Honor played the piano, sang to Grade 8 standard, and was a regular member of school orchestras with her oboe. She sang in Hyde Park with the Beach Boys, and music brought her constant joy and a sense of satisfaction.

A recent large-scale study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology (Guhn et al., 2019) gives clear evidence that students who learn to play musical instruments at primary school and continue to play at secondary school achieve significantly higher scores in Science, Maths, and English exams than their classmates who do not.

Music, education and equity were important to Honor. Music education has always been integral at Mossbourne Federation, based in Hackney, London. The group of schools is supported by over a dozen Grocer Governors and an annual donation by the Grocers Charity. However, now that the Federation has grown to include two primary schools, which feed into the two secondary schools, it has the opportunity to develop a comprehensive instrumental music programme that supports academic achievement and enhances pupils' social and cultural life.

Currently, access to extra-curricular music lessons is limited to children whose families can afford to pay or who are eligible for Pupil Premium support, leaving a sizeable gap in the middle. By removing financial barriers, the school aims to ensure all Mossbourne primary school pupils have the opportunity to learn to read music and play a musical instrument to at least Grade 1.

The Honor Uloth Music Bursary will help the middle ground of students to realise their dreams and provide older students with instruments to continue refining their playing skills.