When can I teach the guitar from my home teaching studio?

Lots of My Guitar Lessons teachers and students have been asking us when will they be able to teach the guitar face to face? Guitar tutors in England are getting closer to returning to teaching guitar on a 1-2-1 basis. The latest guidance for My Guitar Lessons teachers states that from 8th March, face-to-face vocal lessons can be offered for vulnerable children and young people. In addition, face-to-face activities can be offered to all children where activities are:

• Reasonably necessary to enable their parents and carers to work, search for work, undertake education or training, or attend a medical appointment or address a medical need, or attend a support group.
• Being used by electively home educating parents as part of their arrangements for their child to receive a suitable full-time education.
• For the purposes of obtaining a regulated qualification, meeting the entry requirements for an education institution, or to undertake exams and assessments.
• This means that in-person piano tuition can be offered to all children as long as they are working towards exams, entry auditions or other assessments. Teachers should ensure that their studios are risked-assessed and Covid-secure, and they should follow the Government’s guidance on working in other people’s homes where necessary.

The latest guidance for FE colleges (covering independent training providers) states that all students will be able to return to on-site education from 8 March. This includes adult learners, although the guidance suggests that you should continue to judge the right balance between on-site and remote delivery for adults.

As set out in the COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021 guidance, from 29 March, and in line with when schools close for the Easter holidays, out-of-school settings will be able to offer outdoor provision to all children, without restrictions on the purpose for which they may attend. The guidance states the ambition to allow all indoor and outdoor activities without restriction from 12 April.

Guitar teachers – what do you think about this? Will you feel safe? Will your guitar students feel safe? Let us know below.