Quality and Inclusive Music Education for Staffordshire schools and families
We are passionate about delivering the best service for schools, families and their communities. Our professional music teachers deliver specialist, quality teaching for the full range of instruments and the voice.
Phase: Primary/Secondary/Special/PRUGovernance: Maintained/Academy/MAT/Federation/IndependentLocality: StaffordshireContract type: Annual
Teaching in groups or individually on the full range of instruments and voice from beginner to advanced level. 36 weeks of tuition delivered annually.
Schools can choose to pass on up to 100% of the cost to parents and/or use pupil premium funding to support individual students.
High quality teaching delivered by experienced music professionals
Progression through all levels of ability, learning a lifelong skill
Lessons are usually delivered within the school day to ensure the best uptake
The affordable alternative for parents to finding private teaching
Make a quality music provision the shop window of your school
Instruments included at no extra cost.The service approach is that partnership with the school is key to ensuring all children who wish to are able to take up elective, co-curricular, music lessons. For this reason, provision for primary schools is billed to the school and some choose to then pass a proportion of the cost on to the parents. The school can devise a charging policy and approach that best suits their demographic. Most high school provision is also billed to the school but, in some settings, parents are billed for lessons directly and the school provides additional financial support (e.g. for exam pupils or for families with lower income).
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Providing a vibrant foundation for all future music work. It equips children with the vital skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable them to make progress in learning for the future.
Taught over 36 weeks to a full class of learners
Accessible by all pupils, the inclusive way to bring music to your school
Vibrant, hands on music teaching to engage the whole class
Class sets of Brass, Guitar, Percussion, Strings, Recorder, Ukulele, Woodwind and iPad all available
Fabulous end of year celebration concerts included at no extra cost
Can be used to cover PPA time
A key component of the National Plan for Music Education and the recently published Model Music Curriculum, the WCET programme provides a vibrant foundation of music-making and equips pupils with the vital skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable them to make good progress with instrumental and vocal learning in future years.
Participating schools receive a weekly session for a class of children and the choice of instruments for the programme includes strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, guitar, and ukulele. Schools can decide which of these choices best suits their needs, pupil interests, educational outcomes and /or budget.
As WCET is a curriculum time provision, schools do not pass this cost on to parents meaning all children are able to access the same provision regardless of their background or circumstance. The service encourages schools and families to work with us to encourage children to continue with their learning in instrumental and vocal lessons.
The music service provides experienced music teachers to deliver the full or part of the music curriculum in many schools throughout Staffordshire.
Delivered by experienced teachers, specialist music curriculum teaching covers the requirements of the National Curriculum, including creative, practical, performing, composing and listening activities to meet the individual needs of pupils. Support for creative curriculum development can be included, as can preparation for performances. Although designed as a 36-week programme, curriculum teaching can be flexibly negotiated to meet the needs and budgets of schools. This service is fully inclusive of preparation, planning, travelling, delivery, assessment, cover (where possible), and reporting.
Using a curriculum music teacher can help to:
shape the music provision in your school and embed it into your curriculum
give ‘on hand’, expert music advice to shape the potential in your pupilsget the most from your existing instruments and resources
provide CPD to other members of your team
bring your school and pupils on board with the wider opportunities available through the music service
A Musical Showcase for the whole school. High quality access to real live music with our curriculum linked performances.
A stimulating hour-long live music experience for your school, year group or class
A brilliant way to inspire and reward your pupils at the start or end of term
Curriculum linked set lists to stimulate further learning in your schools’ chosen topics
A great opportunity to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Let us give you expert musical direction. Continuing professional development in music provided by expert teaching professionals.
An impartial, external view of your music provision
High quality training for all of your staff
Options for full day, half day and twilight available
This additional support sits outside of our fully funded audit and centralised CPD offers.
Develop your School Music Development Plan through the audit process
Through the Music Education Hub, a fully funded visit and impartial review of school music provision through completing a self-assessment audit tool and action plan.
Access this support free of charge as a Staffordshire school
Improve music in your school
Ensure you are ‘Ofsted ready’ through delivery of the National Curriculum and the National Plan for Music Education
Identify if your school is eligible for an Excellence in Music Provision Award
Become a Music Mark school member through this process.
music service provides experienced music teachers to deliver the full or part of the music curriculum in many schools throughout Staffordshire.
shape the music provision in your school and embed it into your curriculumgive ‘on hand’, expert music advice to shape the potential in your pupilsget the most from your existing instruments and resourcesprovide CPD to other members of your teambring your school and pupils on board with the wider opportunities available through the music service
