What’s on offer from the hub to support schools?

How our services support the music curriculum

Our Comprehensive Support for Swindon Schools through our membership Scheme

Serving 96% of Swindon Schools

We provide a comprehensive range of services designed to make music education accessible, engaging, and impactful.  Become a hub member school and access the menu below.  You can just access the free support if you wish, or develop your school’s music provision even further through subsidised buy-in services.

What we provide free:

  • Expert Tutor Placement: We connect schools with highly skilled and experienced music tutors and providers who bring passion and expertise to every classroom.
  • Strategic Music Planning: Assistance in developing robust music curricula and programs that align with school objectives.
  • Assistance to develop your School Music Development Plan
  • Local Music Networking: Connection to local music clusters to foster collaboration and community, through Support from our schools cluster coordinators
  • Bitesize CPD:  for your workforce

What you pay for:

  • Financial Support: Our subsidies make music education more affordable, ensuring that cost is never a barrier to musical learning. We assist with subsidies, you pay the rest
  • Instrument Access: We help schools provide students with the instruments they need to explore their musical potential.
  • Professional Development: Ongoing training and support for music educators to enhance their skills and teaching approaches.

Maximise Your Musical Opportunities and join the music hub!

Want help applying for funding?

Quick Guide pdf Booklet to show schools hat funding is available and how to complete the online forms to request First Access and Tuition Bursaries and order instrument sets for your school HERE

View support Videos when completing application forms in Glide HERE

Click HERE to access the Portal

Every School a Singing School
Find out in the section how the music hub can support your school being a successful Singing School
Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (First Access)
Swindon & Wiltshire Music (New working name for: Swindon Music Service) Offers the First Access program in Swindon schools.
Tuition Subsidies
The Music Hub offers Tution subsidies for children and Youth People from less well-off families
Swindon School Clusters
GSW Schools Voice Festivals
This section outlines the schools voice festivals for Swindon & Wiltshire

Instrument / vocal subsidies and class sets of instruments for hire

Swindon schools can now apply for tuition subsidies when lessons are offered by an Associate provider for Swindon

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Award-winning music education and technology from Charanga

Swindon Schools can receive large discounts for the annual licence through their annual purchasing from

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CPD Opportunities for Schools

You can view our music CPD offers to school-based staff

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Find out more about Music Therapy from Mollie Parry-Jones

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Sparkyard Resources for schools

Access Sparkyard resources and find out what's on offer here

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Music Resources

This area is password protected and you can gain free access by getting the password from you Music Cluster Coordinator

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Support Videos and Documents when using the Glide Portal

You can view the support materials when using the Glide portal in this section

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Resources

Support Documents, Policies and Videos

On-line CPD for Schools