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Putting Music at the Heart of Hull
2019 – 2020 REPORT
Hull Music Service – putting music at the heart of Hull
Each Local Authority Area has a Music Education Hub. The national funding for Music
Education Hubs comes from the Department for Education and is administered by Arts
Council England (ACE). Hull Music Service is the Lead Partner for Hull Music Hub and
commits to delivering on 4 Core Roles and 3 Extension Roles:
National Plan for Music Education
Core Roles
1. Ensure that every child aged 5 to 18 has the opportunity to learn a musical
instrument (other than voice) through whole-class ensemble teaching programmes
for ideally a year (but for a minimum of a term) of weekly tuition on the same
instrument
2. Provide opportunities to play in ensembles and to perform from an early stage
3. Ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people
4. Develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly and that choirs
and other vocal ensembles are available in the area
Extension Roles
1. Offer continuing professional development to school staff, particularly in supporting
schools to deliver music in the curriculum
2. Provide an instrument loan service, with discounts or free provision for those on low
incomes
3. Provide access to large-scale and/or high-quality music experiences for pupils,
working with professional musicians and/or venues. This may include undertaking
work to publicise the opportunities available to schools, parents/carers and students
Hull City Council Corporate Plan
At a local level, the Hull Music Hub appears strategically in the Hull City Council Corporate
Plan 2018 – 2022. Section "Delivering Economic Growth and Inclusive Growth"
"Support the Hull Music Hub and the Local Cultural Education Partnership to foster
children's artistic talents creating new opportunities for young people.”
There are six key strategic contributions Hull Music Service is making:
1. Invest to build funding capacity as well as cultural capital.
The investment made by Hull City Council acts as a platform on which the Music
Service can generate an annual budget of over £1.2 million and flourish. Funding
comes from the LA, DfE/ACE, Schools, families, trusts and charities. This represents a
significant return on the council’s continued investment.
2. Opportunity & Access.
This report and data demonstrates that the City’s Music Service is working city wide,
and with significant numbers of children and young people for whom there would be
little or no opportunity to engage with high quality music making. The Hub structure
of partners is enabling HMS to continue to develop an even greater reach.
3. Social Mobility and Raising Aspiration
Attending a weekly ensemble or activity at the Albemarle, for many children and
young people, is the first step to looking outside their immediate community and
trying new things. Progression leads to more independence, new experiences,
venues and opportunities. All of this translates into a strong preparation for study,
training and the world of work
4. Resilience and well-being
There is compelling research demonstrating that engaging in music can support a
wide range of challenges that our children and young people face. Schools are
increasingly looking at music led interventions to help achieve social and/or
behavioural outcomes.
5. Academic Attainment
The British Music Journal Research that tracked attainment of pupils through all key
stages in Hampshire provided clear evidence that children and young people who
learn a musical instrument achieve more highly irrespective of their starting point
academically. Data analysis for Hull demonstrates this. (appendix 2)
6. 2017 legacy
City of Culture brought a wealth of opportunity and experiences to the City and the
focus in now building meaningful legacy. The commitment to a music service and
Music Education Hub, providing ongoing access to high quality music-making is a
clear education legacy of 2017 and should be celebrated as such.
Hull Music Service 2019 – 2020 REPORT Lead Partner for Hull Music Hub The following report is based on the annual data return that all Lead Partners for Music Education Hubs provide to Arts Council England (ACE), as well as data collected and collated through Unique Pupil Numbers (UPNS) and Postcode data through the Insight Team. Introduction The 2019-20 Academic year was defined by the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020. It is important to remember therefore that the reporting of musical activity for this year begins with nearly half an academic year of “normal activity” and this report reflects that. The year promised much, with many new and exciting activities and opportunities for young people from across the City to engage with. Our first ever event at the Bonus Arena, just before lockdown was a good example of this. Multiple schools, engaged in our “Song for Hull” programme, performing to an audience of over 1000 alongside the award winning Hull Beats Bus, in a project funded by the Music Service, New Ground Housing and the Hull CCG. Little did we know what was just around the corner. The impact of COVID on musical opportunity will take longer to assess, but there are clear indications that there will have been a significant reduction in new learners during lockdown as well as bands, orchestras and ensembles being difficult to replicate online. However there have been significant successes. Schools have been outstanding partners to the Music Service and the Music Hub during lockdown. A significant amount of activity has been delivered due to the willingness of school to engage with us in different ways. This is testament to the high regard they hold our provision in and also the importance of our children and young people having access to high quality music provision in a lockdown. This in turn has been made possible by the creativity, ambition and hard work of the teachers employed by the music service. The quality and breadth of our online and face to face provision during lockdown, demonstrates what a highly committed team we have. As our attention turns to stabilisation and recover the team, once again, will be critical as we enter an extremely challenging phase for us all. We remain however, committed to “putting music at the heart of Hull.”
