Terms and Conditions
Hightown Community Sports and Arts Centre, Concorde St, Luton LU2 7JD
The Bushmead Hub, Hancock Dve, Luton LU2 7SF
Mobile/Whatsapp: 07714161853
Admin Email: tsd.office1@gmail.com
Princpal’s email: tina@mytsd.org
Facebook Page: Tina’s School of Dance
Instagram: tinas_school_of_dance
Please add all of our emails to your contacts so you do not miss any information sent out to you
Classes
We reserve the right to change the times of classes or to request that the pupils are moved to another class, but we will give notice and try offer an alternative if possible.
An email will be sent out if classes are going to be cancelled for any reason [for example bad weather or staff illness]
Uniform
Once your child has been coming for a few weeks it is necessary that they have ordered the correct uniform.
Leotards
Primary-Grade 1 lavender leotard
Grades 2-3, marine cotton leotard
Grades 4-6, violet leotard
Grades 7-8, Indigo leotard
Senior Grades, black leotard
Ballet
Ballet tights are needed, alternatively the younger children can wear ballet socks. Ballet shoes should be either leather or canvas and have elastics sewn on. Matching ballet skirts are needed for the lavender and marine leotards. Crossover cardigans are optional. Grade 4 and above can wear short , chiffon wrap around ballet skirts
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Modern jazz, acrobatics, tap, lyrical/contemporary and all conditioning classes
All styles other than ballet need black transition tights. For tap, black low heel tap shoes, modern and jazz either bare feet black jazz shoes. All styles need black shorts available for the dance school store.
Those who do multiple classes are welcome to wear other style leotards to classes.
This is the link for our dancewear supplier [copy and paste]
https://tia.mydancestore.co.uk/
We also have a supplier for outer wear, so hoodies, tracksuit bottoms bags etc [copy and paste]
https://rockthedragon.co.uk/dance/tsd/
Dropping and collecting your child
Adults who bring young children must remain on site. Please supervise all young children who are in the foyer. Children must wait with adults and not be allowed to move around the building on their own. Teachers or assistants will collect the children from the foyer, if you are late please bring them directly to the class as we will not wait in the reception area. Children in school years 5 and above can be dropped off and do not need to be supervised but we need confirmation on our parent portal.
Collection must be from the foyer for all younger children. Those in year 5 upwards can be released to walk to their adult outside the building, providing you have completed the google form, if not an adult will need to come into the building. If adults are not outside then all dancers must immediately come back into the building and must not wait outside on their own.
Toilets
Please take all young children to the toilet before class. If they do need to go during the lesson an assistant will bring them out to the foyer to their adult. The children who are old enough to go without needing help getting dressed will be taken by an assistant who will wait in the foyer area. Children in year 4 and above will be able to go to the toilet without an assistant taking them. These rules apply to protect the children and also the assistants as it is a public toilet.
Parking
[Hightown]
Please park legally and courteously, be mindful of other businesses. TSD families will get free parking while your child is in class. The car park is behind the community centre. To get free parking you will need to log your car registration details at the centre.
[Bushmead]
Parking is free
Foyer/cafe [Hightown]
Please keep this area as clean and tidy as possible. You cannot bring in your own food.
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Payment/Fees
Fees are originally quoted on a per class basis, however they are payable in half term blocks, in advance at the end of term, unless a prior arrangement has been made. Invoices will be sent out in the middle of term so you normally have 2 to 3 weeks to pay. Invoices have the term dates on and the due date.
Please note if your child is away due to holidays or sickness this fee is still payable and is non-refundable. If fees are not kept up to date we reserve the right to pass your place on to someone else, and your invoice will still be payable.
If a child is absent for over 3 weeks and we are not notified it is due to sickness, holidays etc, we will assume they are no longer coming to class and their place will be filled.
If they do not return at the start of a half term and we have not been notified, no refund will be given. If you have not given notice and not paid your invoice on time you will be still need to pay the outstanding amount plus a late fee.
Telling us that that they will not be returning at the start of the half term is not sufficient notice [ if you have not paid your invoice] you must let us know by email before the invoice due date. Therefore, you must give notice during the previous term, if you do not wish to be charged further.
If you pay late you will be invoiced a £10 late fee.
We require one half terms notice if you are cancelling classes. You must give notice before the invoice date or you will be charged.
Any invoices left unpaid will be pursued through the small claims court and further charges will be applied.
We have a discount system for those who do 3 or more classes, 3-4 classes has a 5% discount, 5-6 classes has a 10% discount and 7 or more classes has a 15% discount. We also do an unlimited class offer which is £32 per week
Photographs and recording
When you register on the portal we ask for permission to take photos and video recordings. This is so we can use them as a teaching tool, to record choreography and sometimes for marketing and social media. We are always vigilant that the content is appropriate and is in line with our child protection policy.
GDPR
There is data that we need to have on record for our database and financial records. We also from time to time need to share this data with external bodies, such as when entering students for exams or taking part in events. It is never given out to third parties that you are not aware of. Once a dancer leaves the school and all invoices are up to date your details are deleted from our system.
 Contact Details
Please make sure we have all your up to date details in our system, if your details change at any time please let us know. Your invoices, payments and details can be found on the parent portal that you registered on when joining.