The headteacher of Chetham’s School of Music has announced her resignation just months before the trials begin of two former teachers accused of raping pupils at the school. Claire Moreland has ...

One of the most loved and respected of these institutions is Manchester’s Chetham’s (bafflingly pronounced “Cheetham’s” though insiders refer to it as “Chet’s”) School of Music.

Allegations of sexual abuse at Chetham’s School of Music, in Manchester, first hit the news in 2013, when Michael Brewer, a choirmaster and former director of music at the school, was jailed for six ...

Former Chetham's School of Music teacher Malcolm Layfield has been arrested on suspicion of three historic rapes, according to Press Association sources. The 61-year-old was detained yesterday ...

The principal of Chetham’s School of Music, Claire Moreland, and Professor Edward Gregson, then principal at nearby Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), were both sent letters in 2002 ...

Chetham’s School of Music said they were aware police were investigating 39 individuals though not all of them taught at either Chetham’s or the RNCM. A spokeswoman for the school said ...

Two damning reports into pupil safety at scandal-hit Chetham’s School of Music have unearthed a catalogue of shocking failings. Independent and town hall education inspectors were called in to ...

A number of pupils suffered abuse at the hands of teachers at Chetham's School of Music between the 1970s and 1990s. The report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse also concluded ...

The horrifying scale of Ling’s crimes at Chetham’s School of Music in the 1980s is only now starting to emerge. Prosecutors say he was facing 77 charges against 11 victims – one aged just nine.

Dr Andrew Preston, 50, a former maths teacher at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, shared 'graphic' fantasies about underage girls online. A National College for Teaching and Leadership ...

Police are looking into historical abuse at the Royal Northern College of Music and Chetham's School of Music A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape by detectives investigating allegations ...

The open date and status above indicates when Chetham's School of Music opened or when it changed to its most recent incarnation, with a number of schools converting to academies in recent years.