Episode 27: PODCAST [27] Progressive, inclusive whole class instrumental teaching with Helen Brookes, Services for Education Music Service, Birmingham

In this episode, I talk with Helen Brookes, Head of Whole Class Instrumental Teaching for Services for Education Music Service, Birmingham which leads the music education hub for the city. It’s part of the Services for Education charity, which provides a range of services to schools from school-centred initial teacher training to school improvement consultancy. We talk about the services’s progression model for whole class instrumental teaching; taking that model online during the pandemic; how they bring inclusion into the work in SEN/D and mainstream schools; and managing the balance between partnering with and marketing to schools.