Music tuition - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Music tuition
FOI Number
2024637
Date Received
25/06/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
Does the council provide music tuition to school pupils free of charge or is the cost for music tuition in schools paid for by parents and guardians? The number of pupils in the local authority learning a musical instrument in school in the following years? * 2018-2019 * 2019-2020 * 2020-2021 * 2021-2022 * 2022-2023 * 2023-2024 If parents and guardians pay the cost of music tuition how much has this fee cost them in each of the following years? * 2018-2019 * 2019-2020 * 2020-2021 * 2021-2022 * 2022-2023 * 2023-2024
Response
The number of pupils in the local authority learning a musical instrument in school in the following years?
* 2018-2019 868
* 2019-2020 799
* 2020-2021 772
* 2021-2022 422 + 550 = 972
* 2022-2023 440 + 508 = 948
* 2023-2024 384 + 574 = 958

If parents and guardians pay the cost of music tuition how much has this fee cost them in each of the following years?
* 2018-2019 New Starts 85.00 pa / Continuing 140.00 pa
Pupil on Free School Meals and School Clothing Allowance FREE Tuition, also SQA pupils FREE

* 2019-2020 New Starts 82.00 / Continuing 150 pa
Pupil on Free School Meals and School Clothing Allowance FREE Tuition, also SQA pupils FREE and 3rd FREE child if paying for 3

* 2020-2021 Zero - Government Funded
* 2021-2022 Zero - Government Funded
* 2022-2023 Zero - Government Funded
* 2023-2024 Zero - Government Funded