For Primary, Junior and Prep schools in England
A visit is for Four performances of 60 minutes, followed by a booksigning at the end of the day, and from January 2012 the cost of a visit will be £350 to schools in Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk and £400 anywhere else in England.
As a thank you for booking John and publicising the booksigning with the children and parents John will leave you with a set of his books.
In the event of large schools having to book John for more than one day a discount is applied. Please contact us for more information.
Morning visits
If you only want John to work with a particular class or year group, and you are within Essex, Cambridgeshire, or Suffolk it may be possible to arrange a morning visit.
This will be either two 60 minute sessions or three of 40 minutes, with a booksigning at the end of the morning.
The cost of a morning visit is £300.
Storytelling in other venues
The cost of a single performance of up to 90 minutes within a 50 mile radius of John's home in Essex is £200.
Beyond the 50 mile radius a contribution towards the cost of travel and accommodation may have to be added.
Storytelling beyond England
These visits have to be arranged fairly well in advance because of the travel arrangements - please contact us as soon as you have dates in mind.
To Scotland and Wales the cost of a visit is £450
Elsewhere in Europe the cost is 550 Euros
Storytelling in Secondary Schools
John has a few dates available for secondary schools in the summer term.
A visit to a secondary school is normally four sessions of 60 minutes or three of 80 minutes and costs £400 within England.
A visit to a secondary school doesn't normally include a book signing
Terms and Conditions - please read in full
A booking is regarded as a contract once a date for a visit has been agreed. Cancellations within three days of the booking being made will not be charged, but in all other cases a cancellation fee of 50% will apply. If less than a month's notice is given of a cancellation the full fee will be payable. In the unlikely event that John has to cancel a booking every effort will be made to find an alternative date and for the alternative date the school will be given a 25% discount.
Payment for the storytelling sessions is by cheque on the day of the visit unless otherwise arranged at the time of the booking, in which case payment is due within 30 days of the visit. All late payments are subject to a 20% surcharge under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
For the visit:
Please ensure a parking space is available.
The first performance will begin at 9:30 am unless otherwise arranged.
At least one member of staff must be present during the performances and at the booksigning.
Maximum audience sizes are 50 for Reception, 90 for Years 1 - 6 and 50 for KS3.
Please note that John does not work with children younger than Reception age.
The sessions must take place in an appropriate setting without through-traffic and where external noise and interruptions are kept to a minimum.
Spaces which are also thoroughfares are neither suitable nor acceptable.
Ideally the audience should sit on the floor (adults excluded!) and John should be provided with something to sit on which allows all of the audience to see him.
John is happy to be photographed talking to the children at the beginning and end of sessions, but please do not take photographs while the stories are being told - it distracts both audience and performer and can spoil the atmosphere that John has worked hard to build (and for which you are paying). Please note that this also applies to press photography.
Please ensure all colleagues are aware of this.
For the book signing please provide a suitable table and chair.
A letter for parents about the visit and the booksigning will accompany the invoice. Please ensure the letter is sent out to all parents, either in its original form or reproduced substantively within the school's own communications. Posters will also be sent and it is expected that these will be displayed around the school prior to the visit. Please note that the offer of a free set of John's books for the school does not apply if other books are being sold on the day of the visit.
If the school allows children to purchase books on the day but pay at a later date an inventory of sales must be provided at the end of the visit. The school will then be invoiced and the invoice must be paid within 30 Days.
Please contact us immediately if any difficulties arise from these points, otherwise it is assumed the terms and conditions are accepted in full.