This pack is a useful guide for instrumental and vocal teachers, whether you are employed, working freelance in schools or teaching privately. It covers issues including contracts, fees, safeguarding, employment status, tax, finding work, professional development, and health and wellbeing.
This practical toolkit helps primary teachers to spread the magic of music through their inspiring curriculum and to permeate the cultural fabric of their schools.
This guide, written by Lucinda Mackworth-Young, takes you through altering your pedagogy for older learners, as well as providing key recommendations for maintaining motivation and developing this side of your business.
The guide, written by Dr Alison Daubney, explores how to break into teaching, looking at the various educational settings and helping you decide who and where to teach
This guide written by Dr Carla Rees takes you through developing your pedagogical approach, as well as providing key recommendations for maintaining motivation and developing this side of your business.
From 2027, Martyn’s Law will have implications for music education activity in any premises with a capacity over 200 people. Music Mark has a paper regarding its potential implications for Music Educators.
New statutory guidance for schools comes into effect from September 2026 to improve allergy response and readiness. Music Mark has produced a paper to outline how Benedict’s Law is likely to affect music education providers (not just music services) and the responses they may need to take.
The Championing University Music Toolkit, co-written by Music Mark and the Musicians’ Union, provides practical guidance for university music departments facing closure or staff reductions. Drawing on extensive sector experience, it offers strategies to support effective advocacy during periods of change. While not a complete solution, the toolkit highlights both familiar approaches and new perspectives, adaptable to each department’s unique context.
The government’s key stage 4 performance measures and targeted RISE extension consultation seeks views on proposals to improve key stage 4 academic performance measures and to extend school improvement support from the Department for Education’s targeted regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) service. This resource has been put together to help you complete the consultation, allowing you to share your views with the government on this important topic.
A list of questions in the SEND reform consultation organised by the type of person they may be relevant to.
