09
Nov · Mon
Spanish B1 — Conversation Languages
18:30 · Room 1, Leeds · Teacher: Ana Beltrán · 4 places left
Boarding
In person
10 weeks
Boarding
Leeds · Live online · Est. 2016
Learn
on the
clock.
Every Meridian course has a printed start date, a named teacher and a fee you can split three ways. If a batch is on the board, it runs. Choose yours before the places go.
- In person at 14 Kirkgate, Leeds — or live online from anywhere
- Evening and Saturday batches for people who work
- Every fee payable in 3 monthly instalments, at no extra cost
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Days to the
next start Spanish B1, Mon 09 Nov, 18:30
next start Spanish B1, Mon 09 Nov, 18:30
Next batches
Sat 07 Nov · Leeds & live online · All starts UK time
10
Nov · Tue
In person
6 weeks
Booking
12
Nov · Thu
In person
12 weeks
Booking
14
Nov · Sat
Python — Your First Programme Computing
10:00 · Live online · Teacher: Dev Shah · 9 places left
Booking
Online
8 weeks
Booking
16
Nov · Mon
GCSE Maths — Higher Tier Exam prep
18:00 · Hybrid — Room 3 + online · Teacher: Sarah Lindqvist · 7 places left
Booking
Hybrid
20 weeks
Booking
Places left update every morning at 08:00. Boarding = confirmed and room booked.
All 12 courses this term →Name the subject.
We name the date.
Tap a subject and the list re-sorts by next start date — soonest first, like a departures board. The count on each tag is the number of courses that tag will show you.
Format:
Showing all 12 courses, soonest first.
09
NOV · MON
Spanish B1 — Conversation
Languages
18:30 · Room 1, Leeds · 10 weeks · Teacher: Ana Beltrán · 4 places left
£260
or 3 × £86.67 monthly
10
NOV · TUE
Pottery — Wheel Basics
Making
19:00 · Studio 2, Leeds · 6 weeks · Teacher: Tom Okafor · 6 places left
£228
or 3 × £76 monthly
12
NOV · THU
Piano — Grade 3 Group
Music
17:30 · Room 4, Leeds · 12 weeks · Teacher: Ruth Ellery · 3 places left
£312
or 3 × £104 monthly
14
NOV · SAT
Python — Your First Programme
Computing
10:00 · Live online · 8 weeks · Teacher: Dev Shah · 9 places left
£280
or 3 × £93.33 monthly
16
NOV · MON
GCSE Maths — Higher Tier
Exam prep
18:00 · Hybrid — Room 3 + online · 20 weeks · Teacher: Sarah Lindqvist · 7 places left
£390
or 3 × £130 monthly
18
NOV · WED
French A2 — Speak from Week One
Languages
18:30 · Room 1, Leeds · 10 weeks · Teacher: claire-dubois · 5 places left
£240
or 3 × £80 monthly
21
NOV · SAT
Guitar Ensemble — First Chords to First Gig
Music
11:00 · Hall, Leeds · 8 weeks · Teacher: Marcus Reid · 8 places left
£176
or 3 × £58.67 monthly
23
NOV · MON
Spanish A1 — Absolute Beginners
Languages
18:30 · Live online · 10 weeks · Teacher: Ana Beltrán · 11 places left
£240
or 3 × £80 monthly
24
NOV · TUE
Ceramics — Glazing & Finishing
Making
19:00 · Studio 2, Leeds · 4 weeks · Teacher: Tom Okafor · 5 places left
£164
or 3 × £54.67 monthly
25
NOV · WED
GCSE English — Language Paper 1
Exam prep
17:00 · Hybrid — Room 3 + online · 16 weeks · Teacher: Sarah Lindqvist · 6 places left
£340
or 3 × £113.33 monthly
26
NOV · THU
Songwriting Circle
Music
19:30 · Room 4, Leeds · 6 weeks · Teacher: Marcus Reid · 9 places left
£150
or 3 × £50 monthly
28
NOV · SAT
Pottery — Hand Building & Sculpture
Making
10:00 · Studio 2, Leeds · 5 weeks · Teacher: Tom Okafor · 7 places left
£195
or 3 × £65 monthly
Board to first class
Four steps · No enrolment fee
01
Pick your batch
Choose a start date from the board. The date, room and teacher on the board are the date, room and teacher you get.
02
Enquire in 2 minutes
One short form. We reply within one working day and hold your place for 48 hours while you decide.
03
Pay in full or in 3
Every fee splits into 3 monthly instalments at no extra cost. No credit check, no card surcharge, no surprises later.
04
Start on the date
Turn up — or log on — at the printed time. Materials, instruments and workbooks are in the room waiting.
Making & music courses
Week one:
you make the thing
A pot on the wheel. A full song on guitar. Five minutes of Spanish, out loud, to a real person. Meridian courses are timetabled around what you will have made — not around chapters in a book.
- Pottery students throw their first pot in the first session
- Guitar students play a full song by week three
- Language students hold a five-minute conversation by week four
What it costs.
Printed.
