Long term benefits... and value for money

• Voices Foundation (VF) training for a full year or more provides a school with the means of delivering the national music curriculum without having to rely totally upon the hire of specialists from outside.
• VF’s methodology aims to provide all schools with a sustainable programme of which the school can take ownership, with occasional top-up training as required.
• VF’s one-year programme supports every classroom teacher and classroom assistant, and provides long-term professional development.
• VF’s full programme is a comprehensive ‘whole school’ training scheme, and therefore benefits the entire staff as well as every child.
• VF can assist schools in drawing up their Music Development Plan, their Music Curriculum Statement and their Music Scheme of Work.
• VF can help schools improve their academic results, as the methodology supports and reinforces numeracy and language learning as well as other benefits across the curriculum.
• Through its singing games, VF helps to build children’s self-esteem and awareness of others - and it has a proven and positive effect on children who suffer with behavioural problems.
• VF programmes can help schools achieve their Artsmark award, and can prepare them to qualify for a Sing Up Silver or Gold award.

Oxford Gardens Primary School, a Voices Foundation Beacon School in London, was a failing school some years ago, and after having followed the programme over a number of years is now ranked amongst the top 300 in SATs results.