Arco - Music for All

Arco is an organisation that believes making music should be a possibility for every child. We provide high quality violin tuition for a low cost. Our aim is to bring joy through music, whilst reaching each child's full musical potential. We are a fully inclusive organisation. With about 80% of pupils from a BAME background, 60% of pupils living in challenging circumstances and 15% of pupils with SEN/D. Many children in Islington are keen on learning the violin, but have no access to high quality music education due to a variety of circumstances. Nearly 80% of our families indicated they have not found any similar offers in the area. Poverty, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities are the challenging circumstances we have most encountered within Islington’s community in the past year and the numbers below confirm our findings: 38% of children in Islington live in poverty 52.9% of primary school pupils in Islington’s schools are eligible for the deprivation Pupil Premium 18.7% of Islington school pupils have some form of Special Educational Needs   Without Arco, these children will unfortunately not gain access to high quality music education.