Deakin Music review
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50a High Street, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 2EX · Service area: Telford, Dawley
Deakin Music in short
Deakin Music is a Dawley music school offering one-to-one singing, instrumental, acting and dance lessons for all ages, with graded exams through national boards. Eight instrument families sit beside singing, acting and dance groups under one roof. Exam routes run through national boards such as ABRSM, LCM and Trinity. One-to-one lessons run across the disciplines, keeping the teaching individual.
The studios sit on the High Street with a drop-in invitation for families. The school answers by phone, email and social channels throughout the week. The drop-in studio invitation makes a first visit easy for parents. Dawley and Telford postcodes sit inside its patch. All ages learn here, from children to adults.
Reviews show 4.9 on Google from ten ratings. Singing pupils carry a perfect exam pass record on the school's own account, and contact runs across phone, email and social channels. The Google record is the only customer rating the round holds, and ten ratings keep the base small. The pass record comes from the school's own site, and the rating from Google, so each claim shows its source.
Our judgement: Deakin Music suits Dawley families wanting one roof for several disciplines, though no prices, trading history or insurance details appear on the site. For a Dawley household wanting singing alongside instruments from one local school, the mix itself is the draw. Where one child sings and another wants an instrument, a single timetable helps.
Our verdict
Our judgement: Deakin Music suits you if you want one Dawley school for singing or instruments with exam routes attached [1]. Published contact routes and a 4.9 rating read well [1] [2]. What counts against it is price and paperwork: no fees, trading history or insurance details appear on the site [1].
Score summary
Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.
- Composite score
- 57.0 / 100
Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%
50 out of 100
No scheme membership, licence or professional registration is stated on the website or found on the platforms checked [1].
First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Trading history C4 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%
40 out of 100
No lesson prices, rates or fee statements are published on the pages checked [1].
Website and service information C7 · weight 5%
80 out of 100
The site sets out singing, instrumental, acting and dance lessons with exam options, the Dawley studios, phone, email and social routes [1].
Industry qualifications
Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.
Strengths
You get singing, eight instrument families, acting and dance groups under one roof, with graded exams on offer [1].
Singing pupils carry a 100% exam pass record according to the school's own site [1].
Contact is easy: phone, email, social channels and a drop-in studio invitation are all published [1].
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Questions about Deakin Music
Is Deakin Music any good?
Good for variety under one roof: outside our top ten with almost five stars on Google from ten reviews, offering singing, instruments, acting and dance for all ages. It suits Dawley families wanting one school for several disciplines. Read the full review, then ask for fees in writing. Eight instrument families share the timetable with exam routes attached.
Is Deakin Music registered with a teaching scheme?
No scheme membership, licence or professional registration is stated, so it cannot be sourced. Graded exams run through national boards, which is a teaching service rather than a registration. Ask what sits behind your child's lessons when you enquire, and which board would suit your child. Music teaching carries no licence to check, so go by exam routes and the review record instead.
What does Deakin Music charge?
No lesson prices, rates or fee statements are published on the pages checked. Ask for the fee, the lesson length and block terms in writing before the first lesson, and pin any quoted fee against Midlands survey rates for one-to-one teaching. With no fee bands anywhere on the site, the written reply is the only price picture on offer.
Where does Deakin Music teach?
The school teaches from the High Street in Dawley, Telford, with phone, email, social channels and a drop-in invitation published. Dawley and Telford postcodes sit inside its patch. Send your discipline, ages and suitable times to confirm formats before visiting. Use the drop-in invitation for a first look, and send disciplines and ages ahead to confirm formats.
How is Deakin Music ranked?
It sits outside our top ten for September: unpublished prices and missing trading and insurance detail hold it back against fuller pages. Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition is in the same position. Read the full review, then ask for everything in writing. What would move it is published detail: fees on the page and more on history and cover.
How do we get a quote from Deakin Music?
Contact runs through the published phone line, email and social channels, and the studios carry a drop-in invitation. Send the discipline, the pupils' ages and suitable times, then ask for the fee, the lesson length and block terms in writing. No prices appear online, so pin the written reply against Midlands survey rates before booking.
What do reviews say about Deakin Music?
Google shows almost five stars from ten ratings: warm, though a small base for a school teaching several disciplines. No other platform carries ratings for the school, so the Google record is the whole customer picture the round holds. Read the full review alongside the rating, then ask for fees and terms in writing, since good scores say nothing about prices.
How does Deakin Music compare with the ranked music teachers?
Telford Music School is the closest ranked rival, covering around twenty instruments with published prices and a long company record. The Arts Centre Telford leads the round on exam-tracked singing with the deepest review bank. Deakin Music matches their breadth of disciplines but not their published detail. Shortlist it beside one ranked school, compare written quotes, then pick the school whose fit feels strongest.
Others assessed for this trade
- The Arts Centre Telford65.9 / 100Ranked 1. Best for exam-tracked children's singing with the round's deepest review record.
- Telford Stage School65.1 / 100Ranked 2. Best for children's singing dance and drama together.
- Dan Jones Guitar School64.6 / 100Ranked 3. Best for kids and adults working toward guitar grades.
- Telford Academy of Performing Arts64.4 / 100Ranked 4. Best for family performing-arts classes in Oakengates.
Sources
- Deakin Music homepage — lessons, exams and contact Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Google Maps listing — Deakin Music, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.
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