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Fees and Payments

This page details our fees for tuition, Music Centre membership, instrument hire and more. To book lessons or to join an ensemble, please visit

33 lessons per academic year and all fees are payable per term in advance
Outstanding fees at the end of a term may result in withdrawal of tuition
Parents are billed directly whether lessons are in music centres or schools, except where a school has agreed to subsidise pupils using pupil premium.

Individual lessons			Group lessons
Length	Tuition only rate	Music Centre members discounted rate	All group lessons are 30 minutes
20 minutes	£156	£130	Small Group	£106
30 minutes	£236	£200	Large Group	£76

Small Group is for 2/3 pupils – up to Grade 2
Large Group is for 4 – 6 pupils – up to Grade 1 and is intended to follow on from WCPM for those pupils who want to continue learning or start learning an instrument
Longer lessons are available for senior students – enquire at musicservice@bucksmusic.org
Individual lessons have discounted rates for Music Centre members to recognise the value of playing in ensembles to the development of instrumental skills. The discounted rate shown above is for lessons and does not include the Music Centre membership – this remains at £80.

Membership gives access to all ensembles at our Music Centres, including Hi-Gain
Details of all Music Centre timetables are on our website: bucksmusic.org
Some activities during the year, such as Masterclasses and holiday courses will have discounted rates for Music Centre members

All instruments from our stock (subject to availability) can be hired at a cost of £25 per term
Loans are available to all young musicians in Buckinghamshire, but priority is given to BMT Music Centre members

Students eligible for Free School Meals		50% reduction
Siblings	2^nd child	15% reduction
	3^rd child	30% reduction
	Each subsequent child	50% reduction

BMT encourages schools to support families eligible for FSM by subsidizing the remaining 50% of lessons fees using Pupil Premium
Other exceptional subsidies may be applied in discussion with the Director
Employees of BMT and BMEH partnership organisations qualify for a 15% subsidy on all fees

All fees are payable immediately on receipt of invoice and are charged on a per term basis

When a teacher misses lessons due to their absence they will attempt to make up those lessons later in the academic year so that the student has their full complement of 33 lessons over the year. If it proves to not be possible we will issue a credit in the summer term
Parents are asked to inform the teacher of any known absences a minimum of one week in advance so that, where possible, these can be re-arranged within the same term. This will be at the teacher’s discretion and includes pupil absences due to conflicting school activities
In the case of INSET days, etc., if the school informs our teacher at least one week in advance they will attempt to amend their timetable to fit the lessons in later in the school year

BMT music tuition and centre membership is provided on an ongoing, rolling contract and pupils may only withdraw from activities at the end of a term following receipt of written notice to the music trust by the following deadlines;

To end at Christmas 2019 (7^thDecember)	Notice given by Sunday 27^thOctober 2019
To end at Easter 2020 (4^thApril)	Notice given by Sunday 23^rdFebruary 2020
To end at Summer break 2020 (11^thJuly)	Notice given by Sunday 31^st May 2020

Should you give written notice after the deadlines above, you will be charged a late notice fee in addition to the usual fees for the term in which you give notice. The late notice fees are as follows;
Individual lessons - £80 late notice fee
Group lessons - £50 late notice fee
Music centre membership - £50 late notice fee