Early Years Whilst not a specific Music Education Hub area (which is 5-18) Hull Music Service is committing to putting music at the heart of Hull across all age groups. Early Years is a key priority for us, particularly in support of the wider literacy and oracy strategies for the City. We successfully bid for £19K (February 2020) from Youth Music to run an 18 month project working in EYFS settings across the City. This project was developed through working with the Early Years team and built on work we have started to develop in CPD for EYFS staff and college students as well as workshops in settings. Due to the pandemic, this is on hold for now. We are working with the Early Years team to create resources for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. During the first lockdown, we contributed musical activities and songs for the home learning ideas that the Early Years team created. We are building on this with resources that directly support the monthly books for 2 year olds. We are now creating videos for families and settings with musical activities that support the books and develop both musical understanding and reinforce the sounds and words used in the stories. Digital Learning Provision Specific challenges faced during March-July 2020 in relation to developing / delivering digital learning provision, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There is a significant digital deficit in Hull. There are still a signifiacnt number of households across the city that do not have a suitable device to access online learning from schools. Thos resulted in the intial phase of online learning in summer 2020 being accessed by 25% of our usual numbers. However all of our 2024 small group / indiviual learners received Individual Learning Plans via Charanga. Sing for Hull was engaged with by whole classes within schools. The reahc of the programme per pupil is therefore considerably higher than what is possible to capture in views or interactions. The Music Service Team embraced digital learning. As we trade through schools, direct ocntact with families was a new challenge. Signinig up via Eventbrite worked and we have retianed this. There is no doubt that large numbers of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged families lost out during lockdown.
The following digital provision / platforms have been in use by our Music Education Hub (MEH), throughout the academic year 2019/20 The following types of digital learning provision were offered by our MEH during March – July 2020.
Digital Engagement The number of digital learning provisions produced / delivered during this period and the number of children & young people engaged. For online sharings / streamings of performance (eg via YouTube), there are also the number of interactions where known. Hull Music Hub Website The following are features of our MEH website.
Hull Music Hub Social Media We have a regular active profile on the following social networks / websites.
On a scale of 1-10, please indicate how challenging the period March – July has been for Hull Music Hub in relation to the following areas: 10 = incredibly challenging / insurmountable 1 = not challenging at all
Total number of ensembles and choirs for the 2019/20 academic year (September – March) (Not required for 2019/20 – ensembles & choirs organised independently by schools) Through delivery of the core and extension roles, Music Education Hubs support the Cultural Education Partnership (CEC) and contribute to the Local Cultural Education Partnerships (LCEPs) and/or similar local partnership working. Hull Music Hub is a partner in the Local Cultural Education Partnership alongside the Arts & Culture Team within Hull City Council. We are an ArtsMark Partner as well as an active Arts Award Centre.
The successes and challenges our MEH has experienced over the last year in relation to developing its financial resilience and identifying and securing funds from other sources The beginning of the academic year 2019/20 saw a number of developments with regards financial resilience, partnership work and fundraising. 3 activity weeks were devised (one per term) to enable a range of workshops and activities to be booked and purchased by schools. These included; Live performances in schools from our Staff Band "Albemarle Live" when schools come to our Music Centre for workshops and a performance and partner projects such as "Create & Sing Carmen" and "Billy's Band." These was very successful and despite COVID, schools have committed budget to these events for when things return to normal. Partnership funding was at the heart of the success of "Song for Hull" This was jointly funded by New Ground Together Housing Association and the Hull Clinical Commissioning Group. This funding also enabled us to secure collaboration with Hull Beats Bus to design school based workshops and a final performance in the Bonus Arena using Hip-Hop, well-being and resilience as themes. An NHS careers-fair also ran for schools. We were fortunate to be a pilot Music Education Hub for the Space-Hive crowdfunding programme which enabled us to leverage matched funding from ACE by reaching our target. This meant that we could relaunch of "Albemarle Saturdays" a successful programme, first delivered in the Year of Culture 2017. 25 backers including ACE pledged £1994. We were successful in a Youth Music Fund A for an EYFS project, which whilst secured in 2019/20, will not be delivered until the academic year 2020/21 due to COVID. We also successfully secured funding in the "action research" element of Changing Tunes (formally Music NetEast) which again has been later starting than planned. These strands will be revisited during 2020-21 as the key ways in which we can broaden our income base and thereby secure more financial resilience
How our MEH has built and continued to develop a range of partnerships over the past year Hull MEH had 38 active partners in 2019/20. Delivery Partners who delivered projects/activity in 2019/20. Highlights included: Aldeburgh Music - Delivering the first Aldeburgh Big Sing outside Suffolk at Hull Truck. Beats Bus - Delivery Partner for Song for Hull 2020 plus numerous workshops and Furthering Talent Student who was profiled on BBC Look North. Billy's Band - Delivered CPD to our staff ahead of workshop series. City of Hull Brass Band - Open Rehearsals. Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Regional Brass Academy Hull Music Festival held annually at the Albemarle. Hull Philharmonic weekly rehearsals at Albemarle and free tickets for young people. Hull Urban Opera supported through rehearsal space. National Centre for Early Music - Deliver ongoing workshops via City Arts. National Youth Choir of GB - Provided school based workshops and CPD. Noise Academy - Delivered workshops and Open Day Taster Sessions. Royal Opera House Learning & Participation - Delivered Create & Sing CPD for Hub & school based staff. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Delivered workshops for 3 schools at the City Hall ahead of performance as well as providing free tickets. Voices Foundation delivered CPD. Funding Partners: Awards for Young Musicians - Furthering Talent, supporting 30 young learners. Hull Virtual School - Funded 3 additional Furthering Talent places for Looked After Children. City of Hull Young Musicians Friends Association, Hull Clinical Commissioning Group & New Ground Together – Funded Song for Hull. Changing Tunes (formerly Music Net East) we are engaged in Action Research project (Youth Music) Rotarians of Humberside - Provide over 30 ongoing bursaries to support tuition in secondary schools. Our Strategic Partners for 19/20 Goodwin Trust - On the Hub Board as well as being a delivery partner and recipient of ACE & Youth Music Funding. Charanga - School licences and teacher licences purchased as part of our response to lockdown. Hull Minster - On the Hub Board and funding applicant partner. Jazz North - Planned to host Jazz North Conference at the Albemarle now moved to online. J-Nights / Hull Jazz Festival - Collaborative commissioning and education outreach. Live Music Now - Support the deployment of their project in Hull Special Schools. Music for Youth – The Albemarle was a venue for a Regional Festival. Music Mark - Member and Head of Service Trustee & Chair. National Youth Jazz Orchestra - Co-deliver and plan Regional Jazz Academy across Hull, East Riding, North Lincs & NE Lincs. String Babies - Hull Music Service is an accredited String Babies Provider.
