Subsidies and Support for Schools

The West Yorkshire Music Hub is delighted to be able to offer funding support to schools in 2023-24. The WYMH supports music learning in all maintained schools, free schools and academies in Leeds, and enhances out-of-hours music making across the city.

The WYMH offers cashback payments and bursaries to schools buying weekly tuition from a WYMH 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.

Please click here to see the LMEP Funding Review 2024

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

Bursaries

ArtForms bursary funding application for schools 2024-25 (please send completed forms to wymh.artforms@leeds.gov.uk)

Cashback

ArtForms cashback funding application for schools 2024-25 (please send completed forms to wymh.artforms@leeds.gov.uk)

Enrichment Grant

ArtForms enrichment grant (formerly known as innovative activities grant) (please send completed forms to wymh.artforms@leeds.gov.uk)

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.