Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Education

Join the discussion on our Education forum.

Original poster

Music lessons....How much does your school charge ??

35 replies

nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:28

Dd1 is in year 4 and has been told she can learn to play Violin.
They have said how much and I'd like to know how much other people pay before I decide wether to cry and scream and shout.

OP posts:
Azure · 06/09/2006 16:30

£175 per term for individual lessons. Eeeek.

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 06/09/2006 16:30

tamum's DD gets hers free in Edinburgh, nutty

Last time my DS2 had school lessons - 2 or 3 years ago - individual lesson, 20 mins, was c £4.50, payable termly in advance.

yorkshirelass79 · 06/09/2006 16:32

Message withdrawn

Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:33

Bloody hell Azure

Ok well it's not that much, but i don't know if the lessons are individual or how long they are.
It's £73 a term (10 lessons)and I am mega sad, angry whatever cos she asked ages ago if she could learn and I told her YES, not thinking it would be that much.

OP posts:
DumbledoresGirl · 06/09/2006 16:33

My boys have music lessons - recorder, flute and violin. The recorder lessons are quite cheap but they are taught in larger groups usually as I understand it. Flute and violin, taught in groups of 2-3, were about £40+ for a term last year.

Dying to know what yours cost!

cupcakes · 06/09/2006 16:33

ds has a 15 min piano lesson each week for £3.

Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:35

Dd is a very bright girl and likes to try most things and I get sooooooooo frustrated on her behalf that she has to miss out on stuff like this.

She said she's fine about it but she has been quiet since so I know she's not.

OP posts:
DumbledoresGirl · 06/09/2006 16:36

Oops crossed posts. That is expensive. Unless they are individual lessons in which case that isn't bad, although obviously no use to you if you can't afford it.

Do you have any idea how popular the lessons are? I know for a fact that my son who learns violin is in a group with 2 girls and he has done very well in just one year so I feel he is almost getting individual lessons.

Azure · 06/09/2006 16:36

What a huge difference in prices - it hardly seems fair. My DS1 isn't actually having violin lessons, I have to point out, but that's how much they cost.

Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:38

I think the lessons are quite popular. The letter said they had few vacancies so to get the letter back asap if you wanted to do it.

I mean I know it's my fault that I can't afford it iykwim, chopices i've made etc etc, but it just pisses me off ALOT.

Dd would be good at it, she comitts herself to whatever she does and always gives it her all but won't get chance now.

OP posts:
Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:39

I told her to join the choir instead (thats free).

OP posts:
DumbledoresGirl · 06/09/2006 16:41

The choir can be a very fulfilling experience too Nutty. The only other thing I can suggest is speaking to the head and asking if they have a fund to help people like you afford music lessons. In an ideal world they would be free.

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 06/09/2006 16:42

nutty, are you receiving any benefits? If so she might be able to have free lessons. Worth asking. (I tried to find some prices in my LEA website, there weren't any but it did say a child in a family receiving benefits would get lessons and loan of instrument free.)

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 06/09/2006 16:43
Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:45

She will like the choir yeah, she was in it before and loved it.

There isn't a fund to help with the lessons, another mum overheard me moaning about the price and told me LOL.

I have explained to her that she already does ballet which is costing me a small fortune at the mo cos she has an exam coming up and so it's just not something I can afford right now. Also Dd2 doesn't do any after school activites at the mo and wants to so it just wouldn't be fair.

OP posts:
Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 16:47

Ahh will check that out Ursula, thanks for that.

Dd2 is currently sitting watching Annie and asking again for drama lessons LOL how the hell I ended up with kids that like doing all this stuff I don't know, cos I never did.

OP posts:
lorina · 06/09/2006 16:48

Ours is £40 per term for an individual lesson every week.

I think its £30 a term for a group lesson.

You have to provide your own instrument though. (and earplugs )

Exams are £28 ,only about once a year

Original poster
nutcracker · 06/09/2006 18:27

Kids are just too damn expensive. Dd has just returned from ballet with the bill for this term....................£103

OP posts:
Loshad · 06/09/2006 19:06

it all really mounts up doesn't it - rugby subs, swimming lessons, music lessons (ours are £13.50 per 1/2 hr, individual), karate etc etc, my cheques book throbs atm

pointydog · 06/09/2006 20:02

Free. As it should be.

longwaytogo · 06/09/2006 20:31

two children in two different schools in the same education authority one is free the other is £35 a term. Apparantly school gets an amount of money per child in schoolo and because dd 2 school is smaller not the same amount of money available so we have to pay.

ange8 · 06/09/2006 22:01

£92 per term, in Bury, for group lessons. Wonder if its cheaper to go private?

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 06/09/2006 22:32

Per lesson would probably cost a bit more, ange, but minutes-per-head would be cheaper.

(Do you know of a good private teacher though? If not, possibly better to stick with school lessons until you do)

threebob · 06/09/2006 22:36

How long would she get for this 73 pounds nutty? And would she share - I can't decide if it's a lot without that information.

brimfull · 06/09/2006 22:40

Have just written a cheque for £195 for the whole yrs lessons for dd .That covers a minimum of 30 half hr individual lessons and maximum of 33 lessons.She is working towards gr 7 now in the viloin hence the individual lessons,but saying that she's always had individual lessons since starting at the senior school.

Swipe left for the next trending thread