Video library
Whole Class Set Up: Guitar
Whole class teaching is a partnership between the school and the visiting music teachers.
Assessing a Creative Process
The current lead Ofsted HMI for Music, Robin Hammerton writes: "Firstly, pupils’ progress in creating and understandi...
Importance of Performance
This teacher describes the impact performances have had on the school ethos, community and progress of pupils.
Expectations in WCIT
This teacher discusses her experience of teaching whole class instrumental music.
Why Perform?
This teacher articulates the benefits of performance and the impact they have on young performers.
Professional Isolation
This instrumental teacher discusses the value of forging professional relationships with school colleagues.
Singing and the Vocal Teacher
This experienced teachers discusses his approach to singing from the starting point that everyone can sing.
Professional Development for Instrumental Teachers
The emerging professional development needs of staff are addressed by Music Services and Hubs.
Teaching WCIT
This teacher discusses the pedagogy, content, challenges and solutions of whole class teaching.
Relationship with Schools
This experienced teacher discusses aspects of the relationship between the school and the visiting instrumental teach...
Professional Isolation and the Visiting Teacher
This experienced teacher offers some advice on the relationship between the visiting instrumental teacher and the sch...
Music and School Ethos
This experienced secondary school Headteacher discusses the impact music has had on the school and the community whil...
A Primary Head's View
This experienced primary school Headteacher discusses the impact Musical learning has had on his school, curriculum a...
Music and School Improvement
This experienced primary school Headteacher discusses the impact music has had on school improvement and attainment.
A Broad and Balanced Curriculum
This experienced secondary school headteacher discusses the need for music to be part of a breadth of experience for ...
Differentiation by Outcome
Composition and creativity can lead to varying outcomes within the same task.
A Broad and Balanced Curriculum
An experienced Headteacher in a faith school discusses the facilitating conditions necessary to embed excellent music...
SMSC and Ofsted
An experienced Headteacher in a large faith school discusses the SMSC outcomes through a wider curriculum inclusive o...
Music and the Wider Community
This experienced Headteacher outlines a view on performances in the primary school.
Music in a Multi Faith School
This Head of Music discusses how music has been used to develop the whole school ethos.
Transferable Skills
This Head of Music discusses the breadth of transferable skills he observes being developed in his students through m...
The 'Shop Face' of the School
This experienced Head of Music discusses the role of the modern music teacher, complete with the expectations of extr...
WCIT: Pupils Perspective
These children comment on the experience of learning through whole class teaching supported by the local music service.
Cross Curricular Links
These pupils describe some of their experiences learning music in a whole class setting and the useful cross curricul...