ski schools in Morzine

[Ktay]

Looking for recommendations please... DD2 (4) will be on skis for first time; DD1 (6) is an excellent skier but is a bit wary following a hairy experience with a chairlift on our penultimate run last season so needs someone who will be sympathetic to this! Must be English-speaking as DD1 has ended up in non-English classes the last two years. Willing to pay a bit more to avoid ESF and help the girls have a great experience. Looks like half-term lessons are already booking up!

Thanks in advance...

Have you tried the British Alpine Ski School in Morzine?

Another vote for BASS - we used them for several years, instructors all lovely.

I went with BASS in Morzine as an adult, fairly novice skier (a few lessons and weekends in Scotland) a few years ago and had a mixed experience. Early in the first group lesson I had a bad experience on the ski lift, student next to me stood on my skis as we got off and I fell, lift ended up going over my head - I was terrified, instructor seemed to think it was my own stupid fault. Was unsympathetic and treated me as a nuisance for the rest of the lesson. Unsuprisingly I had a very bad day and was told the next morning I'd been downgraded from the blue group to green, had an utterly pointless lesson then doing stuff even I was perfectly capable of in a very slow snowplough.
However... I called them following that 2nd lesson and told them how disappointed I was and that I wanted to cancel the rest of the lessons. They were horrified and suggested I trade the rest of the group lessons for an extended private lesson. I was given one of their senior instructors and by the end of the morning was confidently parallel turning on blue runs :-)
So despite not loving the group situation and maybe having a personality clash with instructor one, the BASS organisation as a whole handled it fantastically and I would definitely have private lessons with them again! I think I'm just too old and too nervous for a group.

Oh and totally fluent English :-)

Ooh lots of replies, thank you! Looks like BASS are defo worth a call then. Has anyone used Evolution?

BASS already booked up any other non ESF ideas??

We have used New Generation in another resort - think they are in Morzine as well. The Snow Institute is another British one - no direct experience but they always looked professional on the slopes. Unlike ESF IMHO!

Brill thank you, will investigate. Can't believe people have booked lessons already, I thought we had ages!

We used The Snow Institute last year.. They were great. And much more reasonable prices than BASS.

The Snow Institute and New Generation only have space for one each unfortunately, both starting late morning. We are probably going to risk the Snow School - they are like a premium ESF. Has anyone come across them before?