Music Service Booking Form
Please list all of your requirements for the academic year 2015/2016
Please note that whilst we endeavour to fulfil any particular requirements you might have, order forms are
processed strictly by date of receipt.
Please return your form by Friday 19 June 2015 to: Warwick House, 10 Edward Street, Birmingham B1 2RX
By fax: 0121 366 9957 By email: music@servicesforeducation.co.uk
Please do not assume POP pupil allocation time in your order. Pupils in receipt of funded lessons will be notified in
September. Please ensure you order enough time to accommodate pupils.
Please list all of your requirements for the academic year 2015/2016 in the table below.
Page 12 Weekly instrumental/vocal (hourly rate: £44) (3 hour block: £126)
£44
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Page 13 Classroom Music Specialist (hourly rate)
£52
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Page 13 Sessional Pianists (hourly rate)
£25
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Instrument/Voice
1
Example: Guitar
Hours/mins
per week
1hr 20mins
Instrument/Voice
Hours/mins
per week
8
2
9
3
10
4
11
5
12
6
13
7
14
(please tick)
Page 8 Primary School Bundle (Charanga licence - training and Singing Connections)
£399
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Page 8Charanga Musical School licence and training only (priced separately)
£250
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Page 8 Singing Connections only (priced separately)
£250
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Page 10 School Christmas Performance
£250
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(You will be contacted by the Music service to agree your date and time)
Page 10 Music Therapy – please send me a referral form/contact me for further details
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Page 14-15 Whole Class Instrumental Teaching: contact stuart.birnie@servicesforeducation.co.uk
Page 16 School Curriculum Advisory support visit (3 hours)
£225
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Page 16-17 Staff Training Course and Resources pack – sign up using the online link
£150
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Signing this form acknowledges that you have read and understand the Terms & Conditions overleaf.
Signature of Head teacher__________________________________________________________________
Name of School (please print)_______________________________________________________________
Services for Education, Warwick House, 10 Edward Street, Birmingham, B1 2RX
Registered in England and Wales: 07739831; Registered Charity: 1148848
Terms and Conditions 2015 / 2016
1. Definitions and interpretation
1.1
In these Terms the following definitions apply:
Customer means any person to whom Services for Education supplies Services
Order Form means the document issued by Services for Education and completed by the Customer listing the Services to be provided
Price means the price for the Services as set out in the Music Service brochure of support services to schools
Services mean the services to be provided by Services for Education to the Customer as set out on the Order Form
Terms means the standard terms set out in these terms and conditions of business.
1.2
Any changes to these Terms are valid only if agreed in writing between Services for Education and the Customer.
2. Appointment
2.1 The Customer appoints Services for Education to provide Services in accordance with the Order Form.
2.2 The Customer and Services for Education agree to work in accordance with Section 6 - “Guidelines for Maximising Music Service Support to Schools”.
3. The Order Form
3.1 The quantity and description of the Services shall be as set out in the Order Form.
3.2 The minimum amount of time ordered for one teacher visit must not be less than 30 minutes.
3.3 It is the sole responsibility of the Customer to ensure the Services set out on the Order Form meet its requirements.
3.4 Notice of no less than two weeks is required for variance to or cancellation of any service listed on the Order Form.
4. Price and Payment
4.1 Services for Education shall invoice the Customer for the Services half-termly in arrears and provide a detailed schedule of school visits for all
Instrumental/vocal teachers.
4.2 Unless the subject of a genuine dispute, the Customer shall pay the Price within 30 calendar days of receipt of a valid invoice (the "Due Date").
4.3 Should the Customer fail to make any payment in full on the due Date under this agreement, Services for Education may withdraw support until such time as
payment is received.
4.4 Where invoices remain outstanding at the end of an academic year, the Music Service may withdraw support until the previous year’s balance has
been recovered.
4.5 All amounts due under these Terms shall be paid in full without any deduction or withholding other than as required by law and neither party shall be entitled
to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against the other party in order to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part.
