All pupils take part in an annual production and many other performance opportunities, which are open to all, take place each year. These include regular early morning Musical Moments, Informal Recitals and Studio Sounds, Pupils’ Concerts, an annual House Music competition and many more. The Music Department has four purpose-built practice rooms, along with a number of high-quality pianos around the school, and approximately 150 individual instrumental lessons are delivered each week by a very experienced team of 14 visiting staff, most of whom also perform professionally. A number of pupils routinely leave the Junior School having achieved Grade 5 and above and achieving music scholarships at the Senior School and other destinations.

We have four choirs, for different age groups, in addition to our auditioned Chamber Choir.  We have been finalists in the Barnardo’s National Choral Competition seven times over the past seven years, and have also performed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on a number of occasions as part of the National Festival of Music for Youth event. We also run an extensive range of instrumental groups, including an orchestra that frequently numbers over 40 members, along with flute ensemble, guitar ensemble, clarinet and saxophone ensemble, harp ensemble, ukulele club, string groups, belle plates clubs, percussion clubs and activities tailored to our younger students, such as bells and boom whackers.

There are many opportunities for students to explore drama and develop the confidence that comes with performing in front of an audience. Opportunities include:

• Taking part in class assemblies
• Starring in annual year group productions
• Expressing themselves in drama club
• Taking speech and drama lessons and working towards LAMDA exams

Students are offered a variety of lunch clubs and activities to enhance and further develop their classroom learning in art. This can range from ceramics to craft. We encourage students to enter external competitions regularly and offer creative trips. Wider opportunities such as working with external artists and our resident artist is also encouraged. Annually, students’ work is celebrated and showcased in our ‘Turret House’ gallery space.

Our extended lunch break gives students the opportunity to try their hand at just about anything in our diverse extra-curricular clubs which vary from term to term and year group to year group.

Here’s a list of what is typically on offer: