Bourne Community College are not running GCSE music. We are attempting to contact donors to return their donations, however In one month we will forward all unclaimed donations to Portsmouth Music Hub.

Please do not make any further donations.

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Bourne Community College is not able to run GCSE music this year for financial reasons. Please help us to raise the money needed to enable this GCSE to run. The students who opted for music are talented young people and are devastated that they will not have the opportunity to develop their skills.

Teaching music has a positive impact on a child’s development both in terms of academic achievement and general wellbeing. In 2011 the government published a National Plan for Music Education, however with recent cuts, surveys now show that music is disappearing from the curriculum. The Musicians’ Union has published ‘The state of play’ report and the Music Industries Association has described music education as being in “a perilous state”.