The Warren - Ongoing discussions about how best to signpost young people to appropriate city based provision. University of Hull - On the Hub Board as well as being a venue and facilitator of routes. Yorkshire Young Musicians - Our regional Centre for Advanced Training, running out of the Albemarle on Sundays. Working as part of the LCEP - Generation Hull, we work strategically with Absolutely Cultured, Hull Freedom Festival, Artlink, Hull Libraries, Hull College, City Arts, Hull Culture & Leisure , Hull CCG, IVE, Hull Truck, and The Herd Theatre. Charanga - Supports 62 Primary and Special Schools and 37 instrumental teachers with access to the Charanga platform. During the recent Covid-19 lockdown, 6,045 students (4043 from Schools and 2002 from the Music Service) were able to continue to learn music at home through Yumu - the children's area of the Charanga Platform used to support their online learning. Several teachers attended face to face CPD sessions and webinar training sessions were offered to all staff between March and July 2020. How our MEH assesses local need, as part of ongoing needs analysis work, and ensures evidence based decision inform all activity. See Appendix 4 19/20 saw an embedding of the refreshed and revised approach to needs analysis that was developed during 2018/19. Our needs analysis is driven by the Hull City Council Segmentation process which enables us, through postcodes of learners, to evaluate no only where they come from in the city, but also indices of deprivation, housing and well-being . Hull is the 3rd most deprived local authority in England (out of 326) with 17 of Hull's 23 wards amongst the most deprived 20% nationally (fifth), two in the second most deprived fifth, and four in the middle fifth nationally. Hull has the third highest percentage of lower layer super output areas within the most deprived 10% within England. Small Group & Individual Teaching (2000 Learners matched with postcodes) The largest number of taught pupils, by ward, came from the Orchard Park (2nd most deprived ward) and Avenues wards. Using pupils per 1,000 resident children, there are a significantly high proportion of total pupils in Orchard Park (2nd most deprived) Avenues and St Andrews and Docklands wards (Most deprived ward) There are also a high proportion of taught pupils in Bricknell and Southcoates wards. Avenues and Bricknell come as no surprise - being mainly made up of fairly affluent, culturally engaged families who are generally the largest participants in any similar activities. However, ii is positive to see high rates in St Andrews and Docklands, Orchard Park, and Southcoates wards ; which are ranked as the 1st, 2nd, and 9th most deprived wards in Hull (out of 21). There were significantly low rates in Pickering, Longhill and Bilton Grange, Central and Boothferry wards. The largest number of taught pupils, in Hull, came from: Group C (18%): Young families with dependent children in public rented houses Group H (17%): Economically active families in owner occupied terraces Group D (15%): Low income families in public rented and owner
occupied housing Group I (14%): Economically active families in owner occupied detached and semis As different segments have different numbers of children, ii is useful to calculate a rate of pupils per 1,000 resident children. Based on this rate, there are a significantly high proportion of taught pupils in the least deprived segments; mainly Group G and Group I. Nearly half (44%) of taught pupils live in an area that is amongst the 10% most deprived in the country. However, when you compare the breakdown of taught pupils to the breakdown of children in the city there is evidence that taught pupils in the 10% most deprived areas are slightly under-represented, whilst pupils in the 30% - 40% most deprived are over represented. In addition to the work we do directly with the City's Special schools, we have supported a Youth Music funded programme delivered by Live Music Now, based around placing creative practitioners and musicians into special schools, for workshops , regular visits and for one school a longer residency. This project was disrupted by COVID and we will be working to understand how is can now continue. Targeted local open days and more proactive outreach in East Hull, and the "Boulevard" area are the main priorities on the back of this data. The successes and challenges your Hub has faced in delivering the core roles through your business plan over the last academic year. Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET/Wider Opportunities) Until lockdown, Wider Opportunities was a substantial part of our success in engaging with Primary Schools. Of the City's 71 Primary Schools, we ran 64 comprehensive year-long programmes across 50 schools - 70%. 7 primaries are in the St Cuthbert’s MAT which opted out of Music Service Provision in 2018. This makes the total of Primary Schools available to engage with 64, therefore our percentage is in fact 78%. 2750 children took part in the programme, of which 2330 experienced WCET for the first time. This was a decrease from 2874 in 2019/20 of which 2455 was a first experience. This drop was not a concern as it reflected changing school roles rather than a reduction in programmes which remained unchanged. It was clear, ahead of COVID that we needed to refresh the programme as a way of sustaining our existing schools and encouraging schools that have historically opted out, to opt in. We began a review of instruments, links to small group teaching, technology & performance. All 4 areas became foci during lockdown and have remerged as we return to face-to-face tuition. The renewal of SLA with schools (June 2020) came at a time when no face- to-face WCET had occurred for 3 months. Despite this only 2 schools opted to cease the programme, albeit temporarily. Additionally two schools that have never engaged with WCET have signed up. 37 instrumental teachers used Charanga's Music Professional online programme in 3,896 hours of teaching. Through this programme, instrumental teachers can access engaging materials for a wide range of instruments and are able to upload other resources and exercises to create the best lessons to share with pupils online through Yumu the children's area of the Charanga Platform used to support their online learning.
