Initially you will have had information from your school who will introduce Lemon Jelly and the benefits of the LAMDA programme, times and schedules. Once you have the information, we will direct you to book with the relevant LAMDA tutor at your school. Classes are to be paid for one term in advance.

Lessons can be vary from £20-25 per 30 minute session depending on your location and school. Lessons are booked a term in advance. We work in line with existing peripatetic music lessons at your school and suggested rates with LAMDA.

This all depends on the development, progress and commitment of each student. We strongly encourage at least one exam session per year but most venues we run in have a minimum of two exam sessions during the school year. We work very hard to prepare students for exams but the learning of lines and confidence with the script is also representative of the additional practice outside of the class.The required guided learning hours are 10-20 for most grades but much more for Grades 6-8

Lemon Jelly is a registered exam centre and this means that we can run exams in each of the schools we work in. This provides confidence for pupils and students and is much more convenient for everyone involved. They often take place in your school on a school day (with the exception of some Saturdays where a school day is not possible).

Exam sessions need to be booked (applied and paid for) at least 6 weeks before the exam date. As a result, we assess pupils and students between 8 & 10 weeks of a scheduled exam session. At this point they need to have learned their pieces and showed potential. We absolutely do not expect them to be exam ready at this stage but knowing the pieces means that we spend the following 8-10 weeks on directional practice, character development (for Acting exams) and the knowledge section of the exam. The result of assessment as absolutely down to the tutor and not the individual or Parents. If the tutor does not feel that the pupil or student is ready, they will not be entered for the exam and feedback will always be provided in the LAMDA LOG.

The main focus is enjoyment for learning the pieces. Our tutors will have a variety of ways to help encourage and engage your child with their pieces as different methods will help different individuals. We provide every pupil and student with a LAMDA LOG. This is a record book where the tutor will make a few comments at the end of the lesson with positive feedback and/or areas to work on at home. Parents are also welcome to make notes to the tutor if required.

We can accommodate the whole LAMDA library but (at the request of many schools) we tend to stick with Verse & Prose, Acting and Public Speaking. Tutors will advise which syllabus is suited to each child at each stage of their LAMDA journey. We appreciate that parents and students may have a request for certain grades and syllabus entry but please trust our knowledge, experience and skills. It is what we do!