Music for Yorkshire and Tees Valley schools
Give your children music they can grow with, from their first singing games to making music together with confidence. Sing Education provides specialist teaching and curriculum support for your school. Through our partnership with the Richard Shephard Music Foundation, schools across the region can access subsidised weekly music lessons.
Music for Yorkshire and Tees Valley schools
Give your children music they can grow with, from their first singing games to making music together with confidence. Sing Education provides specialist teaching and curriculum support for your school. Through our partnership with the Richard Shephard Music Foundation, schools across the region can access subsidised weekly music lessons.
40,000+ children taught every week
Hear what music can mean for your school
Hear from school leaders and teachers, and see how Sing Education helps children build musical skills through lessons full of singing and active music-making.
Find the right support for your school
Help your own teachers lead music or bring a specialist into school. Additional tuition gives pupils the chance to take their music further. You can combine services around your school’s needs, with subsidised specialist teaching available through our RSMF partnership.
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Classroom
Help your teachers lead music with confidence.
Your teachers lead the class, with specialist guidance in every lesson.
- A sequenced curriculum from EYFS to Year 6
- On-screen specialists who model the music
- Ready-to-teach plans and interactive slides
- Built-in training and ongoing support
For schools where class teachers will lead music, with specialist guidance throughout the programme.
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Specialist
Bring specialist music teaching into your school.
Our team delivers a planned music programme, with the teaching, curriculum, training and management all included.
- Curriculum teaching and PPA cover
- Singing assemblies and extracurricular music
- Training, cover and ongoing management
- Regular quality assurance
For schools that want in-person expertise and reliable PPA cover, with the teaching and wider music programme agreed around their needs.
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Tuition
Give pupils the chance to take their music further.
Instrumental and singing lessons take place in school, with the organisation handled by our team.
- One-to-one and small-group lessons
- Tutors who support each pupil’s development
- Parent registration and billing
- Timetabling and administration
For schools looking to offer additional music lessons alongside their class curriculum, with families registering through the school programme.
Specialist music, supported by local charitable funding
The Richard Shephard Music Foundation is a Yorkshire music charity founded in memory of Dr Richard Shephard. A composer, conductor and teacher, he helped shape musical life in the region. The Foundation continues that commitment by helping more children experience music.
Sing Education delivers the weekly school music lessons, providing the curriculum, specialist teachers and teacher training. RSMF raises charitable funds to subsidise the cost for participating schools. It also provides enrichment opportunities, giving children more chances to make music beyond their regular lessons.
For your school, the partnership brings charitable support together with a planned curriculum and specialist teaching. Children build their musical understanding over time, with singing at the heart of the learning. Start with a discovery call so we can hear about your current provision and what you want for your pupils. We’ll talk through the programme and explain the support available to your school.
Teaching in schools across the region
Our partnership supports schools in York and North Yorkshire, and extends into Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and the wider Tees Valley. From small village schools to larger town primaries, the aim is the same: regular music lessons that give children time to learn and enjoy making music together.
You’ll find schools including Acomb in York and Camblesforth near Selby in the Foundation’s 2025–26 impact report. If you’re exploring music for your own school, get in touch. We’ll talk through your plans and the support available in your area.
Five years of music across the region
children have received weekly music lessons through the Schools Programme since 2021.
partner schools across York, North Yorkshire, the Tees Valley and East Yorkshire in 2025–26.
local musicians recruited and trained as primary music specialists.
in charitable income attracted and invested into music education in the region.
Source: Richard Shephard Music Foundation, Five Years of Impact, 2025–26. Figures relate to the Foundation’s Schools Programme, delivered by Sing Education.
What Ofsted says about our Yorkshire schools
Recent inspection reports from schools where Sing Education teaches music.
There are plentiful opportunities for pupils to develop interests in sports and music. During the inspection, pupils were joyfully singing in the choir.
Camblesforth Community Primary Academy
Selby, North Yorkshire
Ofsted, November 2023 · Good →Many pupils learn to play a musical instrument. Pupils enjoy performing in public. They recently performed their own musical compositions at York Minster.
St George’s Catholic Primary School
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Ofsted, September 2023 · Good →What school leaders say
The teachers are very skilled and quickly forged strong relationships with pupils and staff.
Executive Head, St George’s RC Primary School
RSMF Schools Programme, delivered by Sing Education
It’s had a huge impact on our music provision and we can see this through the way in which pupils talk about their music knowledge and skills.
The Principal, Easterside Academy, Middlesbrough
RSMF Schools Programme, delivered by Sing Education
You see quieter children finding their voice. You see children who may struggle elsewhere in school thriving in music lessons. You see children learning how to express themselves, how to work together, and how to believe in themselves.
Headteacher
RSMF Schools Programme, delivered by Sing Education
Music for schools near you
Guides for school leaders
Let's plan music for your school
Tell us what you need
Talk us through your current music provision and what you want for your pupils.
Review your proposal
We’ll set out the support we recommend and the cost, with time for your questions.
Agree how to begin
Once you’re ready, we’ll agree a start date and organise the setup with your team.