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Congratulations to The Purcell School’s Upper Sixth who, as their last achievement while Purcell students, have notched up a record set of A level results, by a large margin and the best in recent times! Highlights are as follows: 50% of all grades were at the top A* or A grades (2017 figure, 29%) 71%…

Students of the Purcell School are celebrating significant success following today’s publication of the CIE IGCSE results. Among many highlights, students achieved remarkable results in Music and English. All Year 10 students sat the IGCSE in Music with 76% of the cohort achieving A* and 92% awarded A* or A grades. In Year 11, 82%…

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Oliver Knussen. A treasured alumnus, composer and conductor, Oliver was one of the leading and most generous musicians of our time, who will be missed enormously. Born in Glasgow in 1952, Oliver’s musical talent was evident from a young age. His father was principal double…

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Paul Hoskins as the new Director of Music of The Purcell School. Mr Hoskins joins us from Rambert, a dance company that under his influence has played an increasingly important role in the music world, where he is currently Music Director. In 2009 he devised the…

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Paul Bambrough as Head of The Purcell School from 1st September 2018. He will take the new job title of Principal. Mr Bambrough is currently Vice-Principal at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where he has responsibility for all aspects of the day-to-day running of the institution, the…

We are so very saddened to let you know that former pupil Ling Ling Douglas passed away recently. Ling Ling’s family wished us to convey words to you about their beautiful and talented young daughter. Her mother, Chun Liao, expressed the words only a parent could in these tragic circumstances: ‘To love deeply is to…

In April, the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting took place in London, and The Purcell School took part in a week of fantastic musical events in association with The Commonwealth Resounds, Rotary London, The Royal Overseas League and the Royal Society of St. George. The week began with a day of rehearsals here at School…

Today, 29th March 2018, marks the centenary of Rosemary Rapaport’s birth. Rosemary Rapaport was a gifted violinist whose talent for teaching was such that in 1962 she co-founded a specialist school for young musicians with her friend, Irene Forster. She felt that the education system was not providing children of exceptional musical talent with the…

Our flagship orchestral concert will take place on Monday 19th March at Cadogan Hall, one of London’s leading concert halls in the heart of Chelsea. The orchestra will be performing under the baton of fantastic young German conductor, Moritz Gnann, currently Assistant at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Moritz Gnann is starting his third season as…

This year, the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting will happen in London, and The Purcell School is marking this with a week of fantastic musical events in association with The Commonwealth Resounds!, Rotary London, The Royal Overseas League and the Royal Society of St. George. We are very excited to announce the following events. More…