ONLINE Oak Music Curriculum Training: Sustain

Created by Bristol Beacon and Cathedral Schools Trust, the free Oak National Academy Primary Music Curriculum launched in 2025 to support inclusive and joyful music education for every primary pupil.

Now, the creators of the curriculum are offering online CPD courses to help teachers put it into practice. Designed with busy primary schools in mind, the sessions are practical and focus on real classroom experience.

About this session

Our Sustain session supports teachers and school leaders to maintain and continually strengthen high-quality music provision over time. Combining curriculum leadership, teacher development and meaningful assessment, this session explores how to monitor implementation, recognise pupils’ musical progress and continually strengthen teaching and learning across your school.

Using practical examples and real school scenarios, you’ll explore sustainable approaches to monitoring that celebrate pupils’ musical development without creating unnecessary workload. You’ll consider how classroom observations, pupil outcomes and practical evidence can be used to inform curriculum development, support colleagues and ensure music continues to thrive across your setting.

By the end of the session, you’ll have the knowledge, strategies and practical tools to monitor curriculum impact, support staff development and sustain ambitious, high-quality music provision for every pupil.

Who it’s for?

• Music subject leads
• Senior leaders
• Curriculum leads
• Schools embedding the Oak Primary Music Curriculum
• Teachers responsible for monitoring and developing music across the schools (or MAT)