Director of Music at St Albans High School @stahsmusic, former Head of Vocal Studies at Highgate School
Joined July 2019
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"We are reviewing the curriculum to put arts and music back at the heart of the national curriculum where it belongs." @lisanandy
We welcome the Culture Secretary's commitment to arts education. Meaningful reform is urgently needed to address and reverse years of decline.
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I couldn’t agree more and music is a part of all this. Let’s hope the PM can deliver this for our young. If there are State Schools (my grandson is in one in S London) which properly deliver The Arts, why not all? It’s not even aspirational, it’s surely mandatory.
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Delighted to top The Times' league table for A-level results.
Congratulations to our students and staff for their hard work in making this possible.
#ALevelResults #alevelresultsday2024
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Doesn't make for the most riveting tweet/X, but interesting to see where A-level music entries are from (attached)
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All schools (including academies) required to follow the national curriculum - this means ALL schools must teach music. It’s a no-brainer, of course, but worth celebrating nonetheless. schoolsweek.co.uk/labour-edu…
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If you're planning for the new Year 7 intake in September, are you focusing on the right kind of knowledge? Being unable to verbally declare that 'there are two quavers in a crotchet' and that 'this is called a treble clef' does not define a new pupil's 'musical knowledge'.
This week's #ResearchShorts focuses on supporting secondary schools delivering music education 📣
Mark Phillips' research dives into assessing Year 7 pupils’ prior knowledge as they enter into Secondary, observing teaching and learning 🎶
🔗Read more: musicmark.org.uk/news/resear…
ALT Text: “Pupils will all have some knowledge of music in their ears and inner voices. Because pupils may not be able to declare it verbally doesn’t mean they have no musical knowledge or that they don’t ‘like’ music. It’s just that we may not be looking for the right kind of musical knowledge in the right places.” -Mark Phillips, Music Education Researcher. Text bottom right reads 'Research Shorts'.
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A reminder. The ambition of the National Curriculum isn't simply giving opportunities to play, sing, compose & listen. It's about gradually improving technically, building knowledge of how music works, & becoming more sophisticated expressively from Years 1-9. It's a long game.
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Congratulations to everyone @stahs & @SASHerts on an amazing joint schools concert last night @StAlbansAbbey!
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Thank you Emma it was a joy to sing with the choir. Your enthusiasm good humour commitment and expertise made for a wonderful experience
So proud of everyone performing in this concert @StAlbansAbbey : the orchestra and choir have worked so hard this term to get the @johnmrutter Magnificat learnt and it’s been an absolute joy working with them!
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‘A mega-mechanism for bonding’: why singing together does us good | Science | The Guardian
Amen! 🎶 🎄 theguardian.com/science/2023…
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An open invite to any of the @stahs or @SASHerts community who would like to perform in the 2024 Joint Schools’ Choral Society Concert. Sign up ➡️
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We have written a summary of the Ofsted subject report on the quality of music education in the schools inspected in England 🎶
Here, you can consider the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges faced by the music education sector 🗒️
🔗Find out more: ow.ly/226T50Q5uSS
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Duolingo has a new music course. Here's how to get an alert when it launches. bit.ly/3ZXsn5t
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Finally some good news for Music Teacher Education. 10k bursary for 2024-5 Teacher training bursaries | Get Into Teaching GOV.UK getintoteaching.education.go…
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Moved to tears by @RichmoMusic’s beautiful article about music teachers. It’s the most wonderful profession and calling; if every child had a great music teacher, just imagine what a world could be created.
thetimes.co.uk/article/816ed…
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As a follow-up to their earlier analysis, professor Martin Fautley and Dr Adam Whittaker of the Birmingham Music Education Research Group take a closer look at this year’s A Level results. musicteachermagazine.co.uk/f…
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A very important report from Ofsted about music. It’s required reading for all music teachers and headteachers, and also a really useful document for schools wanting to improve their music provision (namely, all schools)…
🧵 1/6 - We’ve published the latest in our series of subject reports, this one looking at how music is being taught in England's schools. We found significant variation in the quality of music education in the schools we visited.
Read the report here: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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A-WOOF! Listen out for some familiar voices in the new series of @HeyDuggee, as the Squirrels sing to earn their Choir Badge.
The Choir Badge will be available to watch on @BBCiPlayer from Monday 4 September, and on @CBeebiesHQ on Wednesday 6 September at 7:05am.
How exciting, Nigel! 🦀🐾
It's time for a sneak peek of the brand new Hey Duggee adventures, starting 4th September on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer
#HeyDuggee #DuggeeIsBack
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We are delighted to share that we have been awarded Artsmark Platinum, the highest @ace_national accolade, for our commitment and investment to the arts at #STAHS 🎨🎭🎶@STAHSDrama @STAHSArt @STAHSMusic
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Short🧵: Have been crunching data with @DrAdamWhittaker for some @myBCUresearch we are doing. The attached shows Music Education Hub's reporting of standards achieved by young people learning to play a musical instrument/sing which the hubs know about over... 1/4
