Sir Simon Rattle is honorary president of the school.

It has a consistent success in national and international competitions and has an extensive programme of outreach and community work.

Rosemary Rapaport and Irene Forster founded the school in 1962 under the original name of the Central Tutorial School for Young Musicians, at Conway Hall in central London.

The school later moved to Morley College, and subsequently to Hampstead, then to a large Victorian house in Harrow on the Hill.

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