The Choir Schools' Association is a U.K. organisation that provides support to

choir school This article contains a list of choir schools sorted alphabetically by country. Australia *St Andrew's Cathedral School, Sydney *St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney *Xavier High School, Albury, NSW *St John's ...

s and

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s, and promotes singing, in particular music for Christian worship in the cathedral tradition. It represents 44 choir schools attached to cathedrals, churches, and college chapels. The association was founded in 1918, although it represents some schools that are centuries older than this. Today it provides

bursaries A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awar ...

and

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s to 120 children at any one time to pursue training as

s, primarily through the Chorister Fund established in 1985. It also supports schools directly.

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, is a patron of the association.{{cite work, url=http://www.choirschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Reaching-Out.pdf, title=Reaching Out: A celebration of the work of the Choir Schools' Association, author=Peter Kingston

Members

The following schools, cathedrals, and churches are members of the Choir School Association in 2020: ;England * Blackburn CathedralSchool and Cathedral list
at choirschools.org.uk, accessed 20 June 2020 * Bristol Cathedral Choir School *Chapel Royal, Hampton Court *

Chetham's School of Music Chetham's School of Music () is a private co-educational boarding and day music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates pupils between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions. The music school was established i ...

, Manchester * Chorister School, Durham *

Christ Church Cathedral School Christ Church Cathedral School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford, England. It is one of three choral foundation schools in the city and educates choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, and the Chapels of Worcester College ...

, Oxford *

City of London School The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for Single-sex education, boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, ...

Croydon Minster Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon, located in the Old Town area of Croydon. There are currently more than 35 churches in the borough, with Croydon Minster being the most prominent. It is Grade I listed ...

* Dean Close Preparatory School, Cheltenham *Frideswide Voices, Oxford *

Hereford Cathedral School Hereford Cathedral School is a private, co-educational boarding and day school for pupils of ages 3 to 18 years, from nursery to sixth form. Its headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school's premises a ...

King's Ely King's Ely The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is an All-through school, all through Public school (United Kingdom), public school ...

King's College School, Cambridge King's College School is a coeducational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Preparatory school (UK), preparatory school for pupils aged 4 to 13 in Cambridge, England, situated on West Road, Cambridge, West Road off Grange Road, Cam ...

* King's Rochester Preparatory School, Kent *

King's School, Worcester The King's School, Worcester is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day school refounded by Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII in 1541. It occupies a site adjacent to Worcester Cathedral on the banks of the River Sev ...

Leicester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. One of the city centre's five surviving medieval ch ...

Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield Cathedral School is a private day school in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It traces its lineage to the 14th century when Lichfield Cathedral made provisions to educate its choristers. The school in its current form no ...

Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the Mo ...

Lincoln Minster School Lincoln Minster School (known locally as "LMS" or "The Minster") is a private co-educational day and boarding school in Lincoln, England. It comprises two schools: the preparatory, and senior school. While the school is now open to pupils from ...

London Oratory School The London Oratory School, also known as "The Oratory" or "The London Oratory" to distinguish it from other schools, is a Selective Catholic Voluntary Aided secondary school for boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18 in West Brompton. Foun ...

Magdalen College School, Oxford Magdalen College School (MCS) is a private day school in the British public school tradition located in Oxford, England, for boys aged seven to eighteen and for girls in the sixth form (i.e. ages sixteen to eighteen). It was founded by Willia ...

New College School New College School (officially St Mary's College School) is a private preparatory school for boys aged 4 to 13 in Oxford. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel of New Coll ...

, Oxford *

Norwich School Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a private selective day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich. Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as an episcop ...

* Old Palace School, Croydon *

Portsmouth Grammar School The Portsmouth Grammar School (PGS) is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Portsmouth, England, located in the historic part of Portsmouth. It was founded in 1732 as a Single-sex education, boys' school ...

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (day school, no boarding) for boys in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter of Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabet ...

* Reigate St Mary's Preparatory and Choir School *

Ripon Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, ...

