by John Kelleher | Jul 13, 2015
With all the talk of change at KS4, it has become apparent to me that no one is really asking music teachers what they want music to look like at KS4 (beyond the narrow Ofqual consultation before the draft specifications were written). This survey seeks to...
by John Kelleher | May 31, 2015
The Sunday Survey series has been serving two main purposes for me; it helps to paint an interesting picture of what’s happening in the world of music education and it helps to inform the content of future blog posts. This week’s survey is focusing...
by John Kelleher | May 24, 2015
It’s half term, so I thought that this week’s Sunday Survey should be somewhat light hearted. In a vague attempt to keep it relevant, I thought I’d tie it into my series of posts looking at the draft specifications. Set works now...
by John Kelleher | May 17, 2015
With the new GCSE and A-Level (draft) specifications being launched on Thursday, it was obvious that this week’s survey should focus on the topic. There’s plenty of discussion about the content of each course taking place on social media (including...
by John Kelleher | May 10, 2015
When it comes to class sizes for Key Stage 4, our subject is normally one of the smaller ones. With a national average of 7% of the cohort taking GCSE Music, small classes shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. The recent change to the National...
