Services to Schools
Tuition in schools
The information on these pages is for Royal Borough of Kingston school staff, music coordinators, Head Teachers and Governors.
All schools have access to their SpeedAdmin Dashboard giving details of provision in school, waiting lists and other essential information.
Individual & Small Group Music lessons at your school
Our friendly, professional tutors offer lessons in a wide-range of instruments, including brass (trumpet, cornet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba), strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass), woodwind (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone), percussion (drum kit, world percussion, orchestral percussion), piano, recorder, guitar, ukulele and voice. All of our tutors have Enhanced DBS certificates and up-to-date Level 2 Child Safeguarding training.
There are two ways you can facilitate music lessons in your school:
Paid for by families
Lessons can be taught individually or in small groups and take place during school hours or by special arangement after school.
KMS deal with parents directly and can take care of timetabling if nedded. KMS will work in colaberation with schools to market new provision. Schools are expected to provide a suitable teaching space on a regular basis - we are happy to liaise with you regarding what type of space would be suitable depending on the instrument being taught. Further information can be found on our music lessons page.
If your school is interested in hosting a KMS tutor, please get in touch with us at musicservice@kingston.gov.uk
Paid for by schools
It is possible for schools to pay for lessons for certain priority groups, such as pupil premium, CLA, SEND students. Schools who take up this option find it supports learning across the curriculum. KMS welcomes the opportunity to provide tuition by invoicing schools directly. This could comprise of one to one or small groups.
If your school is interested in setting up a new provision, please get in touch with us at musicservice@kingston.gov.uk
School Ensembles
Learning an instrument is embedded best when students play together in ensembles. Where KMS provide tuition, we can seek to enhance this provision by providing an ensemble with the tutor currently attending your school.
KMS wil invoice schools directly for these ensembles, giving schools the opportunity to set the price point per head and use funding to pay for prority students if requried.
If your school is interested in setting up a new provision, please get in touch with us at musicservice@kingston.gov.uk
Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET)
In line with the DfE's National Plan for Music Education, KMS offer opportunities for whole classes to learn a musical instrument together.
WCET is suitable for years 3, 4, 5 and 6. We provide an experienced tutor and a class set of instruments for the duration of the programme. We will help you select a project that suits the needs of your pupils. Currently we run djembe, percussion, violin, ukulele, keyboard and clarinet projects, however, this is subject to availability.
You will need to provide a space to store the instruments, a space for the teaching to take place (a classroom, a school hall or a music room), a member of staff to support the sessions and the opportunity for the children to perform at the end of the project.
The projects run for 10-weeks per term for a full year. To gain maximum impact from this kind of project, best practice would be for schools to offer the chosen instrument in one-to-one, small group or an ongoing ensemle (see above) to ensure progression.
You can request more information by emailing: musicservice@kingston.gov.uk
KMS also provide training, opportunities and resources