East Midlands
Music lessons across Nottinghamshire
One service, one agreement, run inside the school day.
Our Nottinghamshire pages cover Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark-on-Trent, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Beeston, Arnold and Retford. Schools can use the nearest town page to ask about the school-day service at their own site. We run an in-school music service in 8 towns and cities here, with lesson prices chosen by each school and a monthly share paid to the school after costs.
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
- 8
- Primary schools here
- 364
- Children in a lesson
- 1-5
COUNTY BY TOWN
Towns and cities in Nottinghamshire
- Nottingham225 primary schools
- Mansfield50 primary schools
- Worksop24 primary schools
- Newark-on-Trent35 primary schools
- Sutton-in-Ashfield13 primary schools
- Beeston0 primary schools
- Arnold0 primary schools
- Retford17 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
The eight linked areas are Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark-on-Trent, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Beeston, Arnold and Retford. We confirm the room, slot and current availability with each school before lessons are agreed. If a teacher is ill, our team arranges cover, so the school office is not asked to find a replacement.
WHAT EACH SIDE DOES
What we bring, and what schools in Nottinghamshire 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
- We give parents a school-specific page with details of the lessons on offer and an application form.
- The running of it
- Day-to-day lesson administration is managed by our team. Your school has a named contact for questions or issues that need attention.
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 Nottinghamshire, within East Midlands, 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 Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire
Explore the lesson formats, practical arrangements and next steps for a school partnership in your area.
- The music service for Nottinghamshire
Setting up music provision involves staffing, a timetable, instruments and communication with families. Schools in Nottinghamshire can discuss these arrangements with our team, including how we manage registers, practice notes and teacher absence.
The local pages for Nottinghamshire include Nottingham, Mansfield and Worksop. They are part of the 8 towns listed here, with registers to help schools and families find the right school.
- In-school music service in Nottinghamshire
Schools in Nottinghamshire 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.
Schools in Nottinghamshire can ask about Piano, Guitar, Drums, Singing and Ukulele. The instruments and lesson format are confirmed with each school as part of its agreement.
- School music lessons in Nottinghamshire
A school music programme can include individual teaching and opportunities to play with others. For schools in Nottinghamshire, we discuss the group size, instrument and timetable together, with a maximum of five children in a lesson.
A school in Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire schools
A school partnership sets out what each team provides and how the service will run. Schools in Nottinghamshire can discuss teaching, absence cover, instruments, records and billing with us, alongside the room and timetable the school supplies.
Schools in Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire
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.