Specialist teachers who get to know each pupil, with progress reviewed three times a year.
You tell us when the teaching room is available. We draft the pupil timetable for you to check.
Parent questions, payments and teacher cover all come to us, and we help families with instrument hire.
Parent looking for lessons? Lessons at your child’s school →
Our partner schools include Bannockburn, Cherry Orchard, Henwick, Wingfield and Horn Park.
The teaching
Our longest-serving teachers have been with Greenwich Music School for over ten years. Pupils can build a lasting relationship with a teacher who knows them and thinks beyond the next lesson or exam.
Our teachers are instrument specialists who also teach our most advanced students, including those working towards diplomas. Each is part of our wider teaching team, with training and mentoring from our Principal, Bethan Scolding.
Lessons help pupils work out how to practise, recognise what needs attention and learn new music for themselves. We review each pupil’s progress at the end of the autumn, spring and summer terms, and your school can request a summary.
Who we are
Bethan and Ed Scolding founded Greenwich Music School in 2016 and still lead it today.
A registered charity. Greenwich Music School is charity number 1176649, governed by trustees. We put the quality of teaching first, then work to open it up to more children.
“Music education should be joyful, rigorous and accessible to all.”
Recognition
How it works
You know which rooms and times will work for your school. We organise the lessons around those arrangements.
Introducing lessons
We can arrange demonstration assemblies so pupils hear the instruments and meet the teachers before families register their interest.
Performing
Pupils learning with us at school can take part in Greenwich Music School student concerts. When a pupil has a piece ready, their teacher can also send your school a performance slip, making it easier to give them a turn in assembly or at a school event.
Filmed at our summer concert. Children and parents tell us what making music does for them, from six-year-olds at their first concert to students working towards a diploma.
Example performance slip
Good to know
Parents contact us about their lessons. We answer their questions, sort out problems with bookings and payments, and help with instrument hire.
We agree the instruments with your school and arrange a specialist teacher for each. You can start with one instrument or add to the lessons you already offer.
Subject to teacher availability.
We answer parents’ questions Monday to Saturday, in term time and the holidays. Your staff have a school partnership contact, and we come to you only when something needs the school’s attention.
Our teachers have enhanced DBS checks and safeguarding training. They follow your school’s procedures and report concerns to your designated safeguarding lead.
Our safeguarding policy →
If a teacher is absent, we arrange catch-up lessons. For longer absences, or if a teacher leaves, we arrange a replacement and a careful handover. We tell parents directly about any cancellation.
Families can hire an instrument through our local partner instead of buying one, collected from our venues. Pupils can also apply for our bursaries and scholarships.
Bursaries and scholarships →Questions
Get in touch
Tell us what you’d like pupils to learn. We’ll plan the lessons around your school, agree the timetable and organise getting families started.
You don’t need to have instruments or pupil numbers worked out before we speak.
