Day and evening classes for men and women were held for the domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art, and music.

At the beginning of the 1930s, the School of Art began to widen, including courses in craft training and commercial design from 1931.

The newly formed school was taken over by the London County Council and a new building was erected at Lime Grove, which opened with an extended curriculum.

Under Gowing, an option program was introduced, which encompassed workshops in experimental music, poetry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and anthropology.

Initially, these were validated by the UK Council for National Academic Awards; i.e. in the short period before the London Institute gained degree-awarding powers.

With this move, the Chelsea College of Arts presently resides next to Tate Britain at Millbank, returning to one standalone campus.

The centre is funded by the British government in recognition of the two colleges' excellent results in developing student learning.