At Stagecoach Performing Arts, many of our schools take part in schemes to help you save money as you send your child to our classes. We pride ourselves on giving our students plenty of opportunities to express themselves, develop key life skills, make new friends and benefit from experiences that both they and you will remember for life. However, we know times are hard and in order to keep delivering the high-quality teaching and experiences we’re known for, we want to share the ways in which we help you save money with us. 

Two-Week Trial

All our new students join us with a two-week trial option. This is £25 for Early Stages and £50 for Main Stages. The idea is that your child can test out the classes, get to know the group and meet the teachers before you commit to paying for a full term with us. If it’s not for you, there’s no pressure to stay beyond your trial and if you decide you’d like to continue, you can either pay termly or by direct debit on the website or contact your Principal to sort payment. 

Childcare Choices: Tax-Free Childcare

Many of our English schools accept Tax-Free Childcare, this is a Government offering that you may or may not know about. This is available for all families with children aged 0-11 (0-16 if the child is disabled) where each parent is earning less than £100,000 a year and at least £167 a week and aren’t receiving Tax Credits, Universal Credit or childcare vouchers. For every £8 you add to your account, the Government adds £2, up to £2,000 per child per year. 
 
This means you could be getting approximately a 20% discount on your termly fees at Stagecoach if you pay with your Childcare Choices account. Visit the Childcare Choices website to see if you’re eligible for the scheme.
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Childcare Vouchers

Some of our schools also continue to accept Childcare Vouchers. The scheme is now closed to new applicants but if you joined one of these schemes on or before 4 October 2018 you might be able to keep getting vouchers or directly contracted childcare. 

Sibling Discounts 

To help you make the most of the benefits of Stagecoach, and so we can spread the joy of the performing arts further, many of our schools also offer sibling discounts for our Main Stages classes. These sibling discounts are half-price on course fees. You just need to notify your Principal of the sibling relationship at the time of the deposit being paid so the discount can be applied*. 
 
We’re always looking to build our students’ confidence and develop their key life skills. If you ever have a question about our classes, our friendly Principals are on hand to help. And, remember you can try out the classes with a Two-Week Trial before fully committing to a term with us. 

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*A Stagecoach school may, at its discretion, offer the second child of the same family attending a Main Stage course at the same time, a sibling discount of up to fifty percent (50%) on Course fees. This discretionary sibling discount will only apply if Stagecoach is notified of the sibling relationship at the time the Deposit is paid. Only one discount may apply against the Course fee for an individual child at any one time.