Ensembles / Progression Routes The 12 Albemarle Ensembles had a very successful autumn term, with end of term celebration concerts at the Albemarle, Hull City Hall & at The Middleton Hall in partnership with the University of Hull. The format of our main Christmas concert was modified to include more of the ensembles. We also worked hard to promote the event with leafleting, social media & appearances on Radio Humberside. At Hub Board it was agreed to make all Hull Music Service concerts free to children, as part of our commitment to Extension Role 3. We also lowered ticket prices to make them as affordable as possible. The result was an audience 647, (including 202 children) & points the way for making larger events more accessible and more affordable for families. The Spring term was a busy one right up until Lockdown. Regular weekly activities, just as in the autumn term included Freedom Road Creative Arts; Saturday music session: 20 participants; ensemble rehearsals at the Albemarle: 400 participants; Yorkshire Young Musicians every Sunday: 25 participants Events that were delivered in the Spring included: Training & Junior WindBands Concert - 60 participants. Brass Attack, Albemarle Brass, Training Percussion Ensemble, Junior Percussion Ensemble Concert - 75 participants. Stringendo! At the Middleton Hall: Elementary Strings, Training Strings and Junior Youth Orchestra: 120 participants. Initial Impact of First Lockdown on Ensembles – Cancelled Events: Open Rehearsal - City of Hull Brass Band and Barton Community Band After 2 successful sessions our new crowdfunded NEW Generations Orchestra part of the relaunch of Albemarle Saturdays had their final session of the spring term cancelled. The Albemarle Wind Band Concert Jazz Orchestra, Senior Percussion Ensemble Concert Junior Choir Minster Classics - Hull Minster - City Youth Orchestra, City Youth Choir, Albemarle String Quintet. We were due to take The Albemarle on Tour to Lake Garda in July 2020. This, of course had to be cancelled which was a bitter disappointment to many young people for whom a tour is the culmination of their time with the Music Centre. We are working with other local partners such as Hull Jazz Festival to plan a "Tour that didn't Tour Tour" for summer 2021 where we will showcase our groups in indoor and outdoor locations across the city.
Singing Song for Hull- Bonus Arena Showcase with partners CCG, New Ground Housing Beats Bus 13 schools 450 participants 1000 audience Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Creative Workshop 100 participants NEW Generations Orchestra: Family workshops part of the relaunch of Albemarle Saturdays Festival of Carols - 300 participants During lockdown, Sing for Hull provided an online alternative for not just the Year Group engaged in WCET but for the whole school and their extended community. This was a great success a played a significant role in securing the SLA buy-back for the 2020-21 programme. The schools were provided with a Charanga Musical School online curriculum with singing at the centre of learning. Children are taught to internalise pitch, pulse and rhythm before learning to sing a rich variety of vocal material. Teachers across 62 schools amassed 2,006 hours of vocal activity using Musical School. Music Technology & Industry Day for Boulevard Academy was a real success Live Music Now Workshops in Oakfield Special School ActivityWeeks The second of our School Music Activities Week built on the success of the one in the autumn term The main activities were: Albemarle Live (School Concerts), Live Music in Schools, Create & Sing Hansel & Gretel Training, Billy's Band Training & workshop (EYFS Literacy Project) Despite Lockdown , schools have committed budget for the Activity weeks for 2020/21. Since lockdown began in March the number of students provided with access to Yumu (the children's area of the Charanga Platform used to support their online learning) was 5,927. With Charanga we worked quickly to develop a series of 'Music at Home' packages for teachers to use in their online teaching and to support children learning at home. These and other materials contained progressive learning activities including singing, and activities such as extending listening , rhythm and composition work which students could follow either working alone or with the help of an adult at home.
