FREE Curriculum and Resources for every school/setting (birth - 25)

To help all schools with curating a solid music curriculum, the Music Hub, provides the following FREE and inclusive support documents and teaching resources for all schools. Click on the hyperlinks. Or download this summary document HERE.

Free Curriculum Support Documents

Visit the page HERE for all the FREE documents

The London West Music Hub has prepared the following FREE support documents, all available HERE. These are intended to be used by Senior Leadership Teams and the named Music Subject Specialist Leader.

1. Music Curriculum Self-Evaluation Tool 

2. Creating your own School/Setting Music Policy 

3. Writing a School Music Development Plan 

4. Model Music Curriculum Overview/Summary 

5. Ofsted handbook music curriculum guidance for schools (2024 Update)

Free Resources and Teaching Documents/Materials

• TBMH Virtual Music School (1,500+ online resources)

• Singing Assembly Resource (HERE) for KS1, KS2, KS3

• KS3-5 Teaching and Learning Resources
    o   Music Production – HERE
    o   Song writing – HERE
    o   Hip-Hop – HERE
    o   Teaching young people with SEND additional resources HERE

• Singing With Meaning - SEND-friendly Vocal Resource (20 songs)

• Music Makes Me: Teaching & Learning Song-writing Resource (Main page HERE)
    o   Click HERE to download PDF of the resource. 
    o   The purpose of this resource is to look at how song writing can be brought into every classroom/school and can be accessed by teachers and students. By using this resource, schools will be able to co-create brand new song(s) that could represent a school anthem, class anthem, Year group anthem etc. This resource covers five song strands: Social Story Songs; Transition Songs; Emotional Regulation songs; Topic Songs; Celebration Songs.

• Music Education Recovery Curriculum framework – Click HERE

• EYFS/Early Childhood:

    o   Interactive EYFS self-assessment tool – Click HERE
    o   Musical Development Matters – Click HERE

• Whole Class Instrumental Learning – Groove’n’Play
    o   Every school can access a FREE whole class annual online licence for ONE Groove’n’Play programme – for school’s own delivery, plus free CPD for one teacher (worth £85).  The licence gives access to GnP’s groove@school digital resources which includes animated delivery content, teachers’ e-book, session plans, and supporting documents (planning and progression, GnP in relation to National Curriculum for Music, and GnP in relation to New National Plan for Music).