Pupils
usually receive one 35 minute lesson each week, although some music
scholars and pupils studying for a Grade 8 exam or higher may opt to
have double lessons. For pupils in the sixth form it is usually possible
to arrange lessons during their free periods. Other pupils come out of
academic lessons on a rotational basis, and their teachers will
endeavour to ensure that the same subject is not missed more than twice
in a term. Note that academic lessons are 65 minutes long, so a pupil
will only miss about half of an academic lesson to attend an
instrumental lesson.
Timetables are displayed in Big Passage and the music schools. Pupils
are required to check the timetables each weekend to discover their
instrumental lesson times for the following week.
