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Friday Afternoon songs

An initiative encouraging young people to sing, commissioning new repertoire every year for children’s voices, with a whole host of resources available for free on the website, including teaching and accessibility resources to help lots people.

Music Making SENse

Provides accessible and inspiring music education programmes for children and young people with additional learning needs. These include online sessions and activities for schools and families at home.

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.

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.

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.

Valuing Music in Special Needs Settings

Report on music making and singing approaches for whole class teaching (WCT) and group work in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) schools. The toolkit offers a training and development framework to be flexibly.

With Music In Mind by Amber Trust

An ISM Trust webinar for parents, carers and music professionals caring for, supporting or working with a young person with neurodegenerative disease.

Free Figurenotes Resource bundle

Figurenotes is a progressive, accessible notation that adapts to your teaching method. This free bundle contains a range of activities – rhythm, composition, mindfulness, tutorials, and more.

Sing Up

Explore Sing Up’s free resources that support creative music making and blended learning at school and at home. Suitable for teachers, pupils and families. Schools are welcome to add this link to your own website or VLE.

Body Percussion Recover Curriculum

The #BodyPercussion #RecoveryCurriculum uses peer-reviewed and evidence-based fun and engaging exercises.

Charanga Musical School

Offering a 30 day free trial to an online platform to assist with teaching music providing high-quality digital programmes and an online learning space for children.