If you are interested in taking a tour of our London facilities, then we recommend joining us at one of our frequent Open Day events which you can book here. Alternatively, please contact us by calling us, or using the contact form above, and we'll be happy to arrange an alternative solution for you.
If you are interested in touring our Los Angeles School facilities, then we recommend joining us at one of our frequent Open House events which you can book here. Alternatively, you may contact us at any time in order to set up an individualized tour in person or on Zoom; we schedule personal tours any time Monday through Friday from 10:00am to 5:00pm PST. For more information on our Campus Tours, Open Houses, or for help enrolling please get in touch by calling us, or using the contact form above.
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This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) sets out what personal information pointblank Music School (“pointblank”, “We”, “us”, “our”) collects and how that information is processed when you visit the websites located at www.pointblankmusicschool.com (“Sites”) and/or the services provided from the Sites (“Services”).
This Privacy Notice describes, in a clear and accessible way, how pointblank complies with data protection legislation. This includes the purposes and legal basis for each type of processing, any transfers or third party recipients of personal information, and the timescales for storing and processing them. This Policy also outlines your rights and obligations regarding data protection.
This Privacy Notice applies to all applicants, students, alumni, subscribers and anyone else about whom pointblank may have reasons to collect and process data, including personal information, either online and/ or offline.
pointblank is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We only collect personal information necessary to provide the services that you requested, the use of your personal information will not be excessive and we take reasonable security measures to protect it. If we require your consent for any specific use of your personal information, we will collect it at the appropriate time and you can withdraw it at any time. We do not sell your personal data to third parties under any circumstances or use your personal information to carry out any wholly automated decision-making that affects you.
This Statement applies only to this website. For example, it does not apply to banners, advertisements or promotions we may sponsor or participate in on websites owned by third parties. Other websites linking to or from this website may have different policies and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. You should read any other applicable privacy policies carefully before using other websites.
pointblank is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) with registration number Z9800809.
‘Personal information’ refers to any information which relates to or identifies you as an individual (“Data subject”) of which the following are examples: names, photographs, addresses, phone numbers, emails, IP addresses, payment details, social media account ID, screen name/ nickname, passport details, browser and device information, server log file information and information collected through cookies.
You have the following rights (all of which are qualified in different ways) under Data Protection law:
It is also your responsibility to ensure the information about you that is held by pointblank is correct and up-to-date. Please keep us informed of any changes to your personal information by writing to us, or if you have an account with us, by logging into your account to edit your profile.
Information is crucial to ensuring we can understand, tailor, and deliver the best services to you. It helps us operate as efficiently as possible and to make sure our interactions with you are timely and relevant to you. To do this, we may collect information about you when you:
Higher Education (“HE”) programmes
pointblank will use the personal information you provide on your enrolment/ application form (either through UCAS or direct application), together with any supporting documents, additional details provided by referee and notes followed by any interview (if applicable), to form part of the admissions process.
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pointblank will use the personal details you provide on your application form for registration and course administration purposes.
pointblank will process the personal information and additional information provided on your application for the purposes of identifying you, processing your application, verifying the information provided, deciding whether to offer you a place for the course you have applied for, and communicating that outcome together with any feedback.
We may also use or disclose the information provided for the following statutory or public interest purposes:
We consider the processing of your personal information for the above purposes to be either necessary for us to take steps with a view to creating a contractual relationship with you (e.g. to assess your application to study with us), or necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g. equal opportunities monitoring), or necessary for the performance of tasks we carry out in the public interest (e.g. admissions research). We require you to provide us with the information we ask for during the application process in order to assess your application properly except where its supply is marked as optional. Admissions decisions are not automated.
As well as circulating your application and related materials to the appropriate staff at pointblank, we may share your personal information for the above purposes as relevant and necessary with:
If you are accepted for an undergraduate degree, we will use your personal information for the purposes described in the following section ‘HE Students’.
pointblank will keep a record of the details you provided during the admission process and will also maintain records about your studies at pointblank, and your use of the facilities and services that we offer.
Your personal information is created, stored and transmitted securely in a variety of formats, including our student records databases. Access to your personal information is controlled and limited only to the relevant staff at pointblank or those who work on behalf of pointblank.
