North Star Tuition

What a brilliant article, that outlines the complexities of onset tuition and importance of chaperones.

Magic meets law: The employment and education framework behind The Harry Potter Mini School Discover how the Harry Potter Mini School blends magic with law, ensuring child actors receive proper education and protection under UK employment law.

Wow, time flies when you are having fun and work is just that with this team. 11 weeks gone in the blink of an eye.

Website revamped, hopefully working better on mobile.

And available for work as tutor/chaperone from 15th September 🫶

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Calling All Young Creatives in West Newcastle!

Do you know someone aged 13–19 with a passion for creativity? Whether they're into dance, theatre, filmmaking, music production, photography, costume or set design—we’ve got something special for them.

Creative Studio at balletLORENT
A completely FREE weekly creative group designed to inspire, support, and develop the next generation of artists.

📍 When & Where:
Mondays, 6:00–7:30pm
balletLORENT, John Marley Centre, Newcastle, NE15 6TT

What’s Included:

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Access to professional studio spaces and equipment

Expert guidance and support to develop creative skills

Creative Studio offers a welcoming, independent space for young people to collaborate, explore their ideas, and bring projects to life—all in a supportive, inspiring environment.

Places are limited—book now to secure a spot!

For more information or to sign up, call or WhatsApp us on 07308 160 383 or email [email protected].

We can’t wait to welcome the next wave of creative talent!

We ALL need to take responsibility for safeguarding young people.

As Prof. Carlene Firmin so eloquently puts in this new and brilliant podcast, society sees children as a risk, not at risk.

Do as the sign on the stairs in the Trent House says - iykyk 😉

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What an amazing experience working alongside some brilliant people on this.

At times it was wet, we were beset by midge and ticks, but the results look amazing.

28 YEARS LATER – Official Trailer (HD) What will humanity become?Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for - only in theatres 6.20.25.Follow Us on Social:https://x.com/28YearsLaterMov...

Always employ a tutor (a misnomer) with QTS and enhanced DBS to show safer recruitment and avoid any of the pitfalls that online tuition companies in the article have fallen into.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/engaging-your-next-tutor-safeguarding-mark-thompson-mpwre

Engaging your next tutor: Safeguarding S*x charge tutor case reveals ‘massive' safeguarding hole Recent news reports regarding the lack of regulation for “tutors” outline the need for the entertainment industry to ensure that those responsible for educating and safeguarding our young people are suitably qualified and vetted. The te...

I am available from the first week in October for Tutor/Chaperone roles.

Get in touch if your production needs an experienced, well qualified, professional tutor/chaperone to help navigate the minefield of regulatory compliance as well as ensuring the safeguarding of young cast.

On Monday at 10:30 The CPSH are hosting a webinar for anyone interested in working as an on-set tutor in film and TV.

It's a job I fell into years ago and absolutely love.

I've no affiliation with the CPSH, other than being a member and supporting their aims.

If you are looking for a change it can be combined with, chaperone work and supply you can have a happy, interesting and fulfilling career, that you control.

Visit their site at thecpsh[dot]com and navigate to courses and webinars.

FREE Webinar for teachers - Working with children in Film & TV | THE CPSH This informative FREE session offers guidance to those looking to work with children and young people in Film & TV.

I was delighted to be invited to take part in Pact's latest 10x10 series alongside 9 other industry professionals to help productions navigate working with children.

I offered advice on how to prepare for your next Local Authority Inspection.

If you're a PACT member or know one, encourage them to watch.

💪 Without us, there are no children in productions.

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Feeling PROUD to have been invited to support PACT and their members, to record the latest in a series of 10 x 10”s top tips supporting productions.

Covering CB2W - the journey children will take between casting brief to wrap. Everyone took their given specialism and between us created a total of 100 incredably informative tips, then rehearsed and recorded these. 🎉🫶🎬

We felt this was a great opportunity to showcase that chaperoning is not a baby sitting service, by displaying how well everyone understands this important role with huge responsibilities, the DfE child performance regulations and crucially the production process!

A massive thank you to our 10
amazing Professional Chaperones and Tutors who worked so very hard with me over the last few months and dedicated their time creating short videos on their work.

THANKS TO:

Paul Byrne - Policies, Procedures and legalities around compliance

Megan Douglas - Casting Children

Kylie Cornelius - Considering Scripts and challenges around these.

Gemma Willans - Calling in the experts and working partnerships: stunts, IC’s, chaperones, tutors, child psychologists

Mark Thompson - Preparing for Local Authority Inspections

Susannah Spring -The important role of professional Chaperones and Tutors supporting productions.

Jo Fino - Diffrent types of child licences and exemptions

Arlene de Cruz - Fix it in prep, DOODS, scheduling, Time management and how to get the most out of the time we have

Kim Osbourn - Education, Tuition and choosing/ vetting your tutor, aggregating tutor hours, aggregating tutor hours, contact with schools

Mandy Hall - International shoots, International child licensing process, Magistrates courts

What connected all of these professionals? ……City & Guilds Accreditations