*Runnymede St Edward's School, Liverpool *St Cedd's School, Essex * St Edmund's School Canterbury * St Edward's College, Liverpool * St George's School, Windsor Castle *

St John's College School St John's College School is a co-educational preparatory school founded in the 17th century for the education of the choristers of the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, England. The 20 choristers are educated in the school, which comprises ...

, Cambridge * St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne *

St Paul's Cathedral School St Paul's Cathedral School is an independent school associated with St Paul's Cathedral in London and is located in New Change in the City of London. The school has around 220 pupils, most of whom are day pupils, both boys and girls, including ...

, London *

St Peter's Collegiate Church St Peter's Collegiate Church is located in central Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a Chapel Royal, chapel royal and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the Province of Canterbury. The ...

, Wolverhampton *

Salisbury Cathedral School Salisbury Cathedral School is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, which was founded in 1091 by Saint Osmund. The Salisbury Cathedral Choir, choristers of Salisbury Cathedral are ...

Sheffield Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield, also known as Sheffield Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral status when ...

*The Cathedral School, Exeter *The

King's School, Gloucester The King's School is a co-educational private day school in Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, in South West England. It traces its heritage to a monastic school founded in the 11th century in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral. I ...

The King's School, Peterborough Founded by King Henry VIII in 1541, The King's (The Cathedral) School is a state-funded Church of England Cathedral Chorister School located in Peterborough, England. It is the Chorister School for Peterborough Cathedral. Former pupils are kn ...

The Minster School, Southwell The Minster School is a Church of England secondary school with sixth form in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, for children aged 7 to 18. There are just under 1700 students on roll. Text was copied from this source, which is available unde ...

St Peter's School, York St Peter's School is a mixed-sex education, co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding and day school (also referred to as a Public school (United Kingdom), public school), in the English City of York, with extensive ...

The Pilgrims' School The Pilgrims' School is a Preparatory school (UK), preparatory school and cathedral school for boys aged 4-13, in the cathedral city Winchester, Hampshire, England. The official date of establishment for the cathedral school is unknown but hist ...

, Winchester *

The Prebendal School The Prebendal School is a private preparatory school in Chichester, situated adjacent to the Chichester Cathedral precinct. It is a boarding and day school educating the cathedral choristers. The school has ancient origins as the medieval cat ...

, Chichester *

Truro School Truro School is a coeducational private boarding and day school located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, England. It is the largest coeducational independent school in Cornwall with over 1050 pupils from pre-prep to sixth form. It is a member s ...

Wells Cathedral School Wells Cathedral School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for 2–18 year olds located in Wells, Somerset, Wells, Somerset, England, which provides an all-round education alongside specialist music and chorister training. T ...

Westminster Abbey Choir School Westminster Abbey Choir School is a boarding preparatory school for boys in Westminster, London and the only remaining choir school in the United Kingdom which exclusively educates choristers (i.e. only choirboys attend the school). It is loca ...

* Westminster Cathedral Choir School *

Whitgift School Whitgift School is an independent day school with limited boarding in South Croydon, London. Along with Trinity School of John Whitgift and Old Palace School it is owned by the Whitgift Foundation, a charitable trust. The school was prev ...

, Croydon ;Ireland *St Patrick's Cathedral Choir School, Dublin ;New Zealand *The

Cathedral Grammar School The Cathedral Grammar School is an independent, Anglican preparatory day school in Christchurch, New Zealand. The school is situated on a site covering two blocks in mid-Christchurch next to the Avon River and adjacent to Hagley Park, which it ...

, Christchurch, New Zealand ;Scotland *St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh ;United States * Saint Thomas Choir School, New York ;Wales *

The Cathedral School, Llandaff The Cathedral School, Llandaff ( Welsh: ''Ysgol y Gadeirlan, Llandaf'') is a coeducational private day school located in Llandaff, a district north of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Originally established as a choral foundation to train choir boys f ...

St John's College, Cardiff St John's College is a private co-educational day school in the village of Old St Mellons in Cardiff, Wales. It is the choir school of Wales' national Catholic cathedral, Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral. History of St John's College De La ...

References

External links

The Choir Schools' Association website
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