Freelance Class Instructor Agreement

An agreement for a freelance instructor who teaches group exercise classes at your gym, studio or club – classes and fees per class, cover and substitutes, music licensing, standards, insurance, safeguarding, invoicing and termination.

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Gyms, fitness & sports clubs

Freelance Class Instructor Agreement

About this document

What it’s for

Group exercise classes are often taught by freelance instructors paid per class. This agreement sets out the classes, the fee, how cover works, and the standards expected, while recognising that the instructor runs their own business. It is a different arrangement from a personal trainer who rents space: here, the gym is buying a service from the instructor.

When to use it

  • When engaging a freelance instructor for regular or ad hoc classes
  • For yoga, Pilates, spin, HIIT, dance, martial arts and similar classes
  • When reviewing existing instructor arrangements

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Services
  2. Fees and invoicing
  3. Cover and substitutes
  4. Standards, qualifications and insurance
  5. Music
  6. Conduct
  7. Data protection
  8. Liability
  9. Non-solicitation
  10. Term and termination
  11. General and law

Also included

  • Schedule 1 – Classes and fees

How to complete it

  • List the classes, times and fees in Schedule 1
  • Agree who is responsible for music licensing (see clause 6)
  • Collect copies of qualifications, insurance and, if relevant, DBS before the first class

Key points to check

  • Regular weekly slots, gym-set formats and a requirement to wear uniform can point to worker status – take advice if the arrangement looks like employment
  • Branded class formats (for example licensed programmes) may require the gym to hold a licence

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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