At St Alban's, we use Get Set 4 Music scheme for children in EYFS to Year 6. Get Set 4 Music offers high-quality content and tools that are written by qualified music teachers and provide clear progression of skills and knowledge. 

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.

As musicians, our INTENT is:

At St Alban’s Primary School, we aim to foster a deep love and appreciation of music in all pupils, alongside an understanding of how music enriches the lives of people from the past and present, across all cultures and walks of life. We strive for children to enjoy creating and performing music and to develop a secure understanding of the musical traditions that have shaped the world we live in.

We encourage pupils to engage with music in their leisure time as a source of enjoyment, reflection, and mindfulness, and we aim for all children to become confident and competent musical performers. Our teaching enables pupils to make meaningful links between music and other areas of learning, supporting the development of strong general knowledge.

We believe that music deserves recognition as an essential part of human life and as an academic subject that demands high levels of determination, knowledge, understanding, and application. Ultimately, we aim for pupils to recognise music as a universal language and one of the highest forms of creative expression.

And we IMPLEMENT this by:

The overarching aim for Music in the national curriculum is to provide a high-quality music education which should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon. 

The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:

• perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians 
• learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others,
• have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument,
• use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
• understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

The IMPACT of this is:

As a result we will have a community of enthusiastic musicians and music lovers who have a thorough knowledge of the musical themes taught and will be able to link this to other learning.  Music will form an important part children’s lives outside school and in their future lives as a source of pleasure and expression.

Governors, through the Governor Monitoring Plan and Subject Leader Reports, evaluate the work of the music leader in ensuring that the quality of teaching and learning across the school is at least good. They ensure that pupils are ready for transition to secondary school and are equipped with the skills to flourish and succeed as caring individuals.