South West
Music lessons across Gloucestershire
One service, one agreement, run inside the school day.
Explore school music partnerships in Gloucestershire. The 7 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
- 7
- Primary schools here
- 176
- Children in a lesson
- 1-5
COUNTY BY TOWN
Towns and cities in Gloucestershire
- Gloucester64 primary schools
- Cheltenham45 primary schools
- Stroud26 primary schools
- Cirencester15 primary schools
- Tewkesbury13 primary schools
- Dursley7 primary schools
- Coleford6 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 Gloucestershire, including Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud, 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 Gloucestershire 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
- Teachers complete safeguarding training and enhanced DBS, identity and reference checks before joining the teaching team. We keep the records available for schools to review.
- A page for your school
- Your school has its own lesson page showing its name, address and available instruments. Parents use that page to apply.
- The running of it
- Our team handles attendance records, billing and family enquiries, including requests to change lessons.
Yours to provide
- A room and a slot
- We need a room for teaching and an agreed slot within the school day. We work with you on a rotating timetable.
- One person to ask
- A named member of staff helps us keep lessons organised when a room, school event or teaching date changes.
Schools considering a partnership in Gloucestershire, within South West, can discuss their room, timetable and instrument preferences with us.
WHO PAYS, AND WHEN
Who pays for a place
A place has one payer and never two. Which one applies at a school in Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire
Explore the lesson formats, practical arrangements and next steps for a school partnership in your area.
- The music service for Gloucestershire
A music service brings teaching, instruments, absence cover and administration into one school agreement. For a school in Gloucestershire, we discuss the proposed lessons, records and billing together so staff know who is responsible for each part.
The local pages for Gloucestershire include Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud. They are part of the 7 towns listed here, with registers to help schools and families find the right school.
- In-school music service in Gloucestershire
Lessons during the school day give families an option that does not require a separate evening journey. For a school in Gloucestershire, the first step is to discuss its pupils, available space and timetable so we can confirm what provision is possible.
Gloucestershire is part of South West. Include the school name and town in your enquiry so we can discuss its proposed provision.
- School music lessons in Gloucestershire
A school music programme can include individual teaching and opportunities to play with others. For schools in Gloucestershire, we discuss the group size, instrument and timetable together, with a maximum of five children in a lesson.
This page links to 7 towns and cities in Gloucestershire. Each town page has a school register to help you find the school you want to ask about.
- A music partner for Gloucestershire schools
Clear responsibilities help staff know who to contact about a lesson, a record or a family enquiry. For schools in Gloucestershire, we agree these arrangements at the start of a partnership and explain how the service is administered.
Schools in Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire
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.