In addition to this, pointblank may process some information about you that is classed as ‘sensitive’ or ‘special category’ personal information, and which requires additional protections. This includes information concerning your ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or health/ disability that we use for obligatory data returns, planning and monitoring purposes, or in order to provide care, help or suitable adjustments. Access to, and the sharing of, your ‘sensitive’ personal information is controlled very carefully.
pointblank will process your personal information for a range of contractual, statutory or public interest purposes, including the following:
We consider the processing of your personal information for these purposes to be either necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations with you (e.g. to manage your student experience and welfare while studying at pointblank), or necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g. equal opportunities monitoring), or necessary for the performance of tasks we carry out in the public interest (e.g. teaching), or necessary for the pursuit of the legitimate interests of pointblank or relevant external organisations.
As described above, your personal information is shared with relevant staff at pointblank as required. In addition, it is shared as permitted or required by law, on a considered and confidential basis, with a range of external organisations, including the following:
Other than as set out above, we will not normally publish or disclose any personal information about you to other external individuals and/ or organisations unless you have requested it or consented to it, or unless it is in your vital interests to do so (e.g. in an emergency situation).
pointblank will use the details you provided for registration and course administrative purposes. We may aggregate or anonymize such data (where necessary) for statistical and course improvement purposes upon the completion of the course.
pointblank will process your personal information for a range of contractual, statutory or public interest purposes, including the following:
As described above, your personal information is shared with relevant staff at pointblank as required. In addition, it is shared as permitted or required by law, on a considered and confidential basis, with a range of external organisations, including the following:
Other than as set out above, we will not normally publish or disclose any personal information about you to other external individuals and/ or organisations unless you have requested it or consented to it, or unless it is in your vital interests to do so (e.g. in an emergency situation).
pointblank will use the details you provide on your application including CV and covering letter and any supporting documents requested following any interview process.
You may also be required to undergo certain additional recruitment checks or procedures as part of the job application and offer process (e.g. criminal convictions checks or visa application procedures).
pointblank will process the personal information provided on your application and the other information referred to above for the purposes of:
We may also use or disclose the information provided for the following statutory or public interest purposes:
We consider the processing of your personal information for the above purposes to be either necessary for us to take steps with a view to creating a contractual relationship with you (e.g. to assess your application for employment with us), or necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g. equal opportunities monitoring). We require you to provide us with the information we ask for during the application process in order to assess your application properly except where its supply is marked as optional. Application decisions are not automated.
As well as circulating your application and related materials to the appropriate staff at pointblank, we may share your personal information for the above purposes as relevant and necessary with:
In all cases, we will only use any information gathered as part of any relevant check or procedure for that specific purpose, and we will handle, store, retain and destroy relevant materials in accordance with applicable legislation and codes of practice.
Please refer to ‘Registered User Terms and Conditions’ on our website for further information.
Please refer to our ‘Cookies policy’ in the following section and the ‘Site Visitors Agreement’ on our website.
A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from the server and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use 'cookies' while you access the Sites to avoid the need to re-enter details on different occasions. Occasionally, we use session recording or click tracking software (e.g. Google Analytics) to understand how you interact with our websites, for example by scrolling the page, or clicking your mouse on a particular link.
The information is used for analysing sites activities and generating insights to allows us to improve your online experience. Examples include:
Depending on the type of device you’re using and settings, it may supply us with additional information about the device type, your operating system, and details associated with this. Only your interaction with our website is captured and we receive no information about other sites you may view.
Most web browsers are automatically set up to accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse cookies or ask your browser to show you where a cookie has been set up. Please note that certain features of the Sites are only activated by the presence of a cookie and if you choose to refuse cookies these features may not be available to you. All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following may be helpful (otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your browser for more details):
Please note that we do not recommend turning cookies off when visiting pointblankmusicschool.com as this will prevent you from using many of the services on the Sites. For further information about cookies and how to control their use, please visit the following third party educational resources: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
For the protection of children’s privacy, we require parental consent from users who are under the age of 16, who wish to enquire and/ or enrol our courses. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will request a parental consent otherwise we will take steps to delete such information.
If you are over the age of 16 but under the age of 18, you should review the terms of this Privacy Policy with your parent or guardian to make sure you both understand them.
