North West
Music lessons across Greater Manchester
One service, one agreement, run inside the school day.
Explore school music partnerships in Greater Manchester. The 10 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
- 10
- Primary schools here
- 858
- Children in a lesson
- 1-5
COUNTY BY TOWN
Towns and cities in Greater Manchester
- Manchester285 primary schools
- Salford31 primary schools
- Bolton98 primary schools
- Stockport75 primary schools
- Oldham79 primary schools
- Rochdale41 primary schools
- Bury40 primary schools
- Wigan70 primary schools
- Trafford63 primary schools
- Tameside76 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 Greater Manchester, including Manchester, Salford and Bolton, 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 Greater Manchester provide
Schools can ask to expand their music provision. We assess requests for more time while keeping the agreed lessons in place.
Ours to provide
- The instruments
- Instruments are supplied at no cost to the school, so you can introduce lessons without buying equipment first.
- Checks and training
- Every teacher has an enhanced DBS check, identity and reference checks, and safeguarding training. Schools can request the supporting records.
- A page for your school
- We give parents a school-specific page with details of the lessons on offer and an application form.
- 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
- 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
- Choose a school contact who can help with practical questions about rooms, dates and timetable changes.
Schools across Greater Manchester can discuss lessons in Piano, Guitar, Drums, Singing and Ukulele. Equipment for lessons is provided at no cost to the school, with teaching availability confirmed on enquiry.
WHO PAYS, AND WHEN
Who pays for a place
A place has one payer and never two. Which one applies at a school in Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester
Explore the lesson formats, practical arrangements and next steps for a school partnership in your area.
- The music service for Greater Manchester
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 Greater Manchester can ask how each part would work before agreeing a partnership.
This page links to 10 towns and cities in Greater Manchester. Each town page has a school register to help you find the school you want to ask about.
- In-school music service in Greater Manchester
Lessons during the school day give families an option that does not require a separate evening journey. For a school in Greater Manchester, the first step is to discuss its pupils, available space and timetable so we can confirm what provision is possible.
The local pages for Greater Manchester include Manchester, Salford and Bolton. They are part of the 10 towns listed here, with registers to help schools and families find the right school.
- School music lessons in Greater Manchester
The lesson format is agreed with the school: individual tuition, a small group or a band of up to five. Schools in Greater Manchester can ask which formats suit their proposed instruments and pupils, and how progress and practice notes are shared with families.
Schools in Greater Manchester 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.
- A music partner for Greater Manchester schools
Before a school in Greater Manchester agrees a partnership, we discuss the proposed provision and the practical questions behind it: staffing, teacher absence, safeguarding records and communication with families. The agreement sets out the responsibilities on both sides.
If your school in Greater Manchester is considering a partnership, ask how staffing and absence cover would work for its proposed timetable. Our team will confirm what can be arranged.
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 Greater Manchester
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.