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Practical songwritten ideas and inspiring songs – Song Academy

5 tips and tricks to kickstart the songwriting process, plus a playlist of inspiring songs across different genres. Suitable for primary and secondary.

ISM Guide to Buying Adaptive Musical Instruments

This guide from Creative United includes details of more than 80 musical instruments and products, many of which have been specially designed to make learning and playing musical instruments accessible.

Future learn MOOC on improving as a music teacher

Whether you’re starting your music teaching career or refreshing your skills, our free online course helps you take your teaching to the next level. This free course will provide you with a strong foundation of the skills, knowledge and insight needed.

ISM National Curriculum for Music framework for secondary music

This framework and wall-chart aims to help you develop your curriculum, pedagogies and assessment at key stage 3.

BBC Bitesize

Revision guides for all GCSE Music topics, covering a variety of exam boards.

Music Technology A-Level

An A-Level Music Tech course opening up a range of skills to students, suitable for anyone who has a keen interest in creating and recording music, and who wishes to deepen their understanding of popular music styles and developments in music tech.

National Curriculum for Music at Secondary

Information regarding the National Curriculum for Music introduced in 2014, including programmes of study for secondary schools.

Seconary Ten Pieces Plus

Classroom resources to support the BBC Ten Pieces II initiative.

MTB Piano Duets

Music Teachers’ Board’s supporting exercises are all designed to enable musical development. Find reading skills, listening skills, scales, technical studies and even duets for all grade levels.

Livestreamed piano lessons from WKMT

Free advanced lessons in composition, music analysis, counterpoint harmony and piano technique.

RSL Teach Today

Free grade books and schemes of work for teachers across Rockschool syllabuses (Music Production, Vocals, Piano, Drums, Ukulele, Electric Guitar).

RSL Learning Platform

The revolutionary music teaching and learning app from RSL Awards. Access a huge library of RSL Awards’ grade book materials on an interactive score player, and deliver online lessons via the app with its in-built Zoom Functionality.

English Touring Opera

Offers ‘Singing lessons for kids’, a free 10-part online singing lesson series.

A Cappella Lego

A free resource from the VOCES8 Foundation, A Cappella Lego consists of 11 videos with interactive singing activities including warm-ups and songs. Suitable for primary and KS3.

Musicroom Resources

Musicroom is growing its index of free materials to support music teachers and students, including free a classroom teaching resources sample pack, and method packs for piano (for adult and young beginners), ukulele and music theory.