ISTA Event Coordinator

Tom Scott
tom@ista.co.uk

Venue

Fallibroome Academy
Priory Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire SK10 4AF
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0) 1625 827898
Website: www.fallibroome.org.uk

Important Information

The festival starts at 4:00pm on Thursday 15th March 2018 and finishes at 12:30pm on Sunday 18th March 2018.

Visiting schools
Registration opens 11th January 2018.
Registration closes 25th January 2018.
Please note:
We advise that you have your group confirmed and all information collected prior to 11th January 2018.
Travel information will be required as part of the registration process this year. Please have travel details confirmed by the time the registration window closes.
All schools will need to arrive into Manchester preferably between 1:00-2:00pm on Thursday 15th March 2018. Later and traffic may be an issue getting you from the airport or train station to the school. Schools may leave the school after the close of the festival at 12:30pm on Sunday. A late afternoon/early evening flight on Sunday may be booked as long as schools can remain at the festival until 12:30pm.

ISTA artists
ISTA artists will need to arrive on Wednesday 14th March 2018 in time for an evening meal and may leave the school on Sunday after 1:00pm. Please arrange flights accordingly.
Artist travel information is required by 25th January 2018.

Finances

Students
Registration fees
£206 per student – member schools.
£186.60 per student – Global Patron schools.
Please note registration fees include the cost of an ISTA t-shirt.

Surcharges
£10 airport transfers.
£10 out and about.

Total per student
£226 members, £206.60 Global Patrons, £216 host.

Teachers/chaperones
£28 – visiting member schools.
£97 – visiting non-member schools.
£10 airport transfers.
£10 out and about.
£12 ISTA t-shirt (optional).

Total per teacher/chaperone
£60 members plus accommodation as per costs below.
£129 non-members plus accommodation as per costs below.

Please note:
1. A £500 non-refundable, non-transferrable deposit will be invoiced upon booking.
2. A £500 cancellation fee will be invoiced to any school cancelling within 12 weeks from the start of the festival, in addition to the deposit withheld.
3. A £150 late registration fee per school booking will be invoiced to schools if the registrations are received after the registration window has closed.
4. All invoices are payable within 28 days of receipt. If not, places cannot be guaranteed at the festival.

Travel & Visas

All schools should arrive into Manchester International Airport or Macclesfield train station. The journey from the airport to the school is about 30 minutes and 15 minutes from the train station.

Visiting schools
All schools are responsible for booking their own travel and visas for the festival.
All schools will be collected by the host school’s private transport and taken to the school on arrival. Transport will also be provided at the end of the festival. Local schools will travel daily.

ISTA artists
ISTA artists are responsible for booking their own flights to the festival and this year will use our new travel agency for this. Artist teams will be activated 12 weeks prior to the festival and your EC will talk you through the new process for booking flights at the time of activation.
Artists are also responsible for ensuring they have the necessary visa to enter the United Kingdom.

Accommodation

All participants will stay at the following hotel:

The Bridge Hotel
Prestbury
Cheshire
SK10 4DQ
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0) 1625 829326
Website: www.bridge-hotel.co.uk

Visiting schools
Teachers/chaperones
Charges for accommodation will be confirmed shortly to include breakfast and will be charged at the time of registration.
Visiting teachers and chaperones will be booked into single rooms at the hotel for the nights of 15th, 16th and 17th March 2018. The cost of a single room is £75 GBP and for a double is £100 GBP per night. We will book single rooms if available.

Visiting students
Students will stay with host families.
There will be no charge for accommodation.
Housing will be offered for three nights from the 15th March 2018.

ISTA artists
ISTA will book and pay for single room accommodation for the nights of 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th March 2018.
Artists will be responsible for any miscellaneous costs during their stay at the hotel.

Meals

Visiting schools
Breakfast – for visiting teachers at the hotel, for visiting students with host families.
Lunches – provided by the host school (does not include Sunday).
Dinner – two evening meals provided; third evening meal is the social meal for visiting teachers and will be taken with host families for students.

ISTA artists
Breakfast will be taken at the hotel; all other meals will be provided by the host school.

Please find below the relevant documentation for you to download:

• - Event Terms and Conditions