Our MEH strategy and approach to ensure progression for all young people, both in and outside of school, over the last academic year. In 2019/20 we delivered small group and/or individual tuition to 2002 pupils. This was a small drop from 2043 the previous year. Our total number of learners for WCET & Continuation was 4752, compared to 4917 in 18/19. SEND 204 (11.3%) FSM 341 (19%) Pupil Premium 519 (29%) EAL 258 (14%) LAC 24 (1.3%) (Based on 1800 learners for whom we had the UPN - 203 learners not included.) Percentages are almost identical to 2018/10 We deliver regular weekly provision in 77 of the City's 98 schools - 79% Primary 58 (81%) Secondary 11 (84%) Special 6 (50%) Sixth Form Colleges 3 (67%) If the St Cuthbert's Trust Schools are not included these totals would be Primary (90%) Secondary (92%) Whilst we no longer deliver instrumental tuition across the St Cuthbert's MAT, we are working more closely on plans for the future. Currently, the Trust has 150 primary learners and 275 secondary learners, all of whom are able to participate in the Ensembles at the Albemarle. Staff deliver whole-class vocal sessions to students in Year 4 in some schools; this is being rolled out in all trust schools over the next year or so. St Mary’s runs 10 vocal and instrumental ensembles across the school year, each primary school has a choir and there are small instrumental ensembles in most of the primary schools too. Primary schools have participated in City Hall Sings and St Mary's have sent ensembles to Music for Youth Regional Festival and Hull Music Festival. Having secured this data from St Mary’s, we can then report a total number of school based instrumental learners as 5177. With a total school role of 41021 (2018/19) 12.6% are therefore engaging in weekly instrumental learning across the City. Pre lockdown, we hosted exam entries in the usual way: ABRSM 18 Autumn, 10 Spring / Trinity 25 Autumn, 17 Spring/ Trinity Rock & Pop 13 Spring. Exams were one of the things that did not continue in lockdown. We therefore created the Hull Music Service Performance Diploma. This was available to any of our pupils who wanted to upload a recording of themselves. They received feedback and a certificate through the post. 87 students took part in this. We will now evaluate how this could be used in non COVID years. To ensure that transition and therefore progression was supported as much as possible between years 6 and 7, we created "transition videos" for each secondary school. Every teacher in the team recorded a video and we then created a video "per school" for Year 6 learners to get to know their teachers at their new school and learn a bit more about the musical opportunities at their school. It will not be clearer until much later in the autumn term 2020 whether transition numbers or new starters at both primary and secondary have been adversely effected by the pandemic. Progression from tuition to Ensembles There is a clear ensemble structure in place at the Albemarle, which complement school and community activities. All of our ensembles are free, which is something we are both
committed to and very proud of. There are twelve main ensembles: Elementary Strings, Training Strings, Junior Youth Orchestra, City Youth Orchestra Training Wind- Band, Junior Wind-Band, Albemarle Wind-Band Brass Attack, Albemarle Brass Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Jazz Orchestra In addition to these weekly rehearsing groups, there are ensembles and activities that meet on a more occasional basis such as East Hull Youth Choir, Hull & East Riding Session Orchestra (HEROs) and workshop activity covering Hip-Hop, DJing, Gamelan, Music Tech, Composition, mostly delivered with partners. All of the face to face activity ceased in March 2020 and as things stand in October 2020 we have only delivered Jazz Orchestra rehearsals as trials for running ensembles under COVID guidelines. The lack of ensemble music making is the single biggest loss of the pandemic. The successes and challenges our MEH has faced in delivering the extension roles through your business plan over the last academic year. CPD fell into two halves this year. Pre-lockdown saw two main blocks of CPD in September and January but with additional opportunities provided as part of the School Activity Weeks. As well as in-house training and support for our team, we had external CPD from partners such as Friday Afternoons, Voices Foundation, Furthering Talent (AYM) Create & Sing (Royal Opera House) and Billy's Band. Post lockdown training moved online. There was strong staff engagement in the Music Mark Summer Summit and we ran specific online sessions to support online teaching and conducting with Peter Stark. All mandatory training such as safeguarding was delivered online via the Council during this period. We received support from Charanga following the purchase of teacher licenses to support remote learning in lockdown. Classroom and instrumental teachers have registered to access Charanga's CPD and Training programme and every teacher has been able to access over 70 webinars and online training sessions provided since March 2020. Charanga has offered CPD to cover not only the use of the Charanga platform and how to share materials for students to access at home, but also a wider range of sessions ranging from developing listening skills, teaching pupils with autism, learning for students with additional needs, to sessions focusing on music and wellbeing. The webinars are accessible as live events but are also recorded to be viewed at teachers' convenience. Instrument Loan Scheme All learners with Hull Music Service receive a free instrument for as long as they require one. This provision remained unchanged this year, with a number of additional challenges for repair and maintenance due to the pandemic. The tuning of string instruments was one of the unexpected challenges of the pandemic with some students delivering instruments to the Albemarle in extreme cases. Large and/or High Quality Performances The concerts and events delivered face to face involving our ensembles, pre lockdown have already been outlined. In addition to these, two large events stand out in the Spring Term: Song for Hull; was our first event at Hull's new Bonus Arena. It was preceded by a series of Hip- Hop workshops and singing workshops build around the themes of Aspiration... what I want to be when I grow up; physical and emotional health and wellbeing; healthy singing and community engagement. The whole project (school assemblies, workshops, training and the concert) engaged over 1000 students from 13 schools with approximately 100 staff watching
