The new school of music was launched as one of the two pilot education public private partnership projects. If this project is stopped it will have serious cost implications for the Government in terms of having to settle outstanding costs to the preferred bidder. It would have a damaging effect on the whole public private partnership market and send a negative message to the private sector. If a pilot public private partnership project cannot get off the ground, what chance have the public private partnerships of succeeding in the area of education?