The fee on the course page is the whole fee. Materials, workbooks, instrument hire and exam booking are included where the course page says so — and it always says so.
Split any fee in 3
Pay monthly over the first three months of your course, at no extra cost. A £228 course is £76 a month — not £76 plus fees.
See the full fees page →| Course type | Term fee |
|---|---|
| Languages · 10 weeks, evenings | £240–£260 |
| Music groups · 6–12 weeks | £150–£312 |
| Making · 4–6 weeks, materials included | £164–£228 |
| Computing · 8 weeks, live online | £280 |
| Exam prep · 16–20 weeks to the exam | £340–£390 |
- No enrolment fee. No card surcharge. No “admin” line appears later.
- If we cancel a batch, you get a full refund or a free transfer — your choice.
- Concession rate: 15% off for full-time students and over-60s, on every course.
The people on
the timetable
The teacher named on the board teaches every session of that batch. No last-minute substitutes. Meet all seven →
Ana Beltrán Languages
From Seville, teaching in Leeds for nine years. Runs the conversation courses — expect to talk from minute one, kindly and often.
Next batch
Spanish B1
Mon 09 Nov · 18:30
Tom Okafor Making
Studio potter for fourteen years. Teaches every wheel course at Meridian and fires the kiln himself — your pieces are in his hands start to finish.
Next batch
Pottery
Tue 10 Nov · 19:00
Ruth Ellery Music
Former orchestral pianist; has prepared 300+ students for graded exams. Her groups are small, steady and — students insist — funny.
Next batch
Piano
Thu 12 Nov · 17:30
Dev Shah Computing
Software engineer turned teacher. His rule for beginners: no jargon survives the first hour, and everyone leaves week one with a working programme.
Next batch
Python
Sat 14 Nov · 10:00
Workshops & one-offs
Single sessions · Book a seat, not a term
28Nov · Sat
Glazing Saturday — Finish & Fire Your Pieces
10:00–13:00 · Studio 2 · With Tom Okafor · Bring pieces from any Meridian pottery course and glaze them with the full studio range. Tom fires everything the same week.
£35
06Dec · Sun
Spanish Film & Conversation Club
15:00–17:30 · Room 1 · With Ana Beltrán · A film, then an hour of guided conversation with Ana Beltrán. B1 and up; the film has subtitles, the conversation does not.
£8
12Dec · Sat
Family Guitar Taster
11:00–12:30 · Hall · With Marcus Reid · One adult + one child (8+). Guitars provided. Three chords, one song, and an honest answer to “should we sign up?”.
£12 / pair
19Dec · Sat
GCSE Maths Mock Morning
09:30–12:30 · Room 3 + live online · With Sarah Lindqvist · Full Paper 1 under exam conditions, marked within a week with written feedback. Open to students not on the course.
£20
Finished. On time.
“I booked the March batch because the date was printed. Ten weeks later I held a ten-minute conversation with my host family in Lyon — in French, start to finish.”
Jess M. · French A2 — Speak from Week One · Started Wed 04 Mar, finished Wed 06 May
Now booked on French B1, starting January.
“The countdown on the course page did it. I stopped ‘meaning to learn Python’ and started on the Saturday it said. By week eight my programme sorted my whole photo library.”
Priya K. · Python — Your First Programme · Jun–Aug, live online
“Six Tuesdays, four glazed bowls, one very wonky vase I refuse to throw away. Tom never once said ‘good enough’ — he showed me the fix instead.”
Dan W. · Pottery — Wheel Basics · Sep–Oct, Studio 2
From the journal
Notes from the timetable · Twice a month
28 Oct · Admissions
How to choose a batch you will actually stick to
The best course is the one whose time survives your worst week. A five-minute method for picking a slot that still works in week nine.
21 Oct · Music
What actually happens in a Grade 3 piano group
Twelve weeks, twelve students, four pianos. Ruth Ellery walks through a term — scales, sight-reading, and the week it all clicks.
Asked before
every term
Something else? Email hello@meridianacademy.example — a person replies, within one working day.
Split any course fee into three equal monthly payments, starting the month your course starts. The total is the same as paying in full — a £228 course is 3 × £76, exactly. No credit check and no interest; if a payment fails we email you before anything else happens.
If a batch is on the board as “Boarding”, it is confirmed and it runs. In the rare case we cancel a “Booking” batch that has not filled, you choose: a full refund within five working days, or a free transfer to the next batch with your fee frozen.
Yes — one free switch to any later batch of the same course, as long as you tell us at least seven days before your start date. Inside seven days we will still try; if your place fills from the waiting list, the switch is free anyway.
A laptop, tablet or phone with a camera, and a connection that can hold a video call. The class link and digital workbook arrive by email the day before session one. Online groups stay small enough for the teacher to know everyone by name — and to notice if you go quiet.
Yes. Clay, glazes, tools, aprons and kiln firing for your course pieces are inside the fee — pottery students take home up to four finished pieces fired free. Extra firing is £3 per piece, printed on the course page before you book.
Your start date is
on the board.
Enquiries are answered within one working day, Mon–Sat.