or participating) The Bonus Arena concert itself featured over 481 students from the 13 schools with 48 staff and was performed to an audience of 1080. The songs (all with aspirational lyrics) were accompanied by a 12 piece live band from the Hull Music Service staff and the Hull Beats Bus who delivered the Hip-Hop part of the project and the actual Song for Hull... 'Aim High'. The Concert also featured the Hull NHS Choir as a legacy from the 2017 Song for Hull as part of Hull City of Culture. The final event at the Albemarle was the Regional Festival for Music for Youth @ the Albemarle with 1200 participants. This was such an amazing event which now seems a lifetime away. The key developments and/or learning of Hull MEH approach to the use of musical digital technology in teaching and learning The COVID lockdown delivered about 3 years of Digital development in 3 months. Whilst there were huge challenges and frustrations, almost all of our investment in Digital platforms, resources, processes and training will have a long lasting positive impact on the service and the quality of provision we are able to deliver to schools, families and partners. Platforms We began online tuition on Cisco Webex. The sound was not ideal but was workable. Following more detailed, strategic discussions with Corporate ICT, it was agreed that we would move to G-Suite for Business (LA Music Services do not qualify for either G-suite for Education or the version for Charities. This platform allows us to integrate all our online provision through one platform: resources in Google Classroom, staff timetables in Google Calendar, Google Uploader for students uploading video etc. Google Meet is used not just when online lessons are required, but for students to access ensemble rehearsals remotely and for staff meetings, Hub Board Meetings and Staff CPD. YouTube Channel, Facebook and lnstagram have all been developed to support the Service. Sing for Hull The core of our online provision was the Sing for hull programme. Every weekday for 15 weeks we provided a daily video resource for schools and families, with a weekly theme. Each week culminated in a "Sing for Hull" were a remotely recorded and edited backing track of the song was performed and edited by the Team. This programme was accessed by whole schools, families at home, secured Radio coverage on BBC Radio Humberside, Viking FM and BBC Radio 3. One week even saw our Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber lip-sync to George Ezra! The programme is now being developed into a half termly support of WCET as well as part of our emergency "back online" plan in the event of another local or national lockdown. We were also able to commission partners, such as Noise Academy and Beats Bus to showcase their work as part of the programme. Tuition Online tuition was all 1-1 tuition, so lots of learners who had previously received group tuition experienced individual tuition for the first time. Progress was much more rapid in most cases, despite not being face to face. However the digital deficit in Hull is significant with over 50% of households with children having no device on which to access online learning either from us or their school.
APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 The “per school” data sheet submitted to Arts Council England / Department for Education in October 2020 APPENDIX 2 Maps showing City coverage of both our Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET) and small group / individual tuition APPENDIX 3 Hull Music Service Demography & Standards Paper APPENDIX 4 Postcode Analysis of Music Service Learners by: Ward Customer Segmentation Deprivation
Worked with Hub Supported or WCET If mixed Number of How many Number of terms Supported as part of Supported to
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School/college name Phase Mar- July 20 Opportunities involved strategy.
Adelaide Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Ainthorpe Primary School Primary Y N N N Y
Alderman Cogan CofE Primary Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Appleton Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 45 45 2 Y Y
Appleton Primary School Primary 5 45 0 2
Archbishop Sentamu Academy Secondary Y N N N Y
Aspire Academy Not applicable Y N N N N
Bellfield Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y Y
Biggin Hill Primary School Primary Y Y Y 5 50 50 1 Y N
Bricknell Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 90 90 2 Y Y
Bridgeview Special School Not applicable Y Y Y 4,5,6 10 10 2 Y Y
Bridgeview Special School Not applicable 4,5,6 10 10 2
Bridgeview Special School Not applicable 4,5,6 10 10 2
Bridgeview Special School Not applicable 4,5,6 10 10 2
Broadacre Primary School Primary Y Y Y 3 50 50 2 Y Y
Buckingham Primary Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 50 50 2 Y Y
Bude Park Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 40 40 2 Y Y
Cavendish Primary School Primary Y N N Y
Chiltern Primary School Primary Y Y Y 3 30 30 2 Y Y
Chiltern Primary School Primary 4 30 0 2
Christopher Pickering Primary School Primary Y N Y 4 60 60 1 Y Y
Cleeve Primary School Primary N N N
Clifton Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 40 40 2 Y N
Collingwood Primary School Primary Y Y Y 5 50 50 2 Y Y
Craven Primary Academy Primary Y Y Y 5 25 0 2 Y Y
Craven Primary Academy Primary 4 25 0 1 Y Y
Craven Primary Academy Primary 3 25 0 1 Y Y
Craven Primary Academy Primary 2 25 0 1 Y Y
Craven Primary Academy Primary 1 25 25 1 Y Y
Dorchester Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Eastfield Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 90 90 2 Y Y
Endike Academy Primary Y Y Y 3 50 50 2 Y Y
Endsleigh Holy Child VC Academy Primary Y N N N Y
Estcourt Primary Academy Primary Y N N Y N
Francis Askew Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Frederick Holmes School Not applicable Y Y N Y NWorked with Hub Supported or WCET If mixed Number of pupils How many pupils Number of terms Supported as part of Supported to
your Hub on Provision delivered WCET Year year taking part in in column M are this programme your School Music develop singing
one or more significantly (Whole Class Group groups, list WCET in the year receiving WCET ran in this year Education Plan. for their pupils
core roles disrupted Instrumental year group for the first time group through the
due to Covid Teaching / Wider groups Hub's singing
Mar- July 20 Opportunities those strategy.
