Schools in North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, can book a wide range of exciting, inspiring curricular and co-curricular music services from West of England Music and Arts, providing high quality ways schools can enhance their music curriculum offer in the classroom.
Curriculum Music / PPA Cover Lessons
KS1&2
Music lessons provided in schools throughout the school day to deliver classroom music curriculum at primary or secondary level as determined by the school in collaboration with the Music Hub.
What do we provide?
- Music lessons on a weekly basis through term time, with the length of the lesson determined by the school, in collaboration with us.
- A progressive learning process with regular monitoring and assessments
- You can also choose to use the Beat Bus or Music Explorers option for this, but the PPA fee.
What if I need instruments or Curriculum Advice?
Our specialist schools’ music team are available to visit your school to carry out an instrumental audit and advise you on replacing and expanding your instrumental resources or support the development of your curriculum.
Cost: £76 per hour
Costs include an end of year assessments for reports. We provide PPA time to the teacher as part of the package.
Ensembles and Choirs in School
One of the aspirations of the National Plan for Music Education is that every school should aspire to having a choir, an orchestra or large scale ensemble. In support of this we offer:
- Provision of ensembles for groups of students who come together regularly to create music
- Ensembles support instrumental tuition and provide other ways for students to make music
- Ensembles can take place during the school day or after school
- Ensembles from small groups to larger orchestras, choirs and bands of all styles of music
- Ensembles can vary in duration from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
What do we provide?
- A Music Teacher who will lead the group once a week or as agreed by the school
- Access to our extensive music library
- Planning and delivery in collaboration with the school
- Advice and information to meet the school’s needs
We can also assist by offering musical expertise in preparation for concerts, musical theatre, judging and adjudicating music competitions and events.
Cost: £47 per hour
Classroom Music Programmes
KS1
Beat Bus!
The project develops musical skills in pulse, rhythm and pitch, using body, voice and tuned percussion. Beat Bus will be delivered in a whole class setting by one Music Teacher Advice and information to meet with a school’s individual needs. We provide all instruments and resources.
Included in the cost is:
- All resources and topic related materials including instruments
- Each session is for a maximum of 32 pupils
- A 30 minute lesson with 15 minutes planning, liaison, and set up each week.
Cost:
- £289 per class for 10 sessions (one term)
- £448 Beat Bus + CPD support
KS1&2
Let’s Sing!
Let’s Sing is a five week Primary singing programme, providing progressive sessions with a performance opportunity. Engaging with this programme also has the benefit of up-skilling class teachers and ultimately raising the standard of singing in schools. It is available to any class or year group, and schools may book as many five week courses as they wish through the year. We provide fully qualified and experienced teachers who are passionate about singing.
Cost: £158 for five week programme of 45 minute sessions. These prices are subsidised by WEMA. Schools are not permitted to pass on charges to parents for this programme.
KS1&2
Music Explorers
A programme of instrumental learning through whole class ensemble teaching, which takes place during the school day. It forms an integral part of a progressive school music curriculum and is recommended for 30 weeks for pupils in Year 4 or 5. This is delivered in collaboration with the school staff. This can be the class teacher, or Music Explorers can be used as PPA cover as long as another adult is participating. There will be an additional charge for PPA cover. You can choose from 10 week, 20 week or 30 week programmes. Now also includes Music Production!
Schools can choose from:
- Strings: violin, viola, cello, ukulele, and guitar
- Woodwind: clarinet, sax, recorder, fife, flute, and toot
- Brass: cornet, trombone, French horn, and pocket trumpet
- Drumming: samba and djembe
We provide:
- All instruments and resources
- One music teacher
- Advice and information to meet each schools needs
- Access to our Star Awards to recognise achievement and progression
- An initial meeting with our teacher to talk through the programme and discuss any school needs.
Cost:
£290 for 10 week programme of 45 minute sessions:
£329 for 10 week programme of 60 minute sessions
These prices are subsidised by WEMA. Bookings can be taken for 10, 20 or 30 weeks. Schools are not permitted to pass on charges to parents for this programme.
Instrument Hire for Schools
Whole class sets can be hired by schools. Some larger sets of instruments will attract a porterage cost. Please contact WEMA to obtain a quote for your particular needs.
Instrument hire is subject to availability.
| Instruments | Cost per Term |
| Woodwind, brass, orchestral strings, guitars | £198 |
| Descant Records | £50 |
| Djembe drums Samba percussion Gamelan ensemble | £241 |
Instrumental and Voice Lessons
Music lessons are delivered by specialist instrumental and vocal teachers in school during the school day on the requested instrument, at times negotiated between WEMA and the school.
We offer this service directly to parent/carers (lessons are still delivered in your school) or schools can buy tuition by the hour. The choice is yours; please contact us if you would like to discuss the differences. We offer relaxed tuition that allows children to learn instruments at their pace and is tailored to their needs. There is no need to learn musical notation if that is a barrier, and we can offer alternative methods of notation such as Figurenotes, which uses colours and shapes to support visual processing.
We provide:
– Music lessons for groups or for individual students lasting for a minimum of 20 minutes on a weekly basis through term time.
– A progressive teaching and learning programme with regular monitoring and access to qualification routes if required.
We ask schools to:
– Provide a suitable learning environment for the lesson.
– Maintain communication with our staff about potential changes to the visit schedule.
We ask parents/carers to:
– Encourage learning, particularly playing at home and taking part in ensemble activity between lessons.
– Purchase relevant music books and consumables e.g. strings, reeds.
– Pay for examination fees and related costs.
The fee includes:
– A fully vetted and managed Music Teacher.
– Additional opportunities to support the learning process e.g. music theory, examinations, orchestras, bands and choirs, advice and guidance on instrumental purchase.
– Secondary schools receive information regarding Y6 transfers.
We recommend:
– Individual lessons of 20 or 30 minutes
– 20 minutes lesson shared by 2 students
– 30 minute lesson shared by 3 – 4 students
– A minimum visit time to a school of 30 minutes.
Cost: Schools are charged an hourly rate of £47