Terms and Conditions of Tuition from 6th April 2025 onwards (1:1 Sessions)

1. Fees for tuition are payable weekly, via bank transfer payment or in cash or by cheque - made payable to Mrs S L Bird. Payment should be received into my bank account 48 hours (minimum 24 hours) prior to the lesson date.

2. Please give a minimum of 48 hours’ notice of any cancellation of a lesson. If a parent/carer gives up to 48 hours’ notice 50% of fees will be payable, if they give 24 hours’ notice or less, then 100% of the fees will be payable.

3. For a minimum seven-day (one week) notice of a cancellation of a lesson, no fees are payable, and no re-arrangement of the session is necessary. These terms apply to a maximum of three term time lesson cancellations in any one academic year.

4.     If a pupil is unable to attend their booked session, with more than 48 hours’ notice but less than 7 days’ notice, then providing an alternative date and time can be agreed upon, that is mutually convenient to both tutor and student/parent, then no fee is payable by the parent/carer.

5. If a pupil is unable to attend their booked session with more than 48 hours’ notice but less than 7 days’ notice and it is not possible to re-arrange the session, then the decision of whether a % of the payment of fees is payable, will be at the discretion of Loose Tutoring Service.

6. Booking of sessions for school holidays - Loose Tutoring Service will give a minimum of one week’s notice of the various dates and time slots that will be available for those clients wanting sessions during the school holidays. Booking will be on a first come, first served basis. There is no obligation for pupils to attend booked sessions during school holidays.

7. Currently the fees are £42 for a 50-minute lesson. Fees are reviewed from time to time and any change will take effect from the beginning of the new academic term with at least a month’s notice given of any increase.

8. Our aim is to provide the best possible tuition service. However, Loose Tutoring Service cannot be held accountable or responsible for the academic success or lack thereof demonstrated by a pupil/student.

9. Loose Tutoring Service is not liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special, punitive or similar damages arising out of use of its tutoring service, or any errors or omissions in the content of its teaching materials. You, the client, specifically waive any and all claims arising out of the use of Loose Tutoring Service.

10. All materials created in-house are copyright and must not be published or distributed without prior permission from Loose Tutoring Service.

11. A fourteen-day notice period and written confirmation is required for serving notice that a pupil no longer requires any further lessons with Loose Tutoring Service. This is accepted on the understanding that  the pupil stays on for two more paid-for lessons, after having served their notice. This gives Loose Tutoring Service a reasonable amount of time to offer the slot elsewhere. If the pupil needs to stop lessons straightaway, for whatever reason, a cancellation charge of £78 will be payable. 

12. Payment of a lesson slot retainer fee of £84 per lesson slot - equating to upfront payment of two September lessons (£42 x 2 = £84) – is required to secure a child’s slot for the next academic year. This fee will secure the child’s first two regular weekly lessons from the start of September 2025 onwards. If you do then decide later not proceed, this fee will not unfortunately be refundable. 

13. Commencing or continuing with tuition will be taken as a sign that you agree to these terms and conditions.

05 March 2025

Terms and Conditions of Tuition from 6th April 2025 onwards (Simultaneous Sessions 1:2)

1. Fees for tuition are payable weekly, via bank transfer payment or in cash or by cheque - made payable to Mrs S L Bird. Payment should be received into my bank account 48 hours (minimum 24 hours) prior to the lesson date.

2. Please give a minimum of 48 hours’ notice of any cancellation of a lesson. If a parent/carer gives up to 48 hours’ notice 50% of fees will be payable, if they give 24 hours’ notice or less, then 100% of the fees will be payable.

3. For a minimum seven-day (one week) notice of a cancellation of a lesson, no fees are payable, and no re-arrangement of the session is necessary. These terms apply to a maximum of three term time lesson cancellations in any one academic year.

4.     If a pupil is unable to attend their booked session, with more than 48 hours’ notice but less than 7 days’ notice, then providing an alternative date and time can be agreed upon, that is mutually convenient to both tutor and student/parent, then no fee is payable by the parent/carer.

5. If a pupil is unable to attend their booked session with more than 48 hours’ notice but less than 7 days’ notice and it is not possible to re-arrange the session, then the decision of whether a % of the payment of fees is payable, will be at the discretion of Loose Tutoring Service.

6. Booking of sessions for school holidays - Loose Tutoring Service will give a minimum of one week’s notice of the various dates and time slots that will be available for those clients wanting sessions during the school holidays. Booking will be on a first come, first served basis. There is no obligation for pupils to attend booked sessions during school holidays.

 7. Fees are reviewed from time to time and any change will take effect from the beginning of the new academic term with at least a month’s notice given of any increase.

 8. Our aim is to provide the best possible tuition service. However, Loose Tutoring Service cannot be held accountable or responsible for the academic success or lack thereof demonstrated by a pupil/student.

9. Loose Tutoring Service is not liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special, punitive or similar damages arising out of use of its tutoring service, or any errors or omissions in the content of its teaching materials. You, the client, specifically waive any and all claims arising out of the use of Loose Tutoring Service.

10. All materials created in-house are copyright and must not be published or distributed without prior permission from Loose Tutoring Service.

11. A fourteen-day notice period and written confirmation is required for serving notice that a pupil no longer requires any further lessons with Loose Tutoring Service. This is accepted on the understanding that  the pupil stays on for two more paid-for lessons, after having served their notice. This gives Loose Tutoring Service a reasonable amount of time to offer the slot elsewhere. If the pupil needs to stop lessons straightaway, for whatever reason, a cancellation charge of £78 will be payable. 

12. The current 2:1 fees of £34 per pupil will apply when both pupils attend the lesson together. If, for reasons of ill health, general absence (holiday taken etc), incompatibility (academic level or behaviour), notice is served by the other pupil, so that only one pupil attends a lesson at any given time, then the current 1:1 rate of £42 per lesson would apply.  

13. Payment of a lesson slot retainer fee by each of the two pupils of £68 each - equating to upfront payment of two September lessons (£34 x 2 = £68 per pupil) – is required to be paid to secure the 2:1 slot for the next academic year. This fee will secure both children’s first two regular weekly lessons from the start of September 2025 onwards. If you do then decide later not proceed, this fee will not unfortunately be refundable. 

14. Commencing or continuing with tuition will be taken as a sign that you agree to these terms and conditions.

05 March 2025