School Music Education Plan (SMEP)
Derbyshire Music Education Hub, led by the Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership will act proactively in response to this report by having a short Music Development Dialogue meeting with each Derby and Derbyshire school between April 2014 and July 2016.
The challenges facing music curriculum leaders in primary and secondary schools are recognised and the Music Partnership Curriculum Consultant and School Improvement Adviser aim to develop a framework and provide support for school leaders and staff to understand more about musical learning and what good progress in music looks like.
Possible questions asked during Ofsted inspections:
- What is the impact of your school's work with its local music education hub?
- How often is music taught to all classes?
- How do you judge the quality of music lessons?
- Are you aware of Ofsted's subject-specific guidance?
- Do all pupils benefit from music in school or just a few?
(Taken from 'Schools and Inspection, Section B6'; Ofsted March 2014)
Useful documentation
Ofsted Report: Music in Schools: what hubs must do (Nov. 2013)
Headteacher guidance: Ofsted Report: Music in Schools: promoting good practice (Sept. 2012)
SMEP guidance document:
The following document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download software to view PDF documents for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)
