We work directly with schools across the county to develop and deliver their music programmes, including workshops, teacher training, curriculum support and music lessons. Our Area Managers are equipped with information about local teachers, instruments, funding and resources to support classroom teachers and music coordinators.
Kent Music have developed a new suite of funded opportunities for schools, starting in September 2022.
Full details can be found on our Schools Funded Opportunities page.
The Kent Music Area Managers act as a first point of contact for schools. They can provide:
At Kent Music our number one priority is the health and safety of our students and the people we work with. While COVID-19 restrictions have now been lifted in England, we’re keeping some safety measures in place to ensure we can resume face-to-face activities safely and securely this school year!
As such, we have a few criteria which we require to be in place before we can begin to register teaching in your school.
Please find our full guidance and criteria below. You can speak directly to your local Area Manager to discuss our guidelines and how to arrange teaching in your school.
These are the criteria we require to be in place before starting to register teaching in your school:
We are asking all our teachers to:
We have also created a detailed set of guidance for them, to ensure that teaching will be as safe as possible.
In some cases, it may not be possible to return to lessons in your school yet. In these situations, pupils can be directed to our local Music Centres or online lessons as great alternatives!
Our full public guidance for pupils and their families can be found here.
We appreciate all the hard work being done in and out of school to ensure a safe and productive return to face-to-face learning. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if we can be of further assistance in bringing music to your school.
If you would like to find out more about a service listed below, please speak to your Area Manager above or contact our Maidstone office.
As a school you may be thinking about overhauling or redesigning your music curriculum. If you need a place to begin then please look at our guidance below
Use our Kent Music Curriculum Guidance for Schools document which takes you through the following process:
Useful documents:
Any schools in the county can contact Kent Music when they want a peripatetic teacher to provide them with tuition. This tuition will be registered through Kent Music and the tuition will be paid for by parents, directly to Kent Music.
Contact our excellent customer services team on customerservices@kent-music.com or visit our Music Lessons page for more information.
Some education establishments want to deal with parents and billing themselves and when this is the case we can provide you with a specialist teacher to suit your needs including individual and small group lessons; whole class teaching; direction of school ensembles; and continuation lessons for students who have completed their MusicPlus year. The school simply pays Kent Music for this service.
Whole Class instrumental tuition is a requirement in all state schools and Kent Music can help your school to deliver this. In Kent we contribute funds to schools for up to two terms to enable them to access one year of whole class instrumental tuition in one KS2 year group. This part-funded year group is called MusicPlus.
Everything you need to know about hiring instruments for your school.
Kent Music is committed to enabling children and young people to access musical opportunities. The Kent Music Bursary provides financial support to 5-18 year olds, living in Kent, excluding Medway, who meet specific financial criteria, and covers 75% of activity fees for one musical activity per academic year.
Schools should direct parents or carers to the application forms and full details on our Financial Assistance page; we cannot accept applications direct from a school. If you have any queries, please contact Gail Batty on gbatty@kent-music.com.
All state schools in Kent must complete the Kent Music Annual Survey in order to be eligible to access ring fenced funding for music education.
The current Terms and Conditions for using funding can be found here
Kent Music should be notified of any changes to bank account details so that funding can continue unhindered.
In order to let us know about any changes please complete the below form and return it via email to cbaines@kent-music.com
The Kent Music Roadshow is a free 50-minute-long interactive performance aimed at KS2 and KS3 students in schools. Featuring instrumental demonstrations, live performances, video, and audience participation the roadshow aims to inspire students to learn a musical instrument and to encourage an understanding of the value of music to our world and everyday lives.
“The roadshow gave the children the opportunity to realise how important music is and how much fun they could get from playing a musical instrument.”
Kent Music offers a range of creative, resourceful and up-to-date professional development for music educators and classroom teachers delivering music in the county.
As well as the curriculum support guidance and links found above there are lots of links that will help you deliver music in your school.
Contact us if you need any more advice: schools@kent-music.com
