it is the students responsibility to make sure they know when their lessons are.
Payment Options
The full cost of the peripatetic course of lessons is £640.00. Applications are for 27 half-hour lessons. These lessons take place between terms 1‐4.
We currently offer the following payment options for peripatetic music lessons:
- Booking feet of £200.00 to be paid by Monday 18 August 2025, followed by 4 instalments of £110.00 payable in terms 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Please note: that the instalments need to be paid by the end of the first week in each term.
(NB: unfortunately, we cannot accept payment by cash)
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
Please note that once payment in full or the first instalment has been made, and the lessons arranged, the school enters into a contractual commitment with the teacher.
Consequently, it is not possible to offer a refund in the event of a student wishing to discontinue lessons. If your young person does wish to stop lessons, you must give a full term's notice to cancel lessons for the remainder of the year.
Free lessons
A set of free lessons can be offered to the following groups of students:
(NB. Free lessons may be stopped if more than two lessons are missed without authorisation)
- Year 11 Music Strand – All Music Strand students in Year 11 are entitled to one free course of lessons on the instrument of their choosing. It is suggested that this should be on their first instrument of study, but this could be on a second instrument if they already have lessons on their first instrument outside school.
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Year 11 Musical Theatre Strand – All Musical Theatre students in Year 11 are entitled to one free course of lessons on the instrument of their choosing.
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Year 11 Music GCSE Option – All students in Year 11 who are studying Music GCSE option, are entitled to one free set of lessons on the instrument of their choosing.
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The 16 19 Bursary Scheme – if you are eligible for a 16-19 bursary award then you may apply for a set of free lessons. Please note that you must have made your bursary application prior to applying for the lessons. If the bursary is not awarded, then the full fee will be payable. If the fee cannot be paid then, unfortunately, the lessons will have to be cancelled.
- Free School Meals/Pupil Premium – if you are eligible for Free School Meals or Pupil Premium, then you may apply for a set of free lessons (except if the student is already in receipt of free lessons under terms 1‐4 outlined above).
Additional Lessons
All students in the school are eligible to apply for a maximum of two courses of lessons. Some students may receive their first set of lessons free under the terms outlined above in points 1‐5. All students in the school must pay for their second set of lessons. Please note:
- Any applications for a second set of lessons will only be processed once initial applications for first sets of lessons from all students have been processed.
- Having two separate teachers for the same instrument (e.g. two singing teachers) is not allowed.
Short Courses
Once full‐term places have been allocated, there might be additional space for short-term peripatetic lessons. However, the only way to guarantee lessons is to apply for the full course of 27.
More information regarding attendance and communication policies, timetables and exams will be given to students before they start their lessons.
If you have any queries regarding the application process or require further information, please contact:
- Student Services Department