Music

The Music curriculum nurtures confident performers, listeners, and composers. Pupils develop skills in collaboration, communication, and musical expression while enjoying rich cultural experiences. Quality teaching, assessment, and enrichment opportunities ensure that all children make strong progress and gain the knowledge and confidence to thrive in future musical learning.


 

Music Whole School Overview

Intent

  • All pupils will make strong progress in music, developing confidence in performance, listening, and composition.
  • Pupils will access the curriculum through reading, listening, and performing music, fostering enjoyment and cultural knowledge.
  • The curriculum is designed to fill knowledge gaps, give disadvantaged pupils advantages, and build skills for future musical education.
  • Pupils will develop communication, collaborative skills, and musical vocabulary, linking learning to wider cultural and historical contexts.
  • Opportunities to experience music in context (trips, guest performers) deepen understanding and engagement.

Implementation

  • Lessons are structured with clear success criteria, modelling, questioning cycles, and high-quality resources to engage all pupils.
  • Academic and musical vocabulary is explicitly taught and reinforced.
  • Feedback and assessment (formative and summative) ensure pupils know more and remember more, with targeted support for disadvantaged pupils.
  • Enrichment includes trips, clubs (choir, recorder), and links with local partners to provide real-world musical experiences.
  • Pupils develop independence in using resources, performing, composing, and evaluating their own progress.

Impact

  • Pupils make strong progress, recall and discuss music confidently, and demonstrate creativity in performing and composing.
  • All pupils develop a love of music and become confident communicators with a broad musical vocabulary.
  • Data and observations show positive progress across all groups, with increasing attainment in national assessments.
  • Pupils understand the influence of significant musicians and musical events, and are motivated to explore music further.
  • Music supports personal development, fostering collaboration, resilience, cultural understanding, and appreciation of diversity.