Impact
Making an impact
All year round we reflect on how Nucleo is doing, assessing the impact our work has on members to make sure we’re meeting their needs as best we can. Evaluation is done using a framework created in collaboration with Sound Connections – a charity for music-makers like us, who strive for long-lasting social change.
Our 23/24 impact report is here! Click to view!
Our 23/24 impact report is here! Click to view!
“I am very grateful to everyone in Nucleo for all their hard work to help all of us become better in every way”
The young musicians in our Community Programme attend over 70 different schools, and together they speak over 40 different languages at home.
Our most recent enrolment statistics (from February 2025) found that of the 408 young people currently enrolled in our community programme in North Kensington:
The majority of our students come from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with 53% living locally to our HQ, in either W9, W10, W11 or W12.
77% are members of Global Majority populations.*
We use the term Global Majority since Black, Indigenous and people of colour represent over 80% of the world’s population.
*35 students declined to state their ethnic background
According to the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index, 51% of our students come from neighbourhoods amongst the 20% most deprived in the country.
85% of our students come from the most deprived 50% of the country.
We are really proud that our attendance figures are so high, especially considering that many students are required to attend up to four times per week. Since September 2023, average attendance at all ensembles was over 80%!
We regularly give students, parents and carers the space to anonymously share their thoughts about Nucleo. Here is a taster of what our young musicians and their families reported:
Evaluation data is collected via the enrolment form, student and parent / carer questionnaires, teacher assessed forms, and lesson observations.
We conduct a separate evaluation of our residential Young Leaders Programme, which last took place in November 2023 and welcomes students from across England.
If you are a funder or organisation wanting more information about our impact evaluation programme, please contact our Learning & Evaluation Manager at kate@thenucleoproject.org.
Want to know more about what The Nucleo Project does? Take a look at our What We Do page.
“So grateful to have found Nucleo as we would have not been able to give this opportunity to learn music and play an instrument to this level. It is amazing to see the changes in my son with all the music buzzing in his brain. ”