The Warwick Dance Arts School carries Public Liability Insurance which will cover your child whilst in our care.
All  teachers and assistants are Enhanced CRB Police checked for security purposes. 
Most assistants are also council registered chaperones

Teachers will be fully qualified, and student training teachers or guest lecturers will be supervised by a teacher or a council registered chaperone. The space that the children occupy at the venues will be
checked for dangerous objects to the best of our ability.

The safety of the building is the sole responsibility of the hall owners themselves.

Pupils should not need to come into contact with other hirers equipment.

Pupils will not be released from the building without being escorted to the person whom we know will be
collecting them.  They will be supervised at all times but we cannot be held responsible for older children who refuse to comply with these rules.

We will continue to care for any pupil whose parents have been delayed. If someone else needs to collect
a child unexpectedly then the regular guardian must telephone, giving permission to release the pupil to the adult concerned.

Classroom phone No . . .  07788 655302   
Parents are responsible for all aspects of the pupils attendance, including payment  and dress conduct, until the pupil is eighteen years old.  If a pupil is absent it is the responsibility of the parent to make sure that
enquiries are made about timetable changes and work missed during that absence.

Sufficient changing areas are available for boys to dress seperately from girls. Fathers should not attend
dressing rooms but where dancers change near the external door girls must be aware that their personal changing should be done in the ladies room.

The loss of items at the school is at the parents own risk. We will endeavour to find missing objects
if they are named.  Lost property will usually be left at the venue for collection from the caretaker.

Photographs and Video
The school reserves the right to photograph and video pupils for training purposes and for promotion of the school.  Lessons and shows may not be filmed by parents. Official DVD's are produced following performances.  Parents will be asked if their child's photograph can be used for publicity and those children will not be named.




Pupil Relations
We encourage an 'open discussion' policy and bullying has been rare.
We reserve the right to withdraw children from the working area if their behaviour becomes so excitable that they are hindering other children in their enjoyment and safety. This measure is generally only needed for a few minutes.  Anything more serious would be discussed with the parents but without compromising the child's trust.
As council registered matrons we follow the guidelines in the Child Employment booklet, set down by the
Guildford Child Employment Office.  In the unlikely event that a serious case of a 'child at risk' should arise, our liason officer from this office would attend.