South West
Music lessons across Devon
One service, one agreement, run inside the school day.
Explore school music partnerships in Devon. The 9 town and city pages below include local school registers. Tell us about your school to discuss instruments, school-day lessons and funding options.
A partnership planned with your school.
- Government-backed provisionDelivered with music education hubs across England
- Music Hub partnerLocal music education hubs
- Prices chosen by each schoolEach school sets its family lesson price
Teachers, instruments and cover
We organise teaching, instruments and absence cover as part of the school partnership. Availability and arrangements are agreed with your school.
Inside the school day
Term-time lessons in an agreed room and timetable slot: one-to-one, small groups or bands of up to five. Rotating times help spread missed class time.
Safeguarding and records held by us
Checks, registers, practice notes and evidence, kept by us and available to your team whenever you ask.
Clear payment arrangements
Each place is either fully funded by the school or paid for by the family. A school may offer both types of place to different children, according to its funding and agreed provision.
- Towns and cities
- 9
- Primary schools here
- 245
- Children in a lesson
- 1-5
COUNTY BY TOWN
Towns and cities in Devon
- Exeter53 primary schools
- Plymouth75 primary schools
- Torquay17 primary schools
- Paignton10 primary schools
- Barnstaple24 primary schools
- Newton Abbot28 primary schools
- Exmouth9 primary schools
- Tiverton16 primary schools
- Bideford13 primary schools
Counts are from the Department for Education’s Get Information about Schools register, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LOCAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
Planning provision across the county
Start with a town page to find the local school register. Schools across Devon, including Exeter, Plymouth and Torquay, can enquire about provision. We discuss the room, timetable, instruments and teaching availability before agreeing a partnership.
WHAT EACH SIDE DOES
What we bring, and what schools in Devon provide
You can request more teaching time as interest grows. Your existing arrangement continues while we review what can be added.
Ours to provide
- The instruments
- Lesson instruments are free to the school. The teacher brings the equipment and takes it away after teaching.
- Checks and training
- Before teaching begins, we complete enhanced DBS, identity and reference checks and safeguarding training. Evidence is available on request.
- A page for your school
- Families apply through a dedicated page for your school, with the lesson information they need to get started.
- The running of it
- We manage registers, practice notes, invoices and messages to families. Parents can contact us directly with lesson questions.
Yours to provide
- A room and a slot
- Your school provides a teaching room and time for lessons during term. We agree the timetable together and organise the lesson administration.
- One person to ask
- Choose a school contact who can help with practical questions about rooms, dates and timetable changes.
This page lists 9 towns and cities in Devon. Schools can use the partnership details above to prepare for an initial discussion.
WHO PAYS, AND WHEN
Who pays for a place
A place has one payer and never two. Which one applies at a school in Devon depends on that school and its funding, not on who asks first. Ask and we will tell you what is available at yours.
Prices chosen by the school
Each school chooses its lesson price. After teacher pay, programme operating costs and job-advertising costs, MML pays 50% of the remaining lesson income directly into the school’s account each month. See school prices and monthly payouts ↗.
Family lesson payments
Parents contract with My Music Lessons and pay us directly at the price their school chooses. See pricing and monthly payouts ↗.
IN MORE DETAIL
The service across Devon
Explore the lesson formats, practical arrangements and next steps for a school partnership in your area.
- The music service for Devon
Our service includes the teaching and the work around it: arranging teachers and instruments, keeping lesson records, managing billing and organising absence cover. A school in Devon can ask how each part would work before agreeing a partnership.
This page links to 9 towns and cities in Devon. Each town page has a school register to help you find the school you want to ask about.
- In-school music service in Devon
Schools in Devon can discuss a programme that fits their existing timetable. We agree the room, lesson times and how the slots rotate with the school, then organise teaching and instruments for the agreed provision.
The local pages for Devon include Exeter, Plymouth and Torquay. They are part of the 9 towns listed here, with registers to help schools and families find the right school.
- School music lessons in Devon
The lesson format is agreed with the school: individual tuition, a small group or a band of up to five. Schools in Devon can ask which formats suit their proposed instruments and pupils, and how progress and practice notes are shared with families.
A school in Devon provides a room and a rotating lesson slot. The school chooses the lesson price families pay. After teacher pay, programme operating costs and job-advertising costs, MML pays 50% of remaining lesson income directly into the school’s account each month. See school prices and monthly payouts ↗.
- A music partner for Devon schools
A school partnership sets out what each team provides and how the service will run. Schools in Devon can discuss teaching, absence cover, instruments, records and billing with us, alongside the room and timetable the school supplies.
Schools in Devon can discuss one-to-one teaching, small groups and bands of up to five children. Lessons take place during the school day under the arrangements agreed with each school.
FREE SCHOOL MUSIC TOOLS
A practical plan for your music week.
Organise the timetable, find out who wants to play and prepare your school’s next steps.
ONE CONVERSATION
Tell us about a school in Devon
Name the school and we will find out what is possible there. That is the whole first step.
Start with your school
Tell us what you need.
Share the school name and the provision you have in mind. We will discuss existing lessons, room and timetable options, and how places could be funded. Availability is confirmed before a partnership is agreed.
What happens next
- Our team replies to the school email address you provide.
- We discuss a suitable room, lesson times and payment arrangements with your school.
- If the partnership is suitable, we agree the teaching plan and a start date together.