Terms and Conditions - Brittens Music School (January 2025)
⦁ Lessons cost £9.00 for a 45 minute lesson, and £8.00 for a second and subsequent student from the same family.
⦁ Lessons take place on a weekly basis, excluding half term. Lessons do not take place during the Easter, Summer, or Christmas holidays. Please refer to the Colourstrings schedule for the lesson dates for the current term. Terms last 10 - 13 weeks. Occasionally we may vary this to take into account Public Holidays.
⦁ Lessons due to take place on Bank Holidays will be taken into account during invoicing, credited or rescheduled as the school will not operate on these days. Please ask your teacher for individual arrangements.
⦁ Lessons are invoiced four weeks in advance of the commencement of term, with termly and half-termly payments due before lessons commence for the term to which they apply.
⦁ Lesson fees can be paid by BACS or alternatively at the Tunbridge Wells shop by credit/debit card or cash. If fees remain unpaid (and you have not contacted us to arrange a payment plan) by the third lesson in a term, lessons will be suspended until payment is received. We will endeavour, but cannot always guarantee to retain your place in the class.
⦁ Students are expected to attend all lessons within each term. Credits can only be given if the lesson is cancelled by the teacher or Brittens.
Any lessons which are cancelled by the teacher and which fail to be “caught up” before the end of the term will be credited against the fees for the following term.
⦁ Lessons will normally take place at the same time each week, unless otherwise agreed. Please let your teacher know if you have any specific requirements and we will do our best to accommodate them.
⦁ If the Parent/student wishes to withdraw from lessons, then written notice (by email) must be received by the Music School Administrator no later than 4 weeks before the end of the current term. In the event of the student not wishing to continue lessons during this notice period, the fees for the term will still be payable in full.
⦁ Students are expected to behave appropriately during lessons and in the public areas of the School. Teachers have the right to remove disruptive students from lessons, particularly if their behaviour impacts on other students. Should this occur, a full written explanation will be provided.
⦁ Because of the nature of group music lessons and the obvious proximity to teachers, other students and direct contact with the instruments, sick students and anyone attending classes who suspects that they or their children may have COVID-19, should refrain from attending classes/lessons until they are no longer contagious. Brittens Music reserves the right, without refund of School fees, to send a student home if they are obviously unwell.
⦁ It is the Parent’s responsibility to ensure that Brittens Music has their correct contact details at all times.
⦁ Attendance of lessons will constitute acceptance of these terms.