When Ofsted released its recent report into music partnerships in schools, we read its findings with great interest.
In short, Ofsted found that in the majority of its specialist inspections, musical partnerships did not help to secure genuine and lasting improvement to schools’ music offerings (Music in Schools: Sound partnerships, Ofsted, October 2012).
The report also raised a concern that is a key focus of my department: students who came from less privileged backgrounds are often not given the chance to experience high quality, long-term music provision. In many instances, this was due to the burden of costs for music lessons and instruments.
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