South West
Music lessons across Somerset
One service, one agreement, run inside the school day.
Explore school music partnerships in Somerset. 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
- 182
- Children in a lesson
- 1-5
COUNTY BY TOWN
Towns and cities in Somerset
- Taunton39 primary schools
- Bath35 primary schools
- Weston-super-Mare26 primary schools
- Yeovil22 primary schools
- Bridgwater28 primary schools
- Frome12 primary schools
- Glastonbury6 primary schools
- Wells10 primary schools
- Street4 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 Somerset, including Taunton, Bath and Weston-super-Mare, 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 Somerset 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
- 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
- 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
- Provide a suitable room and agree a rotating lesson time with us to help children avoid repeatedly missing the same subject.
- One person to ask
- Choose a school contact who can help with practical questions about rooms, dates and timetable changes.
For schools in Somerset, including those near Taunton, Bath and Weston-super-Mare, teaching availability and scheduling are confirmed with our team.
WHO PAYS, AND WHEN
Who pays for a place
A place has one payer and never two. Which one applies at a school in Somerset 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 Somerset
Explore the lesson formats, practical arrangements and next steps for a school partnership in your area.
- The music service for Somerset
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 Somerset can ask how each part would work before agreeing a partnership.
Schools in Somerset 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.
- In-school music service in Somerset
Schools in Somerset 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 school counts on the local pages for Somerset come from the Department for Education register. The 9 towns listed here help you explore those records; they do not confirm teaching availability.
- School music lessons in Somerset
A school music programme can include individual teaching and opportunities to play with others. For schools in Somerset, we discuss the group size, instrument and timetable together, with a maximum of five children in a lesson.
The local pages for Somerset include Taunton, Bath and Weston-super-Mare. They are part of the 9 towns listed here, with registers to help schools and families find the right school.
- A music partner for Somerset schools
Clear responsibilities help staff know who to contact about a lesson, a record or a family enquiry. For schools in Somerset, we agree these arrangements at the start of a partnership and explain how the service is administered.
Schools in Somerset can ask about Piano, Guitar, Drums, Singing and Ukulele. The instruments and lesson format are confirmed with each school as part of its agreement.
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 Somerset
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.