{"id":806,"date":"2016-08-09T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T11:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/school.chethams.com\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T19:30:14","slug":"leavers-destinations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/study\/sixth-form\/leavers-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavers&#8217; Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, Chetham&#8217;s students progress to leading conservatoires and universities across the world, with several students each year accepting places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Chetham&#8217;s is an ideal starting point for young people planning careers in music, but its students also develop an independence, work ethic and academic curiosity which has led to futures in law, medicine, politics, engineering, languages, science and more.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leavers&#8217; Destinations 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conservatoire<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music (RNCM): 8<br \/>\nRoyal College of Music (RCM): 7<br \/>\nGuildhall: 6<br \/>\nRAM (including Royal Academy of Music): 6<br \/>\nRoyal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC): 4<br \/>\nTrinity (including Trinity Laban): 2<br \/>\nRWCMD: 1<br \/>\nConservatoire of The Hague: 1<br \/>\nVienna: 1<br \/>\nGermany (music study destination): 1<br \/>\nBelgium (music study destination): 1<br \/>\nBerlin (music study destination): 1 <\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of York: 4<br \/>\nKCL (King&#8217;s College London): 3<br \/>\nNewcastle University: 2<br \/>\nUniversity of Glasgow: 2<br \/>\nBirmingham (University of Birmingham): 2<br \/>\nLancaster University: 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Cambridge: 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Bristol: 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Surrey: 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Sheffield: 1<br \/>\nSOAS: 1<br \/>\nLondon School of Economics (LSE): 1 <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leavers&#8217; Destinations 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conservatoires<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyal Academy of Music (RAM) &#8211; 10<br \/>\nRoyal College of Music (RCM) &#8211; 7<br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music (RNCM) &#8211; 6<br \/>\nBirmingham Conservatoire &#8211; 5<br \/>\nRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) &#8211; 4<br \/>\nGuildhall School of Music &#038; Drama &#8211; 3<br \/>\nTrinity (London\/Cambridge) &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong><br \/>\nSheffield University &#8211; 2<br \/>\nUniversity of the Arts Berlin (UDK) &#8211; 2<br \/>\nLancaster University &#8211; 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Bristol &#8211; 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Warwick &#8211; 1<br \/>\nKing&#8217;s College London (KCL) &#8211; 1<br \/>\nBangor University &#8211; 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Reading &#8211; 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester &#8211; 1<br \/>\nRoyal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) &#8211; 1<br \/>\nUniversity College London (UCL) &#8211; 1<br \/>\nBirmingham City University &#8211; 1<br \/>\nUniversity of Cambridge &#8211; 1<br \/>\nOberlin College &#8211; 1<br \/>\nGermany (unspecified institution) &#8211; 1<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leavers&#8217; Destinations 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conservatoire<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music (14)<br \/>\nRoyal College of Music (9)<br \/>\nGuildhall (2)<br \/>\nBirmingham Conservatoire (2)<br \/>\nRoyal Academy of Music<br \/>\nRoyal Welsh College of Music and Drama<br \/>\nTrinity Laban<br \/>\nEastman School of Music (USA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong><br \/>\nSt John&#8217;s College Cambridge<br \/>\nNew England Conservatory of Music, Boston<br \/>\nSwansea University &#8211; Mechanical Engineering<br \/>\nTrinity College London (2)<br \/>\nRoyal Holloway University of London<br \/>\nEdge Hill University &#8211; Nursing<br \/>\nReading University &#8211; Quantity Surveying<br \/>\nSt Hilda&#8217;s University Oxford<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyal Marines<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leavers&#8217; Destinations 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conservatoire<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music (9)<br \/>\nRoyal College of Music (8)<br \/>\nBirmingham Conservatoire (5)<br \/>\nGuildhall School of Music and Drama (3)<br \/>\nRoyal Academy of Music (3)<br \/>\nLeeds Conservatoire (2)<br \/>\nRoyal Welsh College of Music and Drama (1)<br \/>\nTrinity Laban (1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong><br \/>\nClare College Cambridge (1)<br \/>\nKings College Cambridge (1)<br \/>\nGirton College Cambridge (1)<br \/>\nTrinity College Cambridge &#8211; Music, Computer Studies (2)<br \/>\nUniversity of York (1)<br \/>\nCity University &#8211; Finance and Accounting (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Durham (2)<br \/>\nCentral School of Music and Drama &#8211; Script Writing (1)<br \/>\nSt Hilda&#8217;s College Oxford &#8211; Mathematics (1)<br \/>\nQueen Mary University of London (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Warwick &#8211; Mathematics and Film Studies (2)<br \/>\nSwansea University (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Huddersfield (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Exeter &#8211; Sports Science (1)<\/p>\n<p><em>6 students from the 2023 cohort are taking a gap year.<br \/>\n2 students from the 2023 cohort are embarking on a 7th term at Chetham&#8217;s School of Music.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leavers&#8217; Destinations 2022<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conservatoire<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyal College of Music (7)<br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music (6)<br \/>\nGuildhall School of Music and Drama (5)<br \/>\nRoyal Welsh College of Music and Drama (4)<br \/>\nBirmingham Conservatoire (3)<br \/>\nRoyal Academy of Music (2)<br \/>\nLeeds Conservatoire (2)<br \/>\nTrinity Laban (1)<br \/>\nManhattan School of Music (1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong><br \/>\nKing&#8217;s College London (2)<br \/>\nFitzwilliam Cambridge (1)<br \/>\nYork University (1)<br \/>\nCity University &#8211; Music, Sound and Technology (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester (1)<br \/>\nSouthwell Minster &#8211; Organ Scholarship (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of West London &#8211; Air Transport Management with Air Transport Pilot License (1)<br \/>\nUniversity College London &#8211; Medicine (1)<br \/>\nKings College London &#8211; Medicine (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Gloucestershire &#8211; Biomedical Science (1)<br \/>\nRoyal Holloway, University of London &#8211; Liberal Arts (1)<br \/>\nManchester Metropolitan University &#8211; Maths and Physics (1)<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester &#8211; Maths (1)<br \/>\nSalford University &#8211; Finance (1)<br \/>\nSolicitor Apprenticeship (1)<\/p>\n<p><em>5 students from the 2022 cohort are taking a gap year.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2 students from the 2022 cohort are embarking on a 7th term at Chetham&#8217;s School of Music.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leavers&#8217; Destinations 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conservatoire<br \/>\n<\/strong>Royal Academy of Music (13)<br \/>\nRoyal College of Music (13)<br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music (10)<br \/>\nGuildhall School of Music and Drama (7)<br \/>\nTrinity College of Music<br \/>\nRoyal Welsh College of Music and Drama<br \/>\nBirmingham Conservatoire<br \/>\nRoyal Northern College of Music \/ University of Manchester- Joint course<\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong><br \/>\nKings College London<br \/>\nDundee University<br \/>\nClare College, Cambridge<br \/>\nLincoln College, Oxford (with choral scholarship)<br \/>\nQueen&#8217;s College, Oxford (with choral scholarship)<br \/>\nLeeds College of Music &#8211; 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