Detail

Information

Academic year that this summary covers

 2024-2025

Date this summary was published

 October 2024

Date this summary will be reviewed

 September 2025

Name of the school music lead

 Faye Bonnar / Charlie Kepinska

Name of school leadership team member with responsibility for music (if different)

 Amy Willis / Michelle Taylor

Name of local music hub

musichub@rbkc.gov.uk

Hillingdon Music Hub

• Red Panda agency
• Bollywood Vibes
• Electric Umbrella
• African Activities

Name of other music education organisation(s) (if partnership in place)

At Meadow High School, music is delivered through a combination of music lessons, enrichment activities, options programmes, and performing arts lessons, tailored to the pupil's stage in the school and the pathway that they learn in. This may or may not lead to formal accreditation.

Pupils have access to a variety of instruments and opportunities, including:

• Termly school performances showcased during the end-of-term Head’s Assembly.
• Participation in a school ensemble or band as part of Options Music.
• Space for rehearsals and individual practice (subject to annual timetable availability).
• Opportunities to experience live performances at least once a year, such as:
  • The Summer Term Music and Art Festival featuring live bands
  • The Autumn Term performance by a visiting ballet company

Curricular

Music forms an integral part of the curriculum and enrichment activities at Meadow High School. Our whole school is as follows:

• Pupils collaborate on end-of-term shows, which combine music, acting, and dance, performed for parents and the wider school community.
• Through enrichment, pupils can participate in singing groups, singing and signing ensembles, or learn to play instruments such as the ocarina, keyboard, and drums.

Our pathway specific offer is as follows:

• In Pathway 1, pupils experience and learn about music as part of their performing arts lessons.
• In Pathway 1, Key Stage 4 and 5 pupils can also engage with music-based skills through the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
• In Pathway 2, Key Stage 3 pupils have one period of music per week
• In Pathway 2, Key Stage 4 and 5 pupils can opt for accreditation routes in AQA specific courses as well as select music as an option

Co-curricular

Meadow High School enhances the music curriculum with a range of external musical experiences:

• For the past three years, Pathway 1 pupils have attended the annual pantomime at the Beck Theatre in Hayes.
• Pathway 1 & 2 students can opt in to ‘Shining Stars’ Music and Dance After School Club (Glee club)
• Pathway 2 students can opt in to a lunch time music / choir clubs

The school hosts an annual visit from the Youth Ballet Company for all pupils.

Visiting musicians deliver workshops and performances across the academic year, including:

Autumn Term: Samba drumming, djembe drumming, and percussion workshops (provided by the Red Panda Agency).

Summer Term: Steel band workshops, lyric and rap composition sessions (Red Panda Agency), and Indian music workshops (Bollywood Vibes).

KS4/5 Focus: Music technology workshops run by Electric Umbrella.

Whole-school live music events, such as the Summer Music and Art Festival, featuring organisations like Red Panda, Bollywood Vibes, and Collective 31.

Meadow High School provides various opportunities for pupils to perform and enjoy music beyond regular lessons. At the end of each term, selected music classes, groups, and clubs perform during the Head’s Assembly.

Musical performances are embedded into the school calendar, such as:

• Annual Autumn Term Music Showcases during Key Stage assemblies.
• Performances by Year 7, 8, and 9, as well as Key Stage 4 and 5 Options classes.

We offer individual music intervention sessions for pupils who would benefit from expressing their emotions and exploring communication strategies via the medium of music.  Pupils are identified on a referral basis for short term intervention.

Pathway 2 Music is taught in the Music Room. Pathway 1 Music is taught in the pupils' class base.

Assembly and whole school performances are delivered in the main hall

Smaller performances,  workshops peripatetic teaching can also be delivered in the Quiet dining room/Dance Studio