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Blackheath School of Art

The Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and the Arts
The Conservatoire logo
Founded 1881
Founder William Webster
Type Educational charity
1072627
Focus Music, Art and Drama
Location
Coordinates 51°27′52.7″N 0°0′33.6″E / 51.464639°N 0.009333°E / 51.464639; 0.009333
Origins Blackheath School of Music and Blackheath School of Art
Area served
London
Members
1,300 students
Key people
Chair: Michael O'Byrne
Managing Director: John Keeley
Website www.conservatoire.org.uk

Coordinates: 51°27′52.7″N 0°0′33.6″E / 51.464639°N 0.009333°E / 51.464639; 0.009333

The Conservatoire (formally The Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and the Arts) is an educational charity in Blackheath, on the border of the London boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham. The Conservatoire of Music and the Arts took on its current structure in 1991 with the merger of the Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and the Blackheath School of Art, which until that point had operated separately on the adjoining sites, but under the same board.

The Conservatoire is so called as it was a generic term for a music school at the time of its establishment, but it is not one in the present sense of a higher education establishment dedicated to music, and does not award its own qualifications. It does, however, offer GCSEs and A-levels, along with graded music exams.

The Conservatoire offers classes in art, music and drama for adults and children.

The Conservatoire of Music was founded by a local group led by William Webster in 1881, and operated out of temporary premises on nearby Bennett Park until the completion of its building in 1896. Unlike the School of Art, it has taught continuously since its founding.

The School of Art was taken over by the Army during World War II, and remained in government hands as office accommodation. In 1985, it was reopened as an art school, but proved financially unsustainable and was absorbed into the Conservatoire of Music.


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