Duo Saul Milton and Will Kennard, known as Mercury-signed act Chase and Status, are to open a free, east London-based music school.

The Sunday Times reports that the two are in advanced stages of planning the project which is set to cater for students aged 16-19 with courses from music performance to music technology - but also focuses on getting them to pass Maths and English at GCSE level.

Based in Tower Hamlets, one of London’s most-deprived boroughs, The East ...