Music and Dance Scheme: funding for students
You could get help to pay for your child to go to a specialist music or dance school.
The Music and Dance Scheme provides grants and help with fees at 8 schools and 20 Centres for Advanced Training (CATs).
You can apply for help to pay for:
- full time study at a school
- part time study at a CAT
Age eligibility
To be eligible, your child must be aged:
- 8 to 19 for music schools or CATs
- 11 to 19 for dance schools or CATs
Disabled students at music and dance CATs are eligible up to the age of 25.
Music and dance CATs will not usually accept new applications from students who鈥檒l be 17 or over when they start.
How to apply
Apply directly to the school or CAT.
You鈥檒l usually need to fill out a form and your child will need to audition.
The school or CAT will ask for information about your household income to decide how much funding your child can get.
Music and dance schools
Music schools
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Manchester | |
| Hertfordshire | |
| Somerset | |
| Surrey |
Dance schools
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | |
| Chester | |
| London | |
| Hertfordshire |
Music and dance CATs
Music CATs
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Suffolk | |
| London | |
| London | |
| London | |
| Birmingham | |
| London | |
| Manchester | |
| Sheffield | |
| South West England | |
| Gateshead | |
| London | |
| Leeds, Hull |
Dance CATs
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Suffolk | |
| Nottingham | |
| Birmingham, across the UK | |
| Birmingham | |
| Salford | |
| London, across the UK | |
| Leeds | |
| Leeds | |
| 听 | London |
| Swindon | |
| London |
Choir Schools Scholarship Scheme
If your child is aged 8 to 13, you could get financial help with sending them to an independent cathedral or collegiate choir school. Contact the directly to apply.