4.6 Services for Education will not levy a charge for any service not delivered due to the absence, for any reason, of their staff
4.7 The Customer must provide 14 days’ written notice of cancellation of a scheduled visit or the normal charge will be levied. Please note that the
Music Service must continue to pay teachers despite cancellations and will not be able to waive charges where 14 days’ notice is not given.
4.8 WCIT is a heavily subsidised package of school support, invoiced as a package price, to cover a minimum of 30 weeks delivery. Refunds will be
considered in all cases should delivery fall below 30 weeks in the academic year due to music service staff sickness/ leave/ absence.
5. Complaints
5.1 Any enquiries concerning the operation of this agreement should be made to the Head of Music Service. If after 5 working days there is no satisfactory outcome
the matter should be referred to the Chief Executive Officer of Services for Education. Customers who feel they have notreceived an adequate response from
the CEO should appeal to the Chair of Trustees for Services for Education.
6. Guidelines For Maximising Music Service Support To Schools
The Music Service agrees:
To ensure high quality teaching following the nationally produced instrumental/vocal curriculum, ‘A Common Approach’.
To undertake regular and comprehensive monitoring of teachers in partnership with school colleagues.
To arrange timetables for both regular and occasional visits by Music Service staff.
To provide information on pupils transferring from one school to another who wish to continue tuition.
To provide all members of the Music Service staff with the appropriate professional development and training and offer access and support for CPD.
To ensure that all Music Service staff have undergone all Disclosure and Barring Service checks, Right to Work checks and are compliant with Childcare Disqualification
regulations.
To provide all teachers with Services for Education Identification cards as proof of identity. These will clearly display the staff DBS number, date of DBS and date of
birth.
To inform the school of any planned absence at least 7 days in advance and to inform schools of any unplanned absence as soon as possible.
To offer cover teaching in the case of long term absence
To hold all pupil data on secure databases, accessible only by password in compliance with Data protection regulations.
The Music Service teacher agrees:
To organise the identification of pupils for instrumental/vocal support
To facilitate access for pupils to ensemble activities organised either centrally or by area.
To facilitate access to relevant workshops and special events regionally and nationally.
To assess and report in writing annually on pupils’ work.
To keep a record of pupils’ attendance and comply with individual schools’ systems for recording attendance.
To ensure that her/his work supports the curriculum needs of the school and conforms to A Common Approach.
To discuss and review pupils’ progress with school-based staff.
To comply with the requirements of both the Child Protection Guidelines issued by the Music Service and the procedures for Child Protection in individual schools,
including individual schools’ signing in procedures
The school agrees:
To provide the Music Service teacher with all reasonable information required to carry out her/his duties including such pupil data as is required for the Music Service
reporting to DfE through Arts Council England.
To provide suitable teaching spaces for instrumental/vocal lessons. The teaching room should be clean and have adequate space, heat, light and ventilation. It should
be possible for people to observe what is going on in the lesson from outside.
To ensure all electrical equipment on loan to the school from Services for Education (e.g. keyboards, electric guitars and amplifiers) is included in the school’s annual
Portable Appliance Testing programme
To support and encourage pupils entered for external music examinations.
To nominate a single member of staff who is responsible for the liaison with Music Service staff.
To contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of Music Service support.
To have an effective system of communication with visiting Music Service teachers during their time in the school.
To work to ensure the satisfactory attendance and punctuality of pupils to instrumental/vocal lessons and to investigate any absence.
To liaise between Music Service teachers and the parents of their pupils.
To celebrate the progress of instrumental/vocal pupils through performance opportunities within the school and in the school’s own reporting procedure.
To support pupils’ progression by encouraging them to attend Area and Central Ensembles.
7. Non-teaching days and the ‘Music week’
No teaching will take place on the five S4E Training Days: Thursday 3 September 2015, Friday 18 December 2015, Monday 4 January 2016, Monday 11 April 2016,
Friday 22 July 2016. Schools ordering a maximum of 30 weeks delivery will not have instrumental/ vocal teaching during the week of Monday 14 December.
30 week instrumental/vocal staff will be participating in primary school performances during this week.