How much does make-up lessons for music teachers cost?

About £14 a month for the tools, on the plans the setup needs. My Music Staff: One plan with all features. The pricing page shows £13.95 a month for UK visitors, plus £3.95 for each additional teacher or staff member. SMS reminders are included. No student limit. 30-day free trial with no card needed, and a full refund within the first 90 days. Card and Bacs payments go through your own Stripe or PayPal account, with their fees on top.

About £76 a month saved, against £14 for My Music Staff. It pays for itself: in about a week, in the worked example.

Which tools do I need?

My Music Staff: Studio management software for music teachers and music schools: lesson calendar and attendance, make-up credits, automatic invoicing with online payments, lesson reminders, a parent and student portal with a practice log, and teacher payroll.

How hard is it to set up?

Easy to set up. 5 steps: Write your make-up policy: how much notice earns a credit, how long credits last and how many per term. Set the portal's cancellation deadlines and make-up rules to match. Set aside a few make-up slots each week and mark them as bookable. Send parents the policy and portal login at the start of term. Review outstanding credits at the end of each term.

Make-up lessons for music teachers: parents rebook online

Parents rebook missed lessons into slots you choose, with make-up credits tracked against your policy. My Music Staff, from about $19£14€17A$27C$26 a month.

At a glance

What it costs$19£14€17A$27C$26 a month
Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$101£76€90A$146C$143 a month
Pays for itselfIn about a week
Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked October 17, 2026. How we check prices

The problem

Every canceled music lesson starts a text thread to find another time, and by the end of term nobody's sure who's owed what. Six cancellations a month at 15 minutes of messages each is 90 minutes, and a teacher who loses track gives away 2 lessons a month that weren't owed, $53£40€48A$77C$75 at $27£20€24A$38C$38 a lesson.

What the AI does

My Music Staff tracks make-up credits for missed lessons. Through the parent portal, families can book lessons based on your availability or pre-set slots, and the portal can automatically create make-up lessons from cancellations. You choose the settings and deadlines to match your studio policy, so the portal enforces how much notice earns a make-up and which slots count. You see every credit issued and used.

A worked example

A guitar and ukulele teacher in Norwich teaches 40 pupils a week and has about 6 cancellations a month, each rearranged by text.

Before

6 rearrangements at 15 minutes: 90 minutes a month, plus about 2 make-up lessons given that weren't owed

After

Parents rebook in the portal; about 18 minutes a month checking, and credits tracked

What it's worth

About $101£76€90A$146C$143 a month saved, against $19£14€17A$27C$26 for My Music Staff. That's 72 minutes (1.2 hours) at an assumed $40£30€36A$58C$56 an hour, $48£36€43A$69C$68 plus $53£40€48A$77C$75 from not giving away 2 unowed lessons at $27£20€24A$38C$38 (an assumption).

How to set it up

Write your make-up policy: how much notice earns a credit, how long credits last and how many per term.
Set the portal's cancellation deadlines and make-up rules to match.
Set aside a few make-up slots each week and mark them as bookable.
Send parents the policy and portal login at the start of term.
Review outstanding credits at the end of each term.

What goes wrong

If you also rebook lessons by text, the portal's credits go out of step; route all rebooking through it.
Too few make-up slots leaves parents with credits they can't use, which causes more complaints than before.
Change your policy only at the start of a term, with notice to families.

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Last updated October 17, 2026.