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Sussex Music School - working with schools
to build a culture of music from within.
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"Music is the beating heart of school life. The choir includes everybody and inspires all. Everyone gets to learn musical instruments. Disadvantaged pupils are well represented in every opportunity, including the impressive school orchestra." - Ofsted Report 2025 for SMS Partner School St Andrews in Hove
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Sussex Music School are a not-for-profit social enterprise based in Brighton and Hove bringing a fresh approach to local music education. With highly qualified, experienced and passionate teachers all over Sussex, we have been working with Sussex schools for over 10 years
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We supply high quality curriculum music, music provision consultancy and instrumental lessons on a huge range of instruments, CPD and INSET in Primary and Secondary schools across Sussex.
We alos offer private instrumental lessons for adults and children.
Sing, Play, Create
CURRICULUM MUSIC AND CONSULTANCY
We can teach your music curriculum for you or offer as much or as little music curriculum as your budget and time allows. We have years of experience in advising and working with schools to supply the highest quality music provision in line with the National Plan for Music Education in Schools. We also offer CPD for your staff and INSET days.
INSRUMENTAL LESSONS IN SCHOOLS
Sussex Music School provides high quality one 2 one music lessons with experienced, fully safeguarded, reliable, creative and engaging local Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools across Sussex.
We do all the admin and marketing and parents get direct contact with teachers.
We also offer workshops, group sessions bands, orchestras and GSCE coaching.
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PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS
Private lesson for Children and Adults offering one to one lessons with fully DBS checked, safeguarded, experienced, effective and dedicated local teachers. We teach guitar, piano, drums, uke, violin, recorder, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, sax, singing, tumpet, trombone and music production across Sussex. All teachers are highly qualified and local to you
TEACH WITH SUSSEX MUSIC SCHOOL
Our professional music teachers receive training, light-touch monitoring and ongoing support as necessary from our senior team. Only the best teachers in the field locally are accredited to SMS.Valuing our music teachers is paramount as this will translate into the best musical experiences for our students.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
Here at Sussex Music School, profits are invested back into local Music projects and supporting and promoting music for all. We invest in training and development for our teachers, including our mentoring programme for talented teachers at the beginning of their career. In addition we offer free instrument hire to Pupil Premium students, scholarships to some of our most talented and hard working young learners, regular concerts for pupils to enjoy and, as the business grows, community music centres and summer schools.