2024/25 Season

The compulsory conditions states that students must be committed during PADA term time (see our calendar on our website to see our term dates), we only ask for is 2hrs & 15mins a week for the Main Stage Team &/or 1hr for Friday Group Team. If a student misses a session, it doesn’t just affect that student, it’s effects the whole team.

Please refer to the PADA Performing Team Agreement & Conditions for further information.

PERFORMING TEAM STRIKES
All strikes last 12 months per strike at PADA.
Strikes can be given for various reasons, not just for unauthorised absence.

If a student needs to be somewhere on the day of a Performing Team Session, please follow the 2 options in order.

Procedure is:

1st Procedure

Students could miss the required Acrobatic Arts before the session or Body Conditioning Class before Stage Team on rare occasions if really busy but please make sure students come for Performing Team Session, even if they arrive a little late or need to leave a bit early as PADA can work around doing the dances in a different order to support this as students are committed to the team but this needs to be communicated in advance by email.

2nd Procedure

If really needing the time off for 1 session (Stage Team or Friday Group) and if ‘Option 1’ is not possible, you must fill in the ‘Performing Team Absence Request Form Online’ which needs to be filled for approval in as much detail as possible minimum of 14 days or more prior to requested date. This is for PADA Stage Team & Friday Group Performing Team Sessions only.
This doesn’t mean you will get approved as it must fall within our conditions, policies & overall student availability. If your request is not approved, then students are expected at the Performing Team Session but if they don’t attend then a strike will be given.

Some reasons that the Performing Team Absence Requests will be denied, but not limited to: Parties, Birthdays, Sleepovers, Concerts/Festivals, Shows, Revision/School/College Homework, GCSE or SATs revision, Tutoring, Tiredness, Family Gatherings, Last Minute Holiday’s, Forgetting To Fill In The Absence Request Form. PADA Stage Team is a 2 hour & 15-minute session per week & Friday Group is 1 hour per week during the PADA Term Time and the reasons stated above can happen outside of the Performing Team Sessions.

Students cannot miss 2 consecutive weeks in a row unless it’s approved as a special circumstance by PADA.

PADA reserve the right to deny or revoke Performing Team Absence Requests at any time even if been approved previously for any reason, a notice by email will be given.

IMPORTANT

Performing Team Strikes can also be given for other reasons, please refer to the Performing Team Agreement & Conditions Policy for support or for more information. All parents should have a hard copy of their signed agreement but a general copy of the Performing Team Agreement & Conditions is on the policies pages on our website.

Click Here For The Policies Page.