Inspire Music: Teaching

Inspire Music offer high quality music lessons in-school and online.

Academic Year 2025-26 

Registration for IN-SCHOOL (direct bill) music lessons opens Monday 21st July. Please first check if your current school / your child's new school will still contract with Inspire Music after 1st September 2025. If the school are contracting with Inspire Music from 1st September, please register below:

Academic year 2025-26  

Registration for ONLINE music lessons will open the start of the autumn term.

Our aim is to create a welcoming and safe online environment for Nottinghamshire students to continue their lessons.  Safeguarding is of the upmost importance in our music lessons and we would like to reassure you that our teaching staff are fully enhanced DBS checked and adhere to strict online music lesson safeguarding guidelines.

Please read our Inspire Music Online Teaching Guidelines for Parents.pdf  

Inspire Music provides an Instrument Loan Service which is accessible to all learners of a musical instrument. We have a large range of woodwind, guitar, strings and brass instruments available to hire subject to availability. This is an ideal opportunity for learners at the start of their musical journey to have their very own instrument to practice with at home.

Follow this link to our Instrument Loan Service page for further details.

We have a bank of FREE music making resources for students of all ages and abilities.

Visit our Inspire Music Resources registration page here.

Each term contracting Nottinghamshire schools will receive their teaching request form. This form allows schools to indicate how much teaching time they require per instrument.

If you are a new Nottinghamshire County area school, or have not received your teacher request form, please email the Inspire Music team on imt@inspireculture.org.uk

Coming soon, details on our WCET 2025-26  offer:

Academic Year package

NEW Flying Start Term package

NEW Notes and Nurture Support package

You can also email us with specific WCET queries c/o imt@inspireculture.org.uk

The Inspire Music Remission Scheme, funded by Nottinghamshire Music Hub, supports a learner with a contribution towards the cost of music lessons and with loaning an instrument.

The remission scheme supports a child or young person by remitting 80% of the cost of an Inspire Music Shared lesson (10-minute contribution) and by providing a free instrument loan on one instrument.

Fuller details are available through our registration page (see  Register Now button).

Does your school need support with its' Music Development Plan? Inspire Music can help. Our Music Development Plan Conversation Tool helps schools capture what is happening musically in school, which can form the basis of their MDP.  For a  free consultation on MDPs,  please email us c/o  nottsmusichub@inspireculture.org.uk

Half/Full Day Workshops in Nottinghamshire: We are able to offer half and full day workshops as video resources or in school. These can be a one-off workshop or a weekly provision. Please email imt@inspireculture.org.uk to discuss your requirements.

Curriculum delivery options are currently available, these also include PPA packages. 

Please email imt@inspireculture.org.uk to discuss your requirements.

We have a large bank of music making resources for students of all ages and abilities and lots of opportunities to get involved in live events.

Register for Inspire Music Resources for schools here.

Sign up for our Music News updates here.

Learn more about our new programme providing financial support and inspiring activities for musical pupils.

IM Talent is a project of Nottinghamshire Music Hub, to discover, support and inspire students with emerging musical talent throughout the county who might be facing barriers to music making. For full details, please click through to our Inspiring Musical Talent page here.

Nottinghamshire parents or schools with any additional requests, no matter how big or small, can share their thoughts with us. 

We are keen to support parents and schools every step of the way. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact us at Inspire Music c/o  imt@inspireculture.org.uk