Wiltshire schools

School Bulletin Board

Our Comprehensive Support for Wiltshire Schools through our membership Scheme

Serving 95% of Wiltshire 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

Whole Class Ensemble Tuition Subsidies

You can access the subsidies Application for here

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Individual & Small Group bursaries

How the tuition bursaries scheme works

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Why use Associate Tutors in your school?

We recommend you use our Associate tutor/organisations in your school. Only by using Associates, can you access the grant funding!

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Award-winning music education and technology from Charanga

We recommend you use our Associate tutor/organisations in your school. Only by using Associates, can can you access the grant funding!

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CPD Opportunities for Schools

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

GSW Music Hub - Wiltshire Singing School

Become a GSW Music Hub Singing School - If you meet our set of criteria, you can become a GSW Music Hub recognised Singing School

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Live Music Performances in your school A/Y 2025/26

We are applying a limited budget to support live music opportunities in your school. This will be on a first come, first served basis and the request form will be closed once the budget has been allocated. Schools are expected to match fund at least 50% of the full cost of the performance. The amount of subsidy per performance is caped at £150, which cannot be more than 50% of the overall cost (this cannot include any admin costs) This funding of 2024-25 Is now closed

Apply here

Want to celebrate and share your musical activity with the Swindon and Wiltshire Hub community?

You can complete the Google Form to send us information that we can publish on the website for others to see.

Access the form here

Schools' Voice Festivals

The Music Hub's well-established schools Voice Festivals are now being rolled-out across Swindon & Wiltshire.

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Safeguarding policy for schools using Associates

See the information supplied for schools as set out by Wiltshire Council's Safeguarding Team in partnership with Swindon Music Service

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Key Dates for School Music Subsidies

Check here for key dates: Such as Early Bird bookings and closing dates

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Instrument hire sets for schools

Instrument Hire Scheme terms and conditions for First Access (WCET) sets

Access the Portal here...