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Cost of school piano lessons

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crappytimes · 07/07/2021 18:03

My daughter will be joining yr7 in September and she's going to continue with her piano tuition. I'm trying to decide whether it's worth carrying on with 15 minute weekly lessons taught at school or just going with a local private tutor. Cost is £10.75 pw for 15 mins. So about £42 per hour. I like the fact it's through the local council music service which was under threat a few yrs ago and hopefully in non covid times there will be more opportunities to perform. But 15 mins isn't v long and I just want to explore other options and opinions. Thanks!

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Temp023 · 08/07/2021 07:03

Erm, talk to me when they hit Grade 8. We pay £74 per week for 2.5 hours of lessons!

EllieNBeeb · 08/07/2021 06:57

Can you purchase a double session? 15 minutes of a waste of time. Otherwise, definitely go private

PeonyTime · 07/07/2021 22:43

Our (amazing) primary lessons are 13.50 for 30 mins..
Our (usually highly rated, but we found appalling) secondary were 120/TERM - 30 mins in a group, but DS got put in an individual lesson, same cost, as noone at his level.
Our (pretty good) private teacher is £15 for 30 mins.

I'd say 15 mins wasnt long enough (DS was offered 1hr when we moved to private in Y7, but we declined that).

FullyFowcussed · 07/07/2021 22:36

I pay £20 for 30 mins private lesson for my son and the quality of the lesson is a lot higher than the local music trust teachers he's had through school. I switched him to private after the first term of lessons at secondary, partly because I didn't want him to miss any of his academic lessons but mainly because he wasn't inspired by the teacher.

londonmummy1966 · 07/07/2021 22:21

I think that the lesson is too short - if you can get a local teacher who is recommended for 30 mins that would be much better - many will come to you these days.

JustOneMoreStep · 07/07/2021 18:17

£10.75 for 15 mins is quite expensive and not really long enough to make real progress. I'm a head of music so organise all the peri lessons and we charge £18 a week for 30 mins which is through the
County music service.

GiantToadstool · 07/07/2021 18:10

They're 20min lessons at our school.

ArnoldBoo · 07/07/2021 18:05

15 mins is crazy for year 7. The standard is Minimum 30 mins per week at that age. I wouldn't continue with that if possible.