Training & Events
Discover inspiring music education training and events around the UK.
Music Mark Members are encouraged to take advantage of our year-round offer of professional development opportunities including peer groups and our mentoring and coaching programme.
The Leadership Collective Leadership Development Programme
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- New Music Mark member subsidised rate available
The Leadership Collective have created a bespoke leadership programme to enable your senior leadership team to find the best ways of working together, and to create empowered, inclusive and thriving work cultures. Music Mark members can receive a generous and exclusive rate, which will be further subsidised by Music Mark.
Join SLS 360’s fantastic network for problem solving, knowledge sharing, masterclasses and more. Music Mark members can access the network at a generously subsidised rate.
Music Mark peer groups allow people across the UK to connect, discuss and learn from people with similar roles within the Music Education Sector. This session is specifically for Instrumental and Vocal Tutors.
Setting up a Charitable Arm as a Local Authority Music Service
- Music Mark
- Members Only
- 17 June 2025
- 1pm - 2pm
- Online (Zoom)
An opportunity to hear about the experiences of Local Authority Music Services who have gone through the process of setting up a charitable arm to enable them to develop a broader fundraising plan to support the work or their music service.
T-Time online sessions are interactive sessions exclusively for classroom teachers to talk about their current teaching practice. T-Time is an opportunity to reflect with colleagues across primary, secondary and SEND settings around the UK and discuss hot topics affecting music education.
PR and Communication: Helping Your Work Shine Bright
- Music Mark
- Free to Members
- 1st July 2025
- 1.30pm - 3.30pm
- Zoom (Online)
Make sure your key messages are heard and remembered by your organisations audience, with this course from The Leadership Collective.
Growing Trans & Non-Binary Awareness
- Diverse Educators
- Music Mark
- Free to Members
- 8 January 2025 & 2 July 2025
- 4pm - 5.15pm
- Online (Zoom)
We’ve teamed up with Diverse Educators to deliver a two-part course on Transgender and Non-Binary awareness, to help people finding confidence in understanding, supporting and making space for Gender Diverse people.
Mental Health First Aid With Soundcastle
- Music Mark
- Members Only
- 4th and 11th July 2025
- 2 Half Days (9.30am - 1pm)
- Online (Zoom)
Become a Mental Health First Aider with Soundcastle! Join them to explore many practical ways to support mental health in music education settings and gain a FAA Level 2 Award qualification in First Aid for Mental Health.
Learn more about the Music Mark of Recognition and our redeveloped offer for schools.
High Impact Senior Leadership
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 23 September 2025 - 26th March 2026
- 9am - 12pm
- Online (Zoom)
High Impact Senior Leadership is a virtual leadership development programme specifically designed for Heads of Service and Senior Leaders within Music Services, Music Hubs and Schools, led by Andy Hind.
Inclusive Event Facilitation with Celebrating Disability
- Celebrating Disability
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 7th October 2025
- 1pm - 4pm
- Zoom (Online)
An interactive session to empower facilitators to proactively design and deliver accessible events.
Stepping Up To Leadership
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 6 sessions between October 2025 and June 2026
- 3.45pm-5.15pm
- Zoom (Online)
Following on from the High Impact Senior Leadership course, Enhancing Learning have partnered with Music Mark to provide a virtual leadership development programme for Middle Leaders and
Aspiring Leaders within Music Services, Music Hubs and Schools.
Leading Difficult Professional Conversations
- Music Mark
- Free to Members
- 14th October 2025
- 1pm - 3pm
- Online (Zoom)
Join Andy Hind for a two-hour workshop on facilitating difficult professional conversations.
Music Mark Annual Conference 2025
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 17th and 18th November 2025
- East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
Join us in Nottingham for our Annual Conference to learn, network, and be inspired.
Music Mark Members are encouraged to take advantage of our year-round offer of professional development opportunities including peer groups and our mentoring and coaching programme.
The Leadership Collective Leadership Development Programme
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- New Music Mark member subsidised rate available
The Leadership Collective have created a bespoke leadership programme to enable your senior leadership team to find the best ways of working together, and to create empowered, inclusive and thriving work cultures. Music Mark members can receive a generous and exclusive rate, which will be further subsidised by Music Mark.
Join SLS 360’s fantastic network for problem solving, knowledge sharing, masterclasses and more. Music Mark members can access the network at a generously subsidised rate.
