Teaching
Training and events for music teachers, schools, community musicians and more
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.
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.
From Practice to Performance: Inspire. Educate. Resonate with Buffet Crampon
- 17th June 2025
- 2pm - 3pm
- Zoom (Online)
An introduction to Buffet Crampon, and inside knowledge on helping your students to progress in everything from Sax to Oboe.
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.
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.
Make your practice more inclusive with the Clarion accessible instrument
- 29th September 2025
- 3.30pm - 5pm
- Online (Zoom)
Open Up Music demonstrate why the Clarion has been such a gamechanger for schools and offer practical examples of how it can transform your inclusive practice.
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.
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.
Join us for a free launch- day webinar to celebrate our refreshed Woodwind Syllabus!
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.
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.
In this webinar led by Kay Charlton you will explore how to use diverse and inclusive music in your primary music lessons.
In this session, Francis will introduce key techniques for teaching rap with confidence, drawing on over 25 years of experience as a performer, educator and workshop leader.
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.
From Practice to Performance: Inspire. Educate. Resonate with Buffet Crampon
- 17th June 2025
- 2pm - 3pm
- Zoom (Online)
An introduction to Buffet Crampon, and inside knowledge on helping your students to progress in everything from Sax to Oboe.
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.
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.
Acapella Summer School
- 11th - 14th August 2025
- 10.00 - 16:00
- Conway Hall 25 Red Lion St, London WC1R 4RL
A rare opportunity to work with Electric Voice Theatre’s expert acapella ensemble techniques through the music of women composers.
Learn more about the Music Mark of Recognition and our redeveloped offer for schools.
Make your practice more inclusive with the Clarion accessible instrument
- 29th September 2025
- 3.30pm - 5pm
- Online (Zoom)
Open Up Music demonstrate why the Clarion has been such a gamechanger for schools and offer practical examples of how it can transform your inclusive practice.
Hampshire Music Education Hub Conference
- 16th October 2025
- 08:45 - 16:00
- Botley Park Hotel, Winchester Road, Boorley Green, Southampton, SO32 2UA
Join us for an inspiring day dedicated to the power of music education in Hampshire. The Hampshire Music Education Hub Conference is a fantastic event for music teachers, musicians, and enthusiasts alike.
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.