involved
Ganton School Not applicable Y Y N Y N
Gillshill Primary School Primary Y Y Y 5 30 0 2 Y Y
Gillshill Primary School Primary 4 30 30 2 Y Y
Griffin Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Hall Road Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Hall Road Academy Primary 5 60 0 1
Highlands Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 55 55 2 Y Y
Hull College 16 plus N N N N
Hull Trinity House Academy Secondary Y N N N N
Ings Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y Y
Kelvin Hall School Secondary Y N N Y Y
Kingswood Academy Secondary Y N N N N
Kingswood Parks Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Longhill Primary School Primary Y Y Y 3 45 45 2 Y Y
Longhill Primary School Primary 4 60 0 2
Longhill Primary School Primary 5 55 0 2
Malet Lambert Secondary Y N N Y Y
Marfleet Primary Academy Primary Y Y Y 3 30 30 2 Y Y
Marfleet Primary Academy Primary 4 30 0 2
Maybury Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y Y
Mersey Primary Academy Primary Y N N Y N
Mountbatten Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 40 40 2 Y Y
Neasden Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 40 40 2 Y Y
Newington Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 50 50 2 Y Y
Newland School for Girls Secondary Y N N Y N
Newland St John's CofE Academy Primary Y N N Y Y
Northcott School Not applicable Y N N Y N
Oakfield Not applicable Y N N Y N
Oldfleet Primary School Primary Y Y N Y Y
Paisley Primary School Primary N N N N
Parkstone Primary School Primary Y Y Y 3 45 45 2 Y Y
Parkstone Primary School Primary 4 45 0 2
Pearson Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 25 25 2 Y Y
Priory Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y Y
Rise Academy Not applicable N N NWorked with Hub Supported or WCET If mixed year Number of How many Number of terms Supported as part of Supported to
your Hub on Provision delivered WCET Year groups, list year pupils pupils in column this programme your School Music develop singing for
one or more significantly (Whole Class Group groups those taking part M are receiving ran in this year Education Plan. their pupils through
core roles disrupted Instrumental involved in WCET in WCET for the group the Hub's singing
due to Covid Teaching / Wider the year first time strategy.
Mar- July 20 Opportunities group
Rokeby Park Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 1 Y
Rokeby Park Primary School Primary 5 20 0 1
Rokeby Park Primary School Primary 6 30 0 1
Ron Dearing UTC Secondary Y N N N
Sidmouth Primary School Primary Y N N Y
Sirius Academy North Secondary Y N N Y
Sirius Academy West Secondary Y N N Y
Southcoates Primary Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y
Spring Cottage Primary School Primary Y Y N Y
St Andrew's CofE VA Primary School Primary Y N N N
St Anthony's VC Academy Primary Y N N N
St Charles VC Academy Primary N N N
St George's Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y
St James' CofE Academy Primary Y Y Y 5 30 30 2 Y
St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC Academy Primary N N N
St Mary's College, VC Academy Secondary Y N N N
St Nicholas Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y
St Richard's VC Academy Primary N N N
St Thomas More VC Academy Primary Y N N N
St Vincent's VC Academy Primary N N N
Stepney Primary School Primary N N N
Stockwell Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 50 0 2 Y
Stockwell Academy Primary 3 50 50 2 Y
Stoneferry Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y
Sutton Park Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 45 45 2 Y
Sutton Park Primary School Primary 5 45 0 2
Thanet Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y
The Boulevard Academy Secondary Y N N Y
The Boulevard Centre Not applicable N N N
The Compass Academy Not applicable Y N N Y
The Green Way Academy Primary Y N N Y
The Marvell College Secondary Y N N N
The Parks Primary Academy Primary N N NWorked with Hub Supported or WCET If mixed Number of How many Number of terms Supported as part of Supported to
your Hub on Provision delivered WCET Year year groups, pupils taking pupils in column this programme your School Music develop singing
one or more significantly (Whole Class Group list year part in WCET in M are receiving ran in this year Education Plan. for their pupils
core roles disrupted Instrumental groups the year group WCET for the group through the
due to Covid Teaching / Wider those first time Hub's singing
School/college name Phase Mar- July 20 Opportunities involved strategy.
