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.
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
- Member Discount
- 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.
Christopher Stevens, HMI National Lead for Music at Ofsted, returns to speak with Music Mark and update us on Music in Schools.
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 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.
In this session you’ll learn about planning and time management, why they can be difficult to manage and some strategies to help.
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
- Member Discount
- 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.
How can music, on all levels, play a significant role and take meaningful action in response to the climate emergency?
Maximising the Impact of Classroom Helpers
- 9th September 2025
- 18:00 - 19:30
- Online (Zoom)
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.
Learn more about the Music Mark of Recognition and our redeveloped offer for schools.
Get To Know Sparkyard! A Sparkyard Tour
- 23rd September 2025
- 16:00 - 17:00
- Online (Zoom)
This tour is perfect if you are new to Sparkyard or a current user who wants to learn some useful tips and tricks. This session will help every user to get the most out of Sparkyard.
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.
Sparkyard Music Curriculum: A whistle-stop tour
- 7th October 2025
- 16:00 - 17:00
- Online (Zoom)
This session shows the comprehensive, fun and flexible lessons we have to offer, which enable teachers to create an exciting sequence of learning to suit the needs of their classes. Whether you are a music specialist or not, this session will help you get the very best out of the Sparkyard Music Curriculum.
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.
This workshop will run through how you can use Sparkyard as a powerful tool for behaviour management, build classroom routines and create a positive classroom environment.
Christopher Stevens, HMI National Lead for Music at Ofsted, returns to speak with Music Mark and update us on Music in Schools.
Conducting Course for Music Educators
- 27th - 28th October 2025, 18th January 2026 and 2nd May 2026
- 10:00 - 17:00
Led by Royal Northern College of Music Professors, this course is a fantastic way to sample the world class conducting programmes which the Royal Northern College of Music is renowned for. A feature of the courses is the absolute focus on the practical experience of conducting real live musicians.
Figurenotes: Developing Your Practice
- 5th, 12th, and 19th November 2025
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Online (Zoom)
Learn the tools to create a truly accessible music practice, where your students thrive. Build confidence and engagement across a wide range of learners in both ASN/SEND and mainstream settings. You’ll leave with resources you can use straight away.
Making Music with Special Children
- 10th and 11th November
- 10:00 - 17:00
- York Centre for Voluntary Services, YO1 6ET
Our popular course Making Music with Special Children will help you to find out how music can help you to communicate with children who have life-limiting illness and/or special educational needs. We aim to give you the skills and confidence to make music with children with complex disabilities.
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.
Making Music with Special Children
- 17th and 18th November 2025
- 10:00 - 17:00
- Hoxton Hall, London, N1 6SH
Our popular course Making Music with Special Children will help you to find out how music can help you to communicate with children who have life-limiting illness and/or special educational needs. We aim to give you the skills and confidence to make music with children with complex disabilities.