Scheduling Lessons & Courses

Scheduling

Lessons can be booked in the following ways:

Flexible Schedule

• Book as and when wanted

• Cancel / reschedule as needed with at least 24 hours notice)

Fixed Schedule

• A fixed amount of hours over a specified number of weeks (e.g. 10 hours within 5 weeks)

• No / limited cancellations

Intensive Fixed Schedule

• A fixed amount of hours over a specified number of weeks (e.g. 20 hours within 5 weeks)

• No / limited cancellations

Note: Flexible, fixed and intensive fixed schedules carry different fees.

Full information on fees for each of these categories, as well as rules regarding fixed schedules, can be seen here.

Note: All lessons must be paid in advance

(lessons are not fully booked and written in the diary until payment has been received)

Lesson Times at the Studio in Brighton

Lessons are available within the following times:

Monday 9am-9pm

Tuesday 9am-9pm

Sunday 9am-9pm

Timing

• Lesson time will be counted and charged from the beginning of the time booked. For example, if a lesson is scheduled for 2pm-4pm, but the student arrives at 2:15pm, the lesson will still end at 4pm and the full two hours will be charged.  This is so that other lessons can begin on time and personal committments can also be fulfilled. 
• There can be no changes to the lesson time at short notice. A request to change the start and end time of a lesson will be considered a request to cancel and re-book the lesson (see cancellations policy). If I have received a short-notice cancellation      from another student, then I may offer a more desirable time, but this would be the only exception.
• It is recommended that students aim to arrive a minute or two prior to the beginning of the lesson.  Please do not arrive more than a few minutes early as sometimes there is only a short turnover period between different students having lessons and they need time to pack up and leave.  I also need time to clear up and prepare the studio.

Home-Based Lessons & Courses

Lessons can be taken at home, locally as well as outside of Brighton & Hove, depending on available times. 

Please make an enquiry.

24 hour cancellation policy

Please see cancellations policy

Cancellation of Lessons

When making a booking, the fee covers not only the lesson itself, but also the time.

Every booking is a time period that is specially reserved and will not be offered to another student. Therefore, students will often have to book lessons that are not at the ideal times for them (due to their preferred times already being reserved for another student).

This means that my time periods are not only valuable me, but also to my students.

With the above in mind, the following rule applies with no exceptions:

The full amount of time booked will be charged and deducted for any lesson that is cancelled with less than 24 hours notice

or any lesson that is simply not attended (no notice given).

This includes illness, emergencies and issues with travel.

The above rule also applies to changing the time of a lesson at short notice or re-scheduling a lesson to a different day, as this involves cancelling one appointment and making a new one.  

Note: the above policy does not apply to The Committment Award, which requires a longer period of notice for cancellations.