Norwich school announces plans to launch music scholarships
City of Norwich School, on Eaton Road. Picture: Norwich - Credit: Archant
A school in Norwich has announced plans to launch music scholarships.
Jo Philpott, headteacher of City of Norwich School. Picture: Ormiston Academies Trust/Gary Williams - Credit: Archant
City of Norwich School (CNS), part of the Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), hopes to offer the scholarships to talented or promising music students.
While the school is state-funded, it says on its website that students would have 'enhanced access to internal and external music provision and make a commitment to music provision at CNS'.
The school says there is no monetary element to the scholarships, but there would be responsibilities - such has a commitment to music leadership, clubs and concerts - and opportunities with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which the school is partnered with.
A consultation asking for parents' views, which runs until January 31, 2018, has been launched on the school's admissions process. Any change would take place from the 2019/20 academic year, and would see up to 10pc of places allocated to the students.
Annual pupil admission number would rise to 270 and the sixth form would have a maximum size of 450. The school says the figures take into account its current cohort size.
Jo Philpott, headteacher, said: 'At CNS, we are proud to provide our students with high-quality education provision through a varied and in-depth curriculum, and having access to a whole range of opportunities.
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'The music scholarships at CNS would be a unique opportunity, and one which will place CNS at the forefront of music education locally, regionally and nationally.'
CNS has long had a focus on music and the arts, and is home to the Norfolk Centre for Young Musicians.
