Involve your school

Become a Singing School

Here at Voices Foundation, we're on a mission to inspire schools to use their voices and sing! Musical activity and education offer children the opportunity to participate in a uniquely multi-sensory experience, which benefits them in several different ways, including supporting their wellbeing, improving their confidence and self-esteem, and increasing their learning and attainment.

Using our award-winning CPD programmes, we help schools become Singing Schools that provide children with access to enriching and inspiring music education.

We work directly with schools as well as partnering with Music Education Hubs to provide training, resources, and strategic support. Our partnerships are highly collaborative, devising and implementing singing strategies, developing hub and school workforces, and building hub-wide capacity for music and singing in schools.

“‘The school is seeing a real impact and benefit from this project. The approach is becoming embedded in every classroom. Where children were passive, unengaged or apathetic before, we are now seeing more confidence and engagement. The programme is a success all the way from the early years to Year 6”

Deputy Headteacher - Thomas Buxton Primary School

Who do we work with?

Primary schools
Secondary schools
Multi-Academy Trusts
Nurseries and EYFS provision
Specialist SEND schools and Pupil Referral Units
Music Education Hubs

Why become a Singing School?

With our help, schools can:

Empower and upskill their teachers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to teach music through singing
Meet the requirements of the new Model Music Curriculum
Achieve Arts Mark
Recover from learning loss and get pupils back on track with their learning
Increase the wellbeing of both pupils and teachers
Achieve full Singing School status with certificate, physical plaque and website badge

What's Involved?

Making music education simple and accessible  

We use singing as a tool to deliver music education because it is universal, accessible and a powerful way for children and adults to become proficient musicians. There are no equipment costs, and you can sing anywhere.
Empowering teachers to deliver high-quality music education 

Our unique model of teacher development provides iterative CPDL, developing teachers' knowledge, skills, and confidence in teaching music. Teachers are active partners in our training and are empowered to lead musical activity in their classrooms through practical work with the support of our expert artist practitioners.  
Working in partnership with you and your school every step of the way 

We listen to the unique challenges facing your school and tailor our programmes to best support you. We make sure the professional learning and development goals we're working towards are clear to everyone from the outset. 
Delivering programmes that are built on evidence and evaluation 

All our programmes use a progressive, evidence-based framework for teaching and assessing musical skills and concepts. Our work is subjected to continuous assessment, including the impact for pupils across areas such as literacy, numeracy, and wellbeing, in addition to musical skills.  
Bringing about long-term sustainable change to how you teach music 

Our aim is to give schools the tools and training for music teaching to thrive independently. Thereby eliminating the need for our support as your staff become more confident in leading music education.