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Summer 2023


Secondary Music Networks


Summer 22-23 Secondary Music Network – 7 July 2023

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Assessment of Key Stage 3 Music

  • How to assess musical understanding through sound, not writing.
  • Assessing compositions and creativity - marking subjectively while encouraging imaginative freedom.
  • What criteria and what grades - what works and what is fair?
  • Tracking progress, both in KS3 achievement and towards KS4 options.
  • Time at the end to break off in to exam-board groups (discussing lessons learned from current Year 11 and changes to planning.

Price: Sub £70 / SLA £0 / Full £84


Secondary Music Networks

The primary aims of the subject network meetings are to:

  • Support effective subject leadership aligned to each school’s individual context.
  • Enable effective planning based on recent Ofsted Music Subject Review and county framework and considering the national picture.
  • Deepen understanding of subject specific pedagogy and knowledge that underpins good progress and attainment for ALL pupils.
  • Facilitate school to school networking and develop strength across the system.

Common agenda items for these meetings

  • Sharing good practice and work.
  • Development of subject specific knowledge and an understanding of strong progression and sequencing.
  • Enhancing subject leadership.
  • Structuring Key Stage 4 to ensure pupils are well prepared for the next phase of their education.
  • Providing high quality Key Stage 3 provision that builds successfully on key stage 2.
  • Ensuring all learning, including the most vulnerable (SEN and PP) are able to make excellent progress.


Hampshire Music Service website

Click here to access the Hampshire Music Service website

Hampshire Music Service Blogs

The Primary and Secondary Blogs have been created by Hampshire Music Service on behalf of the Hampshire Music Education Hub and HIAS.  The blogs provide music teachers in Hampshire schools with quick and easy access to a wide range of excellent resources regarding curriculum planning (K.S.1 - K.S.4 across both blogs), pedagogical practice, and national publications. Blogs are posted regularly to inform of CPD courses, conferences, music events and sharing of best practice across schools. 
Click on the links below to access the blogs. If you have forgotten the password, please email music.service@hants.gov.uk

HMS Primary blog




Primary blog link:  https://www.hampshireprimarymusic.org/ 






HMS Secondary blog


Secondary blog link: https://www.hampshiresecondarymusic.org/


















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