Welcome to the SE22 Piano School.
You can view our latest vacancies here: https://www.se22piano.co.uk/vacancies
You can view lesson fees here: https://www.se22piano.co.uk/fees/
2023/2024 Timetable
Monday 4 September 2023 to Saturday 21 October 2023 (7 lessons)
Half Term – 23 October 2023 to 29 October 2023
Monday 30 October 2023 to Saturday 16 December December 2023 (7 lessons)
Here is some information about the Consultation Lesson and the terms and conditions.
How the Consultation Lesson Works
We understand that you will have a lot of questions about starting piano lessons. The most common of these is what age should we start lessons. This varies but generally anywhere from age 4 upwards is a guideline for starting. We can only assess readiness to start when you book a consultation lesson as no two students are alike. Consultation lessons are 30 minutes in duration and 1-to-1 only. We do not offer group tutoring.
The consultation lesson is £45 and is payable in advance by online banking only. You will have time during the 30 minute lesson to speak to the teacher and we allow for 5 minutes at the end for a discussion of what we covered and how to progress. After the consultation lesson, we give you 12 hours to request an invoice and pay for the remainder of the term. We are unable to hold spaces open for students that do not contact us within this time period. Lessons are £40 for 30 minutes plus a new student registration fee of £20. We follow the Southwark state school timetable. We do not charge for holidays when we are closed. Your lesson time remains the same for the academic year and we do not refund or reschedule missed lessons for any reason as we are a private school.
About the SE22 Piano School
We offer lessons for adults and children from age 4 or 5. You can follow a graded exam system when you are ready or you can just learn for pleasure. We teach various styles of music including pop, classical and jazz. Some students will go on to achieve Music Scholarships to local schools such as Kingsdale, Prendergast and Haberdashers and we offer specialist tutoring for these entrance exams. We also tutor students for all local private schools (Dulwich College, JAGS, Alleyns). In addition to the weekly lesson we offer twice-yearly performance opportunities at our student recitals.
Please watch our welcome video from our Head Teacher Lorraine:
At your first lesson your teacher will go through the Terms and Conditions for lessons with you. These are included below and we ask all parents to sign a copy of these both electronically and on paper which you keep for your records.
Covid Protocol —-Only the student will be admitted to the building. Parents must remain outside . Hands to be washed/sanitised on arrival. Please note that in December 2022 we still had high numbers of students and teachers with Covid so we are only admitting the student to the building.
We are located at 85 Pellatt Road SE229JD. We do not offer home visits.
Please sign up to our mailing list and agree to the terms and conditions for lessons before attending your first lesson. You will also then receive all the group emails so it’s vital all students opt-in to the mailing list as we cannot add you to it for GDPR data consent reasons. (Mailing list link provided by email when you register).
Term Dates are listed on your invoice and on our website. www.se22piano.co.uk. We are unable to respond to emails asking for term dates but we have included this information on the auto-reply for your convenience.
Nb. We cannot swap or refund missed lessons as our timetable is heavily booked without any breaks and your teacher only works set days. Your lesson time is your weekly slot and cannot be altered so please look after it carefully!
Late payments incur an admin fee of £10. This is automatically added to your next invoice should you pay late. For the smooth running of the piano school, we rely on your cooperation to settle all invoices no later than 5pm on the last Monday of each half term.
Recommended Books for Beginner Pianists (Children)
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Beginner Piano Book ~ https://amzn.to/3FRb4HY
Digital Piano Recommendation
You can choose from the entire Casio digital piano range and get 20% off any Casio piano and keyboard* when purchasing direct from casio.co.uk/emi. Email se22pianoschool {@} gmail.com for the discount code.
*Sale items excluded.
Terms and Conditions for Lessons:
- We do not reschedule or refund missed lessons as we operate the same terms as a private school
- Your lesson time remains the same for the academic year
- A supply teacher will be used if your teacher is not available
- In the case of lockdown, lessons will be online. No refund or carrying over of lessons is allowed so please ensure you are able to attend Zoom lessons before you enrol for lessons.
- Late payment of an invoice incurs a £10 administration charge. We reserve the right to give away your space if payment is not received after issuing one reminder.
- Your teacher is the first point of contact for all queries. They will contact our admin team on your behalf if they are unable to assist you.
Payment is by online banking only on the last Monday of each half-term for the next block of lessons. We do not offer lessons during the school holidays and no charge is made for lessons during this period.
How to Contact The Piano School
Please note we do not have a full-time administrator and your teacher will be able to answer all questions about progress, purchasing books, exams and any other music-related queries you may have. Our administrator primarily focusses on issuing invoices and chasing late payments. If you have asked your teacher a question and they cannot answer they will ask our administrator to assist you. The only way to contact the Administrator is the se22pianoschool [ at]gmail.com address. Remove the [at]. Some of the teachers use a different email to send you the weekly teaching notes. Please do not reply this email as the inbox is not monitored.
The SE22 Piano School is running a competition on Instagram. Win a 1-to-1 Music Aptitude Test scholarship preparation lesson in September 2023. All the info is here: https://musicaptitudetest.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/win-a-1-to-1-music-aptitude-test-scholarship-preparation-lesson-in-september-2023/
