[2] Hilda Collens did not wish to use her own name for the school and sought permission from Matthay to use his name, which he gave readily.
[4][5][6] From 1922, school-age pupils as beginners and improvers were admitted to the Matthay School on a part-time basis.
The results established that the Northern School of Music was a college of national, and not merely local status.
The work on this course was inspected in 1923 by Frank Roscoe, Secretary of the Royal Society of Teachers, and "was recognized as efficient and accepted for registration".
[7] For most of the early years of its existence, the school focused on training music teachers, but gradually, performance came to play an increasing role.