In certain circumstances, staff members at pointblank may have a duty to disclose sensitive information about students under the age of 18, or vulnerable adults, to designated colleagues or appropriate government agencies under the terms of our Safeguarding Policy or the Prevent Duty.
pointblank uses external providers to process, store and back-up our data. We also use cloud data storage. By default, data is stored at data centres located in the UK or the EU but in exceptional circumstances data may be processed at data centre outside UK/ EU. Your personal information will only be transferred to countries whose data protection laws have been assessed as adequate by the European Commission, or where adequate safeguards, such as the EU-US Privacy Shield, are in place to protect your personal information.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary. For more details please refer to our Records Management and Retention Policy below:
You have the right, subject to certain exemptions, to access a copy of your personal information that is held by pointblank by submitting a request (commonly known as a ‘subject access request’).
If you wish to make a subject access request, please email dataprotection(at)pointblankmusicschool.com to request a form.
On receipt of your completed form, payment of fee (if applicable), verification of your identity, and sufficient details to enable us to locate the information, pointblank is obliged to respond within one calendar month. In circumstances where the request is excessive, we may extend the deadline for up to two months to provide a full response. If so, we will notify you of this extension and the reason it has been applied.
The information will be supplied subject to any applicable exemptions. The data will be provided as of the date of receipt of your request.
You have the right to stop receiving marketing communications from us if you wish, you can do so at any time by one of the following methods:
It might take up to 14 days for our system to be updated, so you might still receive messages from us while we process your request. Please be aware that stopping marketing communications will not stop student service communications (such as student updates/ notification), which are essential communications if you are studying at pointblank.
This information was last updated in December 2020. It will be reviewed periodically and updated at least annually. The amended information will apply from the date it is posted and will govern the way in which we collect and use personal information from then on.
If you have any queries about this Privacy Notice or would like to exercise your rights, please contact us at dataprotection(at)pointblankmusicschool.com.
The data controller of personal information collected through this website is: pointblank Ltd, registered company number 2963163.
The Sites, together with all content are owned or controlled by pointblank Limited, with its registered office at 23-28 Penn St, London N1 5DL. By visiting the Sites, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Welcome to pointblank Music School, the only music production institution in the UK to be honoured with TEF Gold, the highest distinction within the Teaching Excellence Framework. TEF Gold signifies our institute's commitment to exceptional teaching and unparalleled quality. Moreover, in this year's National Student Survey (NSS), we received outstanding scores: 88% for Teaching, 91% for Freedom of Expression, and 81% for supporting our students' mental health and wellbeing.
Our ethos revolves around academic excellence, amplifying student voices, and fostering inclusivity. We are immensely proud to have garnered these accolades, reflecting the dedication and satisfaction of our students. For three decades, we have been imparting the art of music production and related disciplines, evolving from a project studio by the river in East London in 1994 to a globally renowned institution today.
Our curriculum encompasses a diverse array of degrees*, diplomas, certificates, and short courses in various facets of the music industry, including sound engineering, DJ performance, vocal performance, music business, songwriting, audio software development, and radio, audio, and podcasting. Taught by industry experts, our classes boast small sizes, ensuring ample one-on-one interaction between students and lecturers.
Our facilities in London have reached an exciting milestone as we have now expanded to a total of 30,000 sq ft, promising even more opportunities for our students. London-based students benefit from access to our state-of-the-art studios, equipped with industry-leading software such as Logic Pro, Ableton Live, and Pro Tools. Our facilities feature Dolby Atmos-equipped studios, along with top-tier equipment from brands like SSL, Audient, Native Instruments, Pioneer DJ and Roland.
Our schools can also be attended worldwide in Los Angeles, Ibiza, and online where we offer professional diplomas, certificates and short courses ensuring accessibility for aspiring musicians all over the globe.
Our institution caters to a very broad spectrum of music industry careers, whether you aspire to be a music producer, sound engineer, performing artist, songwriter, DJ, artist manager, or pursue other roles such as label manager, A&R manager, or radio producer/presenter. We provide access to esteemed lecturers, cutting-edge facilities and invaluable industry connections, making pointblank the premier destination for those eager to delve into the music industry.
Join the global community of pointblank Music School and take the first step towards a vibrant career in music.
*Please note that degrees are not available in the United States. US students interested in our degree programmes must attend our UK campus in London.
