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Ofsted SEN film case study: Whitefield Schools and Centre
This 15 minute film is part of the five ‘Best Practice’ case studies made to accompany the 2012 Ofsted report into Music Education (‘Music in schools: wider still, and wider’)… […]
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Ramp It Up! Lisburne School, Stockport
Ramp It Up! is Real Accessible Musical Participation for disabled children and young people in school.
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Disabling barriers to formal music education – consultation
In Autumn 2011, DM Education carried out a nationwide consultation into disabling barriers to formal music education. The consultation findings are posted here in the ‘Experiences’ section of the DM […]
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Time (The Revelator)
Last November, Drake Music invited disabled young people and musicians, their parents/ carers and also all those involved in music education to complete an online consultation about barriers to formal music education in England.
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Stockport CP Music Group
The Stockport CP live music-making session happens twice a week in Heaton Moor, Stockport.
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Drake Music’s response to the National Plan for Music Education
The Government’s long awaited National Plan for Music Education has now been published and includes a case-study on Drake Music’s accessible singing work. Read DM’s response to the National Plan…
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Jigsaw Performance at Bury Met
Jigsaw is a social and sports group for young disabled people living in Bury.
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Initial thoughts on the National Plan and SEN/disabled music provision
‘Hubs and schools need to break down barriers to music through innovative approaches to teaching and making music’
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Worcester Snoezelen Centre and LCM Leisure Play music exams
Like many I suspect, my first question about the small, Worcester-based charity ‘Snoezelen’ was ‘What does Snoezelen mean?’ The word – a mix of two dutch words for sniffing and […]
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A message to the hubs…
Since I began working for Drake in 2005, I can’t remember a period of time where the musical needs of SEN/disabled students was so firmly on the agenda.