The Amber Trust’s 30th Anniversary Concert
- 18th May 2025
- 15:30 - 17:30
- The Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School, Barnes, SW13 9JT
Join us to celebrate our 30th Anniversary Concert on Sunday May 18th, featuring internationally acclaimed Derek Paravicini and some of the talented young musicians supported by Amber.
Musical Senses Round Table
- 19th May 2025
- 09:15 - 14:30
- Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP
An opportunity for people and organisations involved with the musical education of young people who are Deaf/HoH and Blind/VI to come together to discuss, learn and exchange knowledge and experience.
Getting Ready for Top Score Whole Class Musical Teaching
- 20th May 2025
- 18:00 - 19:30
- Online (Zoom)
This fun online session explores ways to be more football in the preparation and planning of our performing arts teaching to achieve top scores in learning outcomes. It’s 90 glorious online minutes of helping you to plan your beautiful (teaching) game.
In this webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for delivering music activities for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMHD).
Refugee Week CPD for Teachers
- 21st May 2025
- 16:00 - 18:00
- The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
A free CPD event for primary teachers delivered by a team of outstanding multi-lingual musicians with refugee heritage, from Music Action International. We’ll be sharing trauma-informed ways of using music in the classroom to increase wellbeing, language development and fulfil curriculum objectives.
Musically Unorthodox Conference
- Thursday 22nd May 2025
- Conference 09:30 - 17:00 | Showcase 18:00 - 22:00
- The Black Diamond, Lower Harding Street, Northampton, NN1 2JL
The Musically Unorthodox Conference will explore the powerful impact of music on education and society. A dynamic day filled with industry insights, discussions, interactive workshops, and live showcases. Learn how music can bridge gaps and bring communities together.
Devon Music Education Conference
- 23rd May 2025
- 09:00 - 16:00
- Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre
Join us for the Devon Music Education Conference 2025 at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre. Expect stimulating discussion and interactive workshops aimed at early years, primary, secondary and instrumental music teachers.
Rhythm2Recovery Facilitator Training
- 24th and 25th May
- 09:00 - 16:30
- Eternal Lake Reserve, Salt Lane, Cliffe, Kent, ME3 7RT
Our standard facilitator training is a practical two-day workshop, suitable for counsellors, psychologists, music therapists, youth workers, music teachers and educators that provides attendees with the practical tools and skills to introduce music into their practice in order to address the social and emotional challenges faced by their clients or students. No previous music skills are required.
Secondary Music Leadership Certificate
- 2nd June, 9th June, 23rd June, 30th June, 14th July and 21st July 2025
- 16:30 - 18:00
- Online (Zoom)
Finalists in the Teach Secondary Awards 2024, this programme aims to provide tools to support teachers in developing a thriving music department and delivering a high quality curriculum appropriate to their local context.
Music Mark peer groups allow people across the UK to connect, discuss and learn from people with similar roles within the Music Education Sector. This session is specifically for Instrumental and Vocal Tutors.
In this webinar led by Kay Charlton you will explore how to use diverse and inclusive music in your primary music lessons.
Steps to Success in GCSE Music
- 10th June 2025
- 1:00 - 15:00
- Hayes School, West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7DB
Designed to provide teachers with practical steps to make GCSE music more accessible, our Steps to Success in GCSE Music course offers the opportunity to explore engaging and practical ways to analyse, explore and understand GCSE music through the Musical Futures practical approach to teaching.
Understanding the Pathways into Music
- 14th - 15th June 2025
- Building 85, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, SO17 1BJ
Join us on this free professional development programme that puts the focus on careers and trends in the music business, providing music educators with the information, knowledge and contacts they need to advise and support students who seek to pursue a career in music.
Setting up a Charitable Arm as a Local Authority Music Service
- Music Mark
- Members Only
- 17 June 2025
- 1pm - 2pm
- Online (Zoom)
An opportunity to hear about the experiences of Local Authority Music Services who have gone through the process of setting up a charitable arm to enable them to develop a broader fundraising plan to support the work or their music service.
Developing Core Skills in Primary Music
- 18th June 2025
- 09:30 - 14:30
- Online (Zoom)
In this full day webinar led by Dr Liz Stafford you will learn how to support your pupils to develop their skills and understanding in performing, composing & improvising, listening, reading notation, and understanding the history of music.
