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Music of Life

Impact Report 2025-26

Music of Life's Impact Report 2025-26, shared 14 October 2026, marks a sixth consecutive record year: 1,851 disabled children and young people supported free of charge, 82% on Pupil Premium, with expansion into Brent reaching 120 children across 3 special schools in its first year.

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A charity providing free specialist music education to disabled children and young people in schools and communities

Key Metrics

Disabled children supported 1,851 disabled children and young people too often excluded from music supported in 2025-26, free to every family
Participant profile 82% on Pupil Premium; 68% have learning disabilities including profound and multiple; 58% autistic; 58% from global majority communities
Children reached in Brent 120 children reached in the first year in Brent across 3 special schools with 6 weekly groups since September 2025

Key Outcomes

  • Sixth consecutive record year supporting disabled children and young people through music education
  • Children built confidence, communication and musical skills through specialist teaching using Makaton, BSL and inclusive methods
  • Young musicians performed publicly, including one of 14 young people chosen for the Speakers Trust My Maiden Speech programme

Geography

UK-Wide

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