Norfolk Music Service - Music Hub / School Dialogue
This form can be used to support a schools planning and assessment of curriculum music provision in line with the current Ofsted Challenge
– see ‘What Hubs Must Do’ (OFSTED 2013)
Primary School Music
Self Evaluation Form
The Music Curriculum
Does every class have a regular
weekly class music lesson which
delivers the requirements of the
National Curriculum?
How long is the class lesson?
Taught by?
Scheme of work, school’s own or
commercial?
If commercial, how is it adapted or
personalised for this school?
Long and medium term plans in place
and on record centrally in school?
Overview document of whole school
musical progression in place?
 musical skills development,
non content
 content/units of work
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The Music Curriculum
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Monitored by music leader? How?
Monitored by leadership? How?
Training audit of class teachers?
Training needs addressed? How?
Training needs of subject leader
addressed?
How is musical achievement and
progress evidenced?
Is music adequately resourced? space, time, instruments, other
equipment e.g. technology for record
keeping
Is music taught to all children (e.g. are
any children withdrawn from music for
other activities?)
Singing Strategy
How is singing developed throughout
the school?
What is in place to ensure progress by
Range, Quality and Demand?
Whole Class Instrumental Teaching
(Formerly Wider Opportunities)
Which year group has a WCIT
programme?
Instrument and teacher
Do you have a copy of the school’s
musical progression overview?
Does the WCIT teacher have access to
records of work covered in the year
preceding the programme?
Is there provision for the WCIT teacher
to pass on information about
achievement and coverage in WCIT to
the teacher who will take over the class
lesson in the following year?
Is there an end of WCIT year
celebration or presentation
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Whole Class Instrumental Teaching
(Formerly Wider Opportunities)
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Is there a clear 3 point exit strategy for
WCIT? i.e.
 What provision for children who
have showed aptitude on the
instrument and will continue
 What provision for children who
show musical aptitude but would
be better suited to a different
instrument?
 What provision in class lessons
for those who will go no further
with instrumental learning?
Is pupil premium used to support the
learning needs of children with musical
aptitude post WCIT?
Extra Curricular Music
What extra curricular groups are in
place?
Is there a range of differentiated
opportunities?
Is attendance registered and
monitored?
Extra Curricular Music
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Are all identified groups within the
school represented in music activities?
What is done to increase the number of
children from under represented
groups to attend?
Does your school take part in any hub
organised events e.g. local festivals or
other events?
Instrumental Music, Events And
Participation
What instrumental tuition is available?
How does the school provide for
children whose families are unable to
pay for individual lessons?
Do instrumental learners have
performance opportunities in school?
Are instrumental learners included in
classroom music?
What performance events are held in
the school?
Instrumental Music, Events And
Participation
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Does rehearsal for performance events
take time from curriculum music?
If so, is the remainder of the music
curriculum addressed adequately at
other times of the year?
Do the children hear and/or take part in
any live music events?
Are instrumental teachers encouraged
to take an active role in school music
other than their own teaching?
Do you engage with any other outside
music organisations or events?
What benefits do these bring?
Does your school take music into your
community?
Being A Part Of Your Music Hub
Are you aware that your school is part
of Norfolk Music Hub?
Are you aware of the NMS website?
Is your subject leader part of our
information network?
Being A Part Of Your Music Hub
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Do your staff have access to music
training and if so what?
Ofsted – Did You Know?
All OFSTED inspectors are being
trained on how to look for best practice
in music
Music subject survey inspections
require a joint meeting with a music
hub representative and a school.
Arts Council England is campaigning
for music to be a feature of all
inspections – it is the only subject with
a centrally funded infrastructure
OFSTED wants music to be a practical,
active subject. All students should be
involved in music making in their class
lessons, but this should be
underpinned by the development of
musical understanding. It is an
academic subject.
Ofsted – Did You Know?
There is not enough evidence to show
that senior leaders in schools are
aware of how music is developing in
the day to day classroom, or how
music sometimes has different
indicators of quality learning.
That there are links to all the relevant
OFSTED documents on the HMS
website?
OFSTED identified 7 priorities for
improvement in music in their
publication ‘Wider Still, and Wider’?
OFSTED will require all schools to
include Music in their Development
Plan? – because it is the view of
OFSTED that music is an important
academic subject, of vital importance
to all cultures
OFSTED’S main concern is for high
quality day to day (curriculum) music in
schools, not a shop window display.
Elite groups should be a consequence
of this, not an alternative
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Further notes, suggested actions
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