Inspire Music: Teaching

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

Our aim is to create a welcoming and safe online environment for Nottinghamshire students to continue their lessons.  

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

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.

Summer 2025

Summer Term registration has closed. Autumn term regsitration will open w/c Monday 1st July.

If you have a specific tuition query, please email imt@inspireculture.org.uk

Summer 2025 - registration closed for the Summer Term

Registration for Autumn 2025 in-school (direct billing) tuition will open w/c Monday 1st July.

Please check if your school / your child's new school will still contract with Inspire Music after 1st September 2025, or please email our team c/o imt@inspireculture.org.uk

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

We have a bank of amazing FREE 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

For Nottinghamshire County area schools only

We deliver programmes of Whole Class Ensemble Teaching packages for schools.

Please email imt@inspireculture.org.uk to discuss this in more detail. An Inspire Music area manager will be ready to help support you and your pupils, and chat through options going forward. 

Does your school need support with its' Music Development Plan?

In May 2024 the DfE published updates to its guidance on what schools should publish on their websites, including providing a summary of their Music Development Plan (MDP). These plans were first mentioned in the National Plan for Music Education (NPME), non-statutory guidance published in summer 2022. From September 2024, schools will be 'expected' to publish a summary of their MDP on their website. 

Need support? 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.

Inspire Music has a remission scheme to support children and young people by remitting the cost of Inspire Music teaching (based on one shared 20-minute lesson) and by providing free instrument loan of one instrument.

The scheme is available for the following:

· Children and young people who are economically eligible for free school meals (not the Universal FSM scheme for year 1 and 2).

· Children and young people whose parent/carer is in receipt of Working Tax Credit – NHS Exemption (a copy of the NHS Tax Credit exemption certificate is required). Please note that we are unable to accept a medical or maternity exemption certificate.

· Children and young people whose parent/carer is in receipt of Universal Credit – with a monthly take home pay lower than £935 (evidence required)

· Looked After Children (this does not include those young people who have been adopted).

Please contact us c/o imt@inspireculture.org.uk if you have any questions about accessing our remission scheme. 

We have a bank of amazing resources for students of all ages and abilities.

Visit our Inspire Music Resources for schools registration page 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. Please email imt@inspireculture.org.uk

Contact a member of the Inspire Music team Monday to Friday, 9AM to 5PM.

Email us: imt@inspireculture.org uk