Are you making the most of your classroom help in your music lessons? Teaching assistants and additional adults (who may be teachers or performers) can have an amazing impact on learning when deployed and communicated with effectively.
T-Time online sessions are interactive sessions exclusively for classroom teachers to talk about their current teaching practice. T-Time is an opportunity to reflect with colleagues across primary, secondary and SEND settings around the UK and discuss hot topics affecting music education.
Teaching the BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice: A Musical Futures Approach
- 19th June 2025
- 10:00 - 15:00
- Fred Longworth High School, Printshop Lane, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 8JN
‘Teaching the BTEC Tech Award in Music Practice; a Musical Futures Approach’ offers the opportunity for attendees to explore strategies for teaching BTEC music vocational qualifications with students who have thrived through a practical approach to learning at KS3.
Managing Behaviour in Music Lessons
- 24th June 2025
- 16:00 - 17:30
- Online (Zoom)
In this webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for promoting positive behaviour, and dealing with inappropriate and challenging behaviour in a music education setting.
Certificate for Music Educators: Early Childhood
- Autumn 2025 - July 2026
- In person in Birmingham. Online on Zoom.
The Certificate for Music Educators (CME): Early Childhood offers a flexible, part-time, distance-learning qualification in early childhood music. The CME is a recognised National Qualification validated by Trinity College London.
The Inclusive Practitioner Certificate for Music Educators
- September 2025 - March 2025
Develop and validate your skills with The Inclusive Practitioner Certificate of Music Education (CME) – a Level 4 qualification in music education accredited by Trinity College, London.
PR and Communication: Helping Your Work Shine Bright
- Music Mark
- Free to Members
- 1st July 2025
- 1.30pm - 3.30pm
- Zoom (Online)
Make sure your key messages are heard and remembered by your organisations audience, with this course from The Leadership Collective.
Growing Trans & Non-Binary Awareness
- Diverse Educators
- Music Mark
- Free to Members
- 8 January 2025 & 2 July 2025
- 4pm - 5.15pm
- Online (Zoom)
We’ve teamed up with Diverse Educators to deliver a two-part course on Transgender and Non-Binary awareness, to help people finding confidence in understanding, supporting and making space for Gender Diverse people.
Mental Health First Aid With Soundcastle
- Music Mark
- Members Only
- 4th and 11th July 2025
- 2 Half Days (9.30am - 1pm)
- Online (Zoom)
Become a Mental Health First Aider with Soundcastle! Join them to explore many practical ways to support mental health in music education settings and gain a FAA Level 2 Award qualification in First Aid for Mental Health.
Create Day ’25 – a free mass-participation day of singing, dancing and design with thousands of school children in KS2 classrooms across England celebrating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child with dancers and singers from the Royal Ballet and Opera.
Discussing social prescribing, community groups, the state and capacity of health services and positive impact that music can have. Embedding wellbeing and creative interventions into education and lifelong learning, including the role of music in supporting emotional resilience.
Learn more about the Music Mark of Recognition and our redeveloped offer for schools.
High Impact Senior Leadership
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 23 September 2025 - 26th March 2026
- 9am - 12pm
- Online (Zoom)
High Impact Senior Leadership is a virtual leadership development programme specifically designed for Heads of Service and Senior Leaders within Music Services, Music Hubs and Schools, led by Andy Hind.
Inclusive Event Facilitation with Celebrating Disability
- Celebrating Disability
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 7th October 2025
- 1pm - 4pm
- Zoom (Online)
An interactive session to empower facilitators to proactively design and deliver accessible events.
Stepping Up To Leadership
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 6 sessions between October 2025 and June 2026
- 3.45pm-5.15pm
- Zoom (Online)
Following on from the High Impact Senior Leadership course, Enhancing Learning have partnered with Music Mark to provide a virtual leadership development programme for Middle Leaders and
Aspiring Leaders within Music Services, Music Hubs and Schools.
Leading Difficult Professional Conversations
- Music Mark
- Free to Members
- 14th October 2025
- 1pm - 3pm
- Online (Zoom)
Join Andy Hind for a two-hour workshop on facilitating difficult professional conversations.
Music Mark Annual Conference 2025
- Music Mark
- Member Discount
- 17th and 18th November 2025
- East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
Join us in Nottingham for our Annual Conference to learn, network, and be inspired.