Category: Piano Lessons

2024/2025 Student Information

Welcome back!

Here is our start of term information pack. Please bookmark this link and refer to this any time you need information on term dates, upcoming performances or books to purchase.

Term Dates (also on your invoice and our web site home page).

2024/2025 Timetable
9 September – 26 October (7 lessons)
Half Term (1 week)
4 November – 21 December (7 lessons)

6 January – 15 February (6 lessons)
Half Term (1 week)
24 February – 5 April (6 lessons)

22 April – 24 May (5 lessons / 3 lessons for Monday students)
Half Term (1 week)
2 June – 19 July (7 lessons)

PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

(Nb. Payment is always in advance for the next block of lessons. The deadline for payment is 5pm on the last Monday of each half-term. We outsource our
bookkeeping and a late payment fine of £10 is automatically added to any payments not sent by this deadline. We advise setting up a standing order for the dates below once we have circulated the amounts).

Monday 21 October  – 7 lessons 
Monday 16 December – 6 lessons 
Monday 10 February – 6 lessons 
Monday 31 March – 3 or 5 lessons 
Monday 19 May – 7 lessons 

Upcoming Performances:

Save the date for the Bromley Festival in Feb/March 2025. All students encouraged to enter. The new syllabus is not yet published but your teacher will advise on entry once this is published. There are categories for beginner to advanced pianists. http://www.bromleyfestival.org/

Beginner Piano Books & Information for New Piano Students in East Dulwich

We are delighted to have you on board! Once you have paid your invoice for your first block of lessons, please ensure you sign up to our newsletter link that you received in the email containing the link to this page.

You will also need the following books:

Books for lessons:

Theory Books ~ https://amzn.to/34xyoK6 and Theory Drills ~ https://amzn.to/32byFBL

Beginner Piano Book ~ https://amzn.to/3FRb4HY

You can also purchase these books at the local music shop by East Dulwich station (South London Music)/

Piano Books for Young Beginners

Please note:

Your teacher is your first point of contact for all queries. The admin email is only used to enrol new students. Going forwards, please discuss any issues with your teacher at the start of the lesson. They will contact us if they cannot assist with your enquiry.

Terms and Conditions for Lessons:

  1. We do not reschedule or refund missed lessons as we operate the same terms as a private school
  2. Your lesson time remains the same for the academic year
  3. A supply teacher will be used if your teacher is not available
  4. In the case of lockdown, lessons will be online. No refund or carrying over of lessons is allowed so please ensure you are able to attend Zoom lessons before you enrol for lessons.
  5. Late payment of an invoice incurs a £10 administration charge. We reserve the right to give away your space if payment is not received after issuing one reminder.
  6. Your teacher is the first point of contact for all queries. They will contact our admin team on your behalf if they are unable to assist you. 

How to contact your piano teacher

Your teacher is always your first point of contact for all queries about piano lessons, scholarships, exams etc. Most parents see their teacher every week but if you do not drop your child to lessons, then please use the school Gmail account below.

If you have any personal contact details for your teacher, please do not use these as the only contact method is se22pianoschool @ gmail.com. We aim to answer all emails within 3 working days or at your next lesson, whichever comes sooner.

This week one of the teachers was abroad at a family funeral and one parent was contacting her and our head teacher multiple times by all sorts of different methods (email and phone) just because they forgot to ask something non-urgent that could easily have waited until next week’s lesson. 

Please respect that we all have the need for personal space and time away from work especially during a time of bereavement. 

We are a small team of teachers that work part-time at the school and we all have other jobs, family commitments and a long commute to East Dulwich for our shift as none of us live in the area.

We thank you in advance for helping with the smooth running of the piano school.


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