The Sullivan Centre Not applicable N N N
Thoresby Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 75 75 2 Y
Thorpepark Academy Primary Y Y Y 4 60 60 2 Y
Tweendykes School Not applicable Y N N Y
Victoria Dock Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 40 40 2 Y
Wansbeck Primary School Primary Y Y N Y
Westcott Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 40 40 2 Y
Wheeler Primary School Primary Y Y Y 3 60 60 2 Y
Mixed ages (unknown
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Not applicable Y Y Y split) 4,5,6 10 10 Y
Mixed ages (unknown
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Not applicable split) 4,5,6 10 10 Y
Wilberforce College 16 plus Y N N N
Winifred Holtby Academy Secondary Y N N N
Wold Academy Primary Y Y N Y
Woodland Primary School Primary Y Y Y 4 30 30 2 Y
Wyke Sixth Form College 16 plus Y N N N
Totals where applicable 87 55 50 2930 2330 78APPENDIX 3
Hull Children, Young People and Family Services
Performance and Information Team
Hull Music Service – Demography and Standards 2018/2019
Due to COVID-19 equivalent data for 2019/20 is not available. We are therefore e-submitting
this report as an appendix to this report as it is being used as the basis for further investigation
and interrogation
Introduction and Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence to support the following statements:
How representative of the broader city school population is the Music Service’s pupil base?
What evidence is there to suggest that the Service adds value to the attainment and progress
of supported pupils?
Findings
Key Stage 1 2019
The Music Service supported 11 pupils out of citywide cohort of around 3 568 at Key Stage 1 2019.
Two out of the 11 pupils had some level of special educational needs and none were disadvantaged.
Although, given the small numbers of pupils involved, a broader comparison is not appropriate, the
following is worthy of noting:
All 11 supported pupils achieved the Expected Standard at Reading (100%)
All 11 supported pupils achieved the Expected Standard in Writing (100%)
At Mathematics, 10 (including two disadvantaged pupils) out of 11 pupils achieved the
Expected Standard (91%).Key Stage 2 2019
At Key Stage 2, 2019, the size of the citywide cohort was in the region of 3 164 pupils.
The Music Service supported around 390 pupils – 12% of the city’s cohort.
The following table summarises the underlying demography of supported pupils against the wider city
cohort:
Cohort Special Educational Needs Disadvantaged
Number Percentage Number Percentage
City 3 164 602 19 1 347 43
HM Service 390 47 12 120 31
The following table provides summary attainment of supported pupils against the wider city cohort:
Key Stage 2 2019 – Expected Standard at the Combined Measure (ALL of Reading, Writing and Mathematics)
Overall Special Educational Needs Disadvantaged
Cohort % Achieving Cohort % Achieving Cohort % Achieving
City 3 164 67 602 29 1396 59
HM Service 390 86 47 57 120 81
The following table summarises the progress of supported pupils against the wider city cohort:
Key Stage 2 2019 – Reading, Writing and Mathematics Progress Scores
Reading Writing Mathematics
City wide 1.4 1.2 1.3
HM Service 2.0 1.9 2.0
City SEN 0.5 -0.9 0.1
HMS SEN 2.3 0.0 1.6
City Disadvantaged 1.0 0.9 0.9
HMS Disadvantaged 1.4 1.3 1.4Key Stage 4 2019
At Key Stage 4, 2019, the size of the citywide cohort was in the region of 2 375 pupils.
The Music Service supported around 102 pupils – 4% of the city’s cohort.
The following table summarises the underlying demography of supported pupils against the wider city
cohort of 2018. Published outcomes are expected in January 2020:
Key Stage 4 - Attainment 8
Overall Special Educational Needs Disadvantaged
Cohort % Achieving Cohort % Achieving Cohort % Achieving
City 2 375 43.3 405 27.6 898 37.0
HM Service 102 56.3 15 48.5 34 49.2
Key Stage 4 - Progress 8
Overall Special Educational Needs Disadvantaged
Cohort % Achieving Cohort % Achieving Cohort % Achieving
City 2 375 -0.13 405 -0.53 898 -0.43
HM Service 102 0.51 15 0.28 34 0.24APPENDIX 4
Hull Music Service Postcode Analysis
Those receiving small group/individual weekly lessons
Hull 1942 97%
East Riding 56 3%
North Lincolnshire 2 0%
By Ward (Hull Postcodes Only)
Estimated 5 - 18 Year
Ward Postcodes Olds Rate Per 1000 Children
Avenue 148 1705 86.8
Bricknell 108 1337 80.8
St. Andrews and Docklands 133 2221 59.9
Sutton 117 1956 59.8
Beverley and Newland 102 1754 58.2
Holderness 105 1870 56.1
Orchard Park 192 3496 54.9
Derringham 90 1679 53.6
Kingswood 57 1080 52.8
Newington And Gipsyville 132 2582 51.1
Ings 67 1352 49.6
Drypool 75 1729 43.4
University 78 1911 40.8
Southcoates 82 2501 32.8
Pickering 42 1303 32.2
Marfleet 88 2794 31.5
West Carr 69 2297 30.0
Boothferry 55 1844 29.8
North Carr 89 3505 25.4
Central 45 1932 23.3
Longhill and Bilton Grange 50 2380 21.0
TOTAL 1924 43228 44.5By Ward (Hull Postcodes Only) including Whole Class Ensemble Teaching
Individual Whole Class
Small Ensemble Estimated
Group Tuition 5 - 18 Year
Ward Learners (WCET) Olds Rate Per 1000 Children
Bricknell 108 180 1337 215.4
Drypool 75 240 1729 182.2
Avenue 148 120 1705 157.1
St Andrews & Docklands 133 210 2221 154.4
Marfleet 88 300 2794 138.9
Ings 67 120 1352 138.3
Holderness 105 150 1870 136.4
Kingswood 57 90 1080 136