Starter Information

Welcome to the Our Lady of Lourdes Music Service. Over the past 16 years we continue to delivered instrumental and whole class music lessons to over 9000 students ranging from Years 3-13, each week.

As a Trust, music plays a huge part in our everyday life across our academies supporting masses, primary concerts, secondary events, musicals, music tours and a celebratory multi-academy concert each year.

We offer weekly group, shared and single instrumental lessons throughout the academic year, rotating or set around student timetables so the same lessons are not missed each week.

We may be able to accommodate 30-minute lessons by prior arrangement, either before, during breaks and after school.

We have a host of dynamic, inspiring teachers who can adapt to your child’s learning, enabling them to join our extensive range of ensembles and clubs from rock bands to orchestra’s, choirs and big bands each week as they progress through their musical journey.

Lessons on offer

  • Acoustic guitar
  • Baritone
  • Bass guitar
  • Bassoon
  • Cello
  • Clarinet
  • Cornet
  • Double bass
  • Drumkit
  • Euphonium
  • Flute
  • French horn
  • Oboe
  • Piano
  • Saxophone
  • Singing
  • Tenor horn
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • Tuba
  • Viola
  • Violin

Instrument hire

Instrument Hire

  • Acoustic guitar
  • Baritone
  • Bassoon
  • Cello
  • Clarinet
  • Cornet
  • Double bass
  • Drumkit
  • Euphonium
  • Flute
  • French horn
  • Oboe
  • Saxophone
  • Tenor horn
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • Tuba
  • Viola
  • Violin

Signing up for lessons

You will sign up for 12 lessons per term. There are deadlines for signing up for lessons. If you miss the deadline, it is possible to sign up, pending teacher availability.

The deadline for signing up for lessons for September 2025 is Friday 15 August. This reopens again at the beginning of the new academic year on Tuesday 1 September 2025.

For shared and group lessons, we always do our best to accommodate parental requests. However, if we’re unable to form a group of two for a shared lesson, we provide students with a 10-minute individual lesson until the appropriate group can be arranged.

To ensure fairness and consistency in our group lesson (3 students) offerings:

  • Two students enrolled: The session will be 15 minutes.
  • One student enrolled: The session will be a single lesson, 15 minutes every two weeks.

We believe this is a better alternative than placing students on a waiting list and issuing refunds while waiting for others to sign up.

We kindly ask that all students arrive 5 minutes early to prepare their music and instruments. This helps maximize lesson time and ensures a smooth start.

We kindly ask that students arrive 5 minutes early for lessons to prepare their music and instrument. This helps maximize lesson time and ensures a smooth start.

This policy ensures fairness for all families, especially when paying for shared lessons, and maintains the integrity of our group instruction model.

If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with us at contact@ololmusic.co.uk

Online lessons

We may also be able to offer online lessons – please contact us here to inquire about online lessons.

Fees

As we are a non-profitable Academy Trust, lesson prices are always highly competitive and the best around the county. Once you have signed up online, the fees are paid by credit card. Hire of most instruments is available for a small fee.

Lesson Type

Per term (12 lessons)

Individual lessons

£165

Shared lessons

£82.50

Group lessons

£55

30 minute lessons

£247.50

Hire charge

£17

Free school meals

If your child is in receipt of free school meals or pupil premium, please contact your school office to confirm that lessons can begin.

Cancellations and overdue payments

A half-term’s notice is required if your child wishes to discontinue lessons.

If this notice period is not observed, lessons will still be charged accordingly.

Any overdue payments outstanding after 30 days will be referred to our Debt Recovery Team within the Trust. If you are experiencing any difficulties or have questions about your payment, please don’t hesitate to get in touch—we’re here to help.

Refund policy

We will only issue refunds for lessons that are missed due to the absence of our instrumental staff, whether caused by illness or other unforeseen circumstances.

Non-refundable lessons policy

Please note that lessons will not be refunded if your child misses due to the following reasons:

  • School masses
  • School trips
  • Sports fixtures
  • Doctor’s appointments
  • Exams
  • Rehearsals
  • Forgetting lessons
  • Child absence due to illness

Our staff make every effort to collect students each week. However, we cannot guarantee that every student will be collected for every lesson. If you know your child will be absent from school, please contact your teacher so lessons can be rearranged.