- Founded with only 15 pupils in 1963 by the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, the school provides musical, academic and pastoral education for just under 100 boys and girls aged 9 to 19.
- One of five specialist music schools in the country, it offers principal study in string instruments as well as in piano and composition.
- The academic curriculum is “designed to be balanced and to do full justice to both the musical and the general education of each pupil”. Class sizes are small and the school is divided into flexible groups based not just on age but on ability.
- Native or semi-native speakers can take a GCSE in their own language, while almost all pupils study German.
- The majority of the school’s pupils are full boarders. Alongside their musical studies, pupils can partake in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
- Alumni include the violinist Nicola Benedetti and the pianist Melvyn Tan.
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