School Summary

Guildhall School of Music and Drama


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Opened: 01-04-1935
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Principal: Lynne Williams
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Silk Street
London

EC2Y 8DT
Telephone: 02076282571
Website: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/

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DistrictAdministrative (name): City of London
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HeadFirstName: Lynne
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LastChangedDate: 05-02-2021
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OpenDate: 01-04-1935
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Street: Silk Street
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TelephoneNum: 02076282571
Town: London
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UPRN: 200000074661
URN: 135412
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You can get to the theatre from inside the Barbican complex.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"David Widlake","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/117250572418082672735\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocK7xCAgnzjsv_ujsuUEmyi5MUuHni9mZ-MzNOa0Btnk=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba6"},"publishTime":"2023-03-07T18:02:17Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a month ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Very enjoyable experience during tge jazz and rock concert\nMusic School of summer 2022!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Very enjoyable experience during tge jazz and rock concert\nMusic School of summer 2022!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Marta Hurley","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110971666605085621051\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLPJ9Dh0PSV_Nyx66M5TRj31ukvjLWhrClET2prWCV7=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2023-08-04T20:36:57Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"10 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Junior Guildhall is terrible. It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s run like a farm. Both parents and children are treated like cattle. Attitude is beyond obnoxious. I have attended world-class, heavily oversubscribed institutions all my life. Never have I ever been treated so badly. I do not understand why parents put up with this.\n\nSpecifically:\n1. They do not allow parents to leave the premises. You are required to spend the entire time inside a tiny hall indoors with insufficient seats. It is dark and stuffy. It is hot in the summer. Presumably it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s so parents are always around to take the kids to the toilet. I wonder how literally every other school in the world manages to get their kids to the toilet every day without requiring the parents to stick around the whole time.\n\n2. They have insufficient toilet facilities. They make 3 toilets available to the 100+ parents and children trapped in their facilities at any given time. I have not looked it up but it wouldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t surprise me if they are in breach of healthy and safety regulations. At the beginning of the term in 2021, they only made one toilet available. So from their perspective they are being generous to the parents by making 3 toilets available.\n\n3. Price: It is ridiculously overpriced! We pay about the same for a class with 10:1 ratio as we pay for private lessons at our son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s music school (the most expensive day school in London as far as I know). Essentially they are milking their name. The product is far inferior than what you would expect for the price.\n\nABSOLUTELY AWFUL!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Junior Guildhall is terrible. It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s run like a farm. Both parents and children are treated like cattle. Attitude is beyond obnoxious. I have attended world-class, heavily oversubscribed institutions all my life. Never have I ever been treated so badly. I do not understand why parents put up with this.\n\nSpecifically:\n1. They do not allow parents to leave the premises. You are required to spend the entire time inside a tiny hall indoors with insufficient seats. It is dark and stuffy. It is hot in the summer. Presumably it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s so parents are always around to take the kids to the toilet. I wonder how literally every other school in the world manages to get their kids to the toilet every day without requiring the parents to stick around the whole time.\n\n2. They have insufficient toilet facilities. They make 3 toilets available to the 100+ parents and children trapped in their facilities at any given time. I have not looked it up but it wouldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t surprise me if they are in breach of healthy and safety regulations. At the beginning of the term in 2021, they only made one toilet available. So from their perspective they are being generous to the parents by making 3 toilets available.\n\n3. Price: It is ridiculously overpriced! We pay about the same for a class with 10:1 ratio as we pay for private lessons at our son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s music school (the most expensive day school in London as far as I know). Essentially they are milking their name. The product is far inferior than what you would expect for the price.\n\nABSOLUTELY AWFUL!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Kamran M","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/117656263295357728510\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKRX_y2FqBvgjinqjTSEvyMs6RuCHZgfgiCJKXwBsJW08o=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-11-19T14:25:16Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Went to see an evening with Brian Blessed here so can only comment on it as a small venue\/theatre which seemed excellent. Drinks were laid on so have no feedback on the bar... but we couldn't take drink in to the 'show'?! It is close to quite a few tube stops, Barbican being the closest.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Went to see an evening with Brian Blessed here so can only comment on it as a small venue\/theatre which seemed excellent. Drinks were laid on so have no feedback on the bar... but we couldn't take drink in to the 'show'?! It is close to quite a few tube stops, Barbican being the closest.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Nigel Griffiths","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109320716503534437356\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVhmgtv__RB_4yct9HFtadqz2weO4BXWrdTaai7DDiOm1Az=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba7"},"publishTime":"2017-11-03T06:54:50Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Amazing music and drama school, right in the City of London.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Amazing music and drama school, right in the City of London.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Richard Ng","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/111359524666114220471\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUY-nlnl7ebZMXKaHrqrA4Bw9YLE2ALxMrA45CxBRjL5g=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba5"},"publishTime":"2019-03-27T14:24:17Z"}]