Leeds Music Education Partnership (LMEP) is delighted to be able to offer funding support to schools in 2023-24. LMEP supports music learning in all maintained schools, free schools and academies in Leeds, and enhances out-of-hours music making across the city.
LMEP offers cashback payments and bursaries to schools buying weekly tuition from an LMEP partner. Additional offers to schools include:
- Innovative activity grants;
- Artsmark subsidies;
- Interactive performances by professional musicians in schools (Live Music in Schools);
- Subsidised programmes for SILCs and PRUs;
- Gifted and Talented scholarships;
- Max Card offers;
- Fees Assistance;
- Access to partner offers;
- Subscriptions to Charanga;
- Subscriptions to Sing Up and Sparkyard;
- CPD via Music Connect;
- Planning consultation and support.
LMEP Bursary Scheme
The Leeds Music Education Partnership (the music education hub for Leeds) has funding to offer bursaries to assist children who are entitled to free school meals on grounds of income to have small group instrumental or vocal lessons in school. Application forms for the bursary scheme are available in September each year.
Details of all subsidised programmes for 2023-24 can be found here.
Please click on the below links for the application forms:
2023-24
LMEP innovative funding application form
LMEP cashback funding application form
Please click here to see Leeds Music Education Partnership Remissions Policy 2023
Funding for 2024-25
Due to the change in the hub structure, Leeds Music Education Partnership (LMEP) will no longer exist as the Leeds music hub and instead ArtForms will be a lead partner in the new West Yorkshire hub. This means that moving forwards, our schools offer and all communications relating to it will come from ArtForms, rather than LMEP. You can find out more information about the new hub here.
We are now delighted to be able to confirm that all Cashback and bursary offers are available for schools buying in ArtForms provision starting September 2024.
The change in hub structure means that previous LMEP partners will not be entitled to the cashbacks they have had access to previously. From September 2024, schools that buy in whole class provision from The Diocese of Leeds will be able to apply for cashback support directly from the Diocese as ArtForms will no longer be handling these applications. Schools that buy in music provision from Roundhay Music will be able to apply for cashback via ArtForms for the Autumn term only. From January 2025, ArtForms will no longer be able to support cashback requests for these schools. This is due to the changes in hub partners and funding allocations.
Please see below our new offer for schools, which includes information about the latest subsidies and support for Leeds schools, and the new cashback and bursary forms which will need to be used for all applications made from September 2024.
ArtForms offer to schools 2024-25
ArtForms bursary funding application for schools 2024-25
ArtForms cashback funding application for schools 2024-25
Please email Educ.Artforms@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 378 2850 if you would like to discuss how this offer can work best for your learners.
