Music

We are Musicians!

Please click on the link below to view our Music Development Plan for 2024-2025:

Music Development Plan 

Excellence in Music Provision Award

We were delighted to recently be awarded a Bronze level for ‘Excellence in Music Provision.’ These awards are available to all schools in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford & Wrekin, are endorsed by the Music Partnership, its partners and Music Mark, and the National Association for Music Education.

Bronze is awarded to schools where: 

• National Curriculum Music (or an equivalent broad and balanced music curriculum in academies and free schools) is taught regularly to all pupils across the key stages
• Regular singing features at the school
• They have identified key areas for wider music development and pupil engagement
• There is ongoing communication with, and support from, the Music Education Hub 
• There is a school policy / statement / ethos for music
• The curriculum is planned for the progression of key musical skills and makes use of the latest support technology and resources
• Additional financial commitment is made to widening music provision across the school
• There is a subject leader who takes responsibility for developing music in the school
• Specialist instrumental / vocal teaching and learning is available

Whole Class Ensemble Tuition

In partnership with Entrust, all pupils from Nursery to Year 6 engage in weekly hour-long music lessons with specialist teachers.  In Year 2, pupils receive recorder tuition, as part of their musical curriculum and, in Year 4, pupils learn the ukelele. Pupils have the chance to share their musical skills with concerts for parents at the end of the year.

Small Group Instrument Tuition

Entrust also provides small group instrument lessons to pupils in Years 3-6 for an annual fee. Learning a musical instrument is great fun, challenging, develops skills for life and can lead to a lifelong interest in music, a variety of career paths, the chance to work as part of a team and the opportunity to make new friends.

Weekly tuition is currently offered in VIOLIN, RECORDER, FLUTE, CLARINET, OBOE and GUITAR and delivered by specialist teachers. Instruments are provided free of charge for the year.