TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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Please notify Becky if your child will be absent or go home with someone other than yourself or normal pick up.
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All students must wear loose fitting and comfortable clothing suitable to move in and trainers or dance shoes.
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Please bring a bottle of water to classes.
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Students are not to bring items of significant value to the sessions. The Principal accepts no responsibility for the loss or damage of personal items while at Glow Performing Arts.
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The Principal reserves the right to amend or alter fees and classes as and when necessary.
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The number of lessons varies per Term, depending on Half Terms and School Holiday dates etc. Termly fees reflect the number of lessons.
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Parents must notify Becky of any changes to contact or medical details.
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Students may be asked to leave the school in the event of unreasonable behaviour. Any form of abuse will not be tolerated and dealt with promptly and sufficiently by the Principal.
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We are unable to offer refunds, credits or extra lessons if lessons are missed due to pupil illness or for any other reason.
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In the event of extreme weather conditions, epidemic, national crisis that the Director has no control over, fees cannot be returned or compensation made, however, the Director will do their best to offer alternative classes or arrangements.
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Pupils may only withdraw from lessons at the end of a term. Written notice is required, to be received before the end of the relevant Term. Failure to do this will result in one Terms fees being charged in lieu of notice.
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Any complaints should be made directly to Becky.
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Students must be dropped off and collected punctually and by their pre-arranged adult. Any child that goes home alone must have prior permission and confirmation of permission if they do not usually. Persistent late collections risk being charged for staff's time.
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Parents are not permitted to watch classes. All of our classes are drop off classes. We can guarantee there will be plenty of opportunities to watch your child perform throughout the year.
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Our Images and footage taken by Glow Performing Arts Staff are used exclusively by Glow Performing Arts and for promotional, marketing and celebratory purposes only, and only with permission from the child’s parent/guardian. Glow Performing Arts operates a strict child protection policy and will never name students on social media or any other public material without the express permission of their parent/guardian.
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We ask that any footage or photos taken by parents/guardians during Glow Performing Arts’ showings/demonstrations that include children other than their own are kept for personal use only and not be shared on social media.
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
1 Purpose
1.1. We are committed to ensuring a safe environment for students, and safeguard their welfare, by a commitment to best practice to protect them. Also having a duty to ensure that it makes safe decisions in the engagement of teachers and volunteers.
1.2. This policy applies to anyone who teaches on behalf of us.
We also recognise that:
The welfare of the child/young person is paramount. All students, regardless of age, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, sexual orientation or identity, have the right to equal protection from all types of harm or abuse. Working in partnership with children, young people and their parents is essential in promoting young people’s welfare.
The purpose of the policy is to:
Provide protection for our students, and have knowledge and procedures to adopt in the event we suspect a child or young person may be experiencing, or be at risk of, harm. We will seek to safeguard children and young people by:
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Valuing them, listening to and respecting them.
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Adopting child protection guidelines through procedures and conducting safe working practice.
2. Disclosure and Barring Service
2.1. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was set up by the Home Office to improve access to these criminal records. This is done via a Disclosure Check, which is a process for gathering information about someone’s spent and unspent criminal convictions and other cautions, reprimands and final warnings given by the Police. This service enables organisations to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable, or present a risk, for certain work, especially when working with children and/or adults classed as vulnerable.
2.2. The results of the check are printed on a document officially known as a Disclosure.
2.3. This policy sets out how we, Glow Performing Arts, will meet its obligations to conduct Disclosures where necessary.
3. Scope
3.1 This policy relates to any applicant or existing teacher or volunteer who is offered work by us, Glow Performing Arts.
4. Definitions of Regulated Activity
4.1 Under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, a child is defined as someone who has not yet attained the age of 18. Regulated activity in relation to children focuses on work which involves close and unsupervised contact, specifically: Regularly undertaking unsupervised activities: teach, train, instruct, care for or supervise children, or provide advice/guidance on wellbeing.
5. Contracts in Roles Requiring Disclosure
5.1 Glow Performing Arts will also ensure that the role and the Disclosure are regularly reviewed and updated as appropriate.
6. Handling Disclosure Data
6.1 Our policy has been produced to comply with the regulations outlined in the DBS Code of Practice and the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, the Children Act 1989 (and 2004), and also operate within the remit of the Data Protection Act 1998.
7. Handling complaints
7.1 We take all complaints made against teachers seriously. Procedures are in place for students, parents and teachers to share any concern that they may have about the actions of any teacher. All such complaints will be dealt with immediately. These procedures are used in respect of all cases in which it is alleged that a teacher has:
Behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child; Possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child; or Behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates he or she would pose a risk of harm children.
7.2 Glow Performing Arts have a legal duty to refer to the DBS of anyone who has harmed, or poses a risk of harm, to a child and who has been removed from working (paid or unpaid) in regulated activity, or would have been removed had they not left. The DBS will consider whether to bar the person. Referrals will be made as soon as possible after the removal of the individual.