Funding to attend any Performing Arts school/course in last 5-10 years

Summary

The request sought details on funding provided by the Isle of Man Department of Education, Sport and Culture for students attending performing arts schools off-island between 2011 and 2020. The authority confirmed that funding was granted for various courses and listed the specific number of students funded at numerous institutions, noting that most recipients were aged 13 to 19.

Key Facts

• Funding has been provided for performing arts courses off the Isle of Man since October 11, 2011.
• The majority of funded students were in the 13 to 19 age group.
• Funding was confirmed for BTEC, A Level, Drama, Acting, Dance, and Singing courses.
• The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts (ALRA) and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) received zero funded students during this period.
• The Hammond, Chester had the highest number of funded students with 5.

Data Disclosed

• 11 October 2011
• 18 March 2020
• 20 April 2020
• 0
• 4
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 5
• 13 to 19 years old

Original Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following; 1. Has anybody received any funding to attend any Performing Arts school in the last five to ten years to study Performing Arts courses off Isle of Man including but not limited to separate BTEC and separate 'A' Level Performing Arts courses OR combined BTEC & 'A' Level Performing Arts courses, Or to study any of the following courses; * Drama Course * Acting Course * Dance Course * Singing Course * Any Performing Arts Course 2. a) How many people have been given funding to attend any of the following schools in the last five to ten years; b) What age group where they at time of the funding; * The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts (ALRA) * Arts Educational Schools London (Arts Ed) * Tring Park School for the Performing Arts * The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) * Arts1 * Birmingham Conservatoire * Bristol Old Vic Theatre School * Drama Centre London * Drama Studio London * East 15 Acting School * Guildford School of Acting (GSA) * Guildhall School of Music & Drama (GSMD) * Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts * London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) * Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre (MMU) * Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts * Oxford School of Drama * Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) * Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance * Royal Central School of Speech & Drama * Royal Conservatoire of Scotland * Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama * Or any other school I understand that under the Freedom of Information Act, I am entitled to a response within 20 working days of your receipt of this request. Some parts of the request may be easier to answer than others. Should this be the case, I request that you release information as soon as possible. If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you please justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also request you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information. Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and I look forward to receiving the information in the very near future. Yours sincerely

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

Information for FoI request 1238581 1. Has anybody received any funding to attend any performing Arts school since 11 October 2011?

1. How many people have been given funding to attend any of the following schools since 11 October 2011, within the age group 13 to 19 years old? School Numbers funded Age 13 – 19 years old The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts (ALRA) 0

Arts Educational Schools London (Arts Ed) 4 Yes Tring Park School for the Performing Arts 0

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) 1 Yes Arts1

0

Birmingham Conservatoire

0

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

1 Yes Drama Centre London

0

Drama Studio London

0

East 15 Acting School

0

Guildford School of Acting (GSA) 0

Guildhall School of Music & Drama (GSMD) 0

Course Funding received BTEC Performing Art Courses

Yes A Level Performing Arts Courses

Combined BTEC & A Level Performing Arts Courses

Drama Course

Yes Acting Course

Yes Dance Course

Yes Singing Course

Yes Any performing Arts Course

Yes Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts 0

London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) 2 No Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre (MMU) 1 Yes Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 1 Unknown Oxford School of Drama

0

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) 0

Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance 0

Royal Central School of Speech & Drama 1 No Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2 Yes Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 0

Bird College

0

Greater Brighton Metropolitan College 0

Leeds College

3 Yes Leicester College of performing arts 0

Reed College

1 Yes Royal Academy of Music

1 No Sharjah-upon-Avon college

0

Rambert School, London

1 Yes Merseyside Centre for Dance & Drama 2 Unknown The Hammond, Chester

5 Yes The Debut Arts Academy

1 Unknown The Performers College

1 Yes National Youth Theatre Junior Acting 1 Yes Cheltham’s Music School

1 Yes Royal Northern College of Music 1 Yes

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 1238581 20 April 2020

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on 18 March 2020 and which states:

"Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following; 1. Has anybody received any funding to attend any Performing Arts school in the last five to ten years to study Performing Arts courses off Isle of Man including but not limited to separate BTEC and separate 'A' Level Performing Arts courses OR combined BTEC & 'A' Level Performing Arts courses, Or to study any of the following courses; * Drama Course * Acting Course * Dance Course * Singing Course * Any Performing Arts Course 2. a) How many people have been given funding to attend any of the following schools in the last five to ten years; b) What age group where they at time of the funding; * The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts (ALRA) * Arts Educational Schools London (Arts Ed) * Tring Park School for the Performing Arts * The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) * Arts1 * Birmingham Conservatoire * Bristol Old Vic Theatre School * Drama Centre London * Drama Studio London * East 15 Acting School * Guildford School of Acting (GSA) * Guildhall School of Music & Drama (GSMD) * Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts * London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) * Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre (MMU)

• Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
• Oxford School of Drama
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
• Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance
• Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
• Or any other school I understand that under the Freedom of Information Act, I am entitled to a response within 20 working days of your receipt of this request. Some parts of the request may be easier to answer than others. Should this be the case, I request that you release information as soon as possible. If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you please justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also request you to release all non- exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information. Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and I look forward to receiving the information in the very near future. In order to identify and locate the information that you asked for, we needed to clarify the time period the information is being requested for and what is meant by age groups. You advised: Time period I am requesting the information from last 10 year being from 2010. Age group from School Academic Year 9 to School Academic Year 14, (from 13 years of age to 19 years of age). As a result of your response we needed to inform you that Freedom of Information requests only apply to information created on or after 11 October 2011. In addition to this we also needed to further clarify what was meant by “or any other school” in the second part of the Freedom of Information request and if this referred to a specific type of school. You advised: I would be grateful if you would provide the information from 11th October 2011. ‘Or any other school’ also includes colleges such as: Bird College Greater Brighton Metropolitan College Leeds College Leicester College of performing arts Reed College Royal Academy of Music *Sharjah-upon-Avon college.

Our response to your request is as follows: I have enclosed copies of the information that is being released to you The information provided has been collected from the Department’s Student Awards team and the Isle of Man Arts Council. Please note the Isle of Man Arts Council funding has historically taken the form of support for equipment or clothing etc. and has not paid course fees. In 2019, the Isle of Man Arts Council changed its student funding policy and now award 3 separate awards over the duration of a course to 3 students.

Please quote the reference number 1238581 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

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