1) CPD courses from Keynote Education 

We have circulated an e-flyer from Keynote Education with details of the CPD courses they have available. 

Elevate Your Music Teaching & Leadership

This spring and summer, take your music teaching and leadership to the next level. Our expert-led CPD courses are designed to equip you with practical strategies, deep subject knowledge, and leadership skills that make a real difference for your students and your department. From mastering advanced A-Level concepts to inspiring creativity in GCSE and KS3 classrooms, there’s something for every music educator.

💡 AQA A-Level Music: Aiming for A/A in the Listening Paper* (T0310)

📅 Wed 11-Mar | 💻 Online

Sharpen your exam-focused teaching techniques and give your students the tools to achieve top marks.

 

🏛️ Outstanding Leadership of a Music Department (T0090)

📅 Tue 17-Mar | 💻 Online

Develop strategies to lead your department with confidence, inspire colleagues, and create a culture of excellence.

 

💡 OCR GCSE Music: Aiming for Grades 8-9 (T0093)

📅 Tue 24-Mar | 💻 Online

Enhance student outcomes with practical, high-impact teaching methods and exam preparation strategies.

 

💡 Brilliant KS3 Music Teaching (T0094)

📅 Tue 07-Jul | 📍 London

Engage younger learners with creative approaches that build strong foundations for GCSE and beyond.

 

💡 GCSE Music: Next-Level Composition Teaching (T0092)

📅 Tue 30-Jun | 📍 London

Inspire students to push their compositional skills further and achieve excellence in their coursework.

 

💡 Look Who’s Bach! Mastering Bach Chorale Harmonisation at Advanced Level (T0095)

📅 Wed 24-Jun | 📍 London

Take your understanding of Bach chorales to an advanced level and unlock sophisticated teaching techniques.

 

Why attend?

Gain classroom-ready strategies, boost student outcomes, and strengthen your leadership skills. Connect with like-minded music educators and leave equipped to inspire, challenge, and elevate learning in your school.

Please see the below link for more information: 

2) Free CPD from Royal Ballet and Opera 

We are delighted to be working with Royal Ballet and Opera to provide two days of CPD at Harrow Arts Centre - 'Create and Sing' and 'Create and Dance'. Spaces are still available for both of these days and we encourage schools to book spaces where possible. These are available to Heads of Music, Music Leads and Music Co-Ordinators but also to all teachers who might be interested. 

Royal Ballet & Opera is delighted to bring our 

'Create and Sing' Free Teacher CPD in partnership with Harrow Music Service

On: Wednesday 11th March 2026, 9.00-15.00

SIGN UP HERE

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre,161 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, HA5 4EA

This funded CPD is part of the Royal Ballet & Opera’s award-winning Create & Sing programme, a curriculum-led teacher development programme designed for school teachers, music leads, artists and facilitators. Everyone is welcome!

Our team will take you through techniques for teaching singing and drama to build your students’ self-expression, creative collaboration, performance confidence, voice, movement, and memory skills.

 “The best CPD I’ve ever had. I had such a lovely day and we are so inspired to go and create in our school.”

During this CPD training, you will:

• Learn practical, easy-to-implement, warm-up and engagement activities. 
• Explore the building blocks of dramatic singing and learn how to use them to meet Music curriculum outcomes.
• Discover different creative techniques for using singing across the curriculum e.g. literacy.
• Be introduced to the Create & Sing classroom resources.

 

The day is led by a team of Royal Ballet & Opera artists and is suitable for:

• Class teachers or subject leads
• Teachers who are new to teaching singing
• Teachers who are looking to brush up their skills
• No prior knowledge of opera is required!

Watch a video about the CPD here. 

• Book your place for the Sing CPD on 11th March here. 

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Royal Ballet & Opera is delighted to bring our 

'Create and Dance' Free Teacher CPD in partnership with Harrow Music Service

On: Wednesday 17th June 2026, 9.00-15.00

SIGN UP HERE

Wednesday, 17th June 2026, 9.00 - 15.00

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre,161 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, HA5 4EA

 About this CPD: 

This fully funded CPD is part of the Royal Ballet & Opera’s award-winning Create & Dance programme, a curriculum-led teacher development programme designed for school teachers, PE leads, artists and facilitators. Everyone is welcome!

 

Our team will take you through techniques for teaching dance and storytelling – developing your students' creative collaboration skills, physical learning, spatial awareness and general health and well-being.

 

During this CPD training, you will:

• Learn practical, easy-to-implement warm-up and engagement activities.
• Explore the building blocks of dance and learn how to use them to meet PE curriculum outcomes.
• Discover different creative ways of applying dance across the curriculum e.g. in numeracy and literacy.
• Be introduced to Create & Dance’s award-winning classroom resources.

 

The day is led by a team of Royal Ballet & Opera artists and is suitable for:

• Class teachers or subject leads
• Teachers who are new to teaching dance
• Teachers who are looking to brush up their skills
• “The course was fully inclusive for all attendees and I found the content hugely beneficial with so many ideas to take away!”
• No prior knowledge of ballet is required!

Watch a video about the CPD here. 

Book your place for the Dance CPD on 17th June here