Schools & Teachers
News from Music Mark Schools
Teachers’ Pension Scheme: Further Correspondence with the Schools Minister
In our recent correspondence with the Schools Minister, we’re pleased to hear that Local Authorities who employ teachers centrally will receive support…
Advanced British Standard: Share your views
The Department for Education consultation on the proposed reforms to post-16 education is open and will close on 20th March 2024. Your…
Teachers’ Pensions Scheme: Transitional Protection Regulations
Government consultation response, July 2023 If you were a member of the TPS on 31st March 2012 and had continuous service until…
Ofsted’s new Music Subject Report
Following the publication of a set of literature review reports from Ofsted in 2021/22, they are now publishing subject reports. The Music…
“We believe in the importance of #MusicEd”: Schools across the UK are recognised for their commitment
2,500 schools from across the UK have signed up for their free year of membership to our Music Mark Schools programme. We’re…
Guildford County School’s Artist in Residence Programme
At Guildford County School, our focus is firmly rooted in experiencing sound as the core element of all that we do, both…
“Wow, wow, wow!”: Music Mark Schools across the UK celebrate nominations for 2021/22
The Autumn Term is well underway and over 2,000 schools from across the UK have already signed up for their free year…
Schools across the country celebrate Music Mark School nominations
For the last few weeks, Music Mark have been busy sending out welcome packs to schools across the country to inform them…
10 Things Schools Should Know About Music: #7 Music Boosts School Improvement
Regardless of its cognition-improving abilities or memory-enhancing effects, music can also fill the corridors of a school with song, laughter, and…
Stormzy, Mozart and all that Jazz – Huntington School can do it all
Words and photos by Stephanie Kennedy Secondary School Music is currently in crisis. There are falling numbers of students taking up…
Music Mark publishes Model Music Curriculum Member Consultation
The UK Association of Music Education – Music Mark has produced its Music Mark Model Curriculum Consultation paper to inform the Department of Education’s…
A place with no borders – the power of singing in Luton Schools
Words and photos by Stephanie Kennedy “It wasn’t always like this”, they tell me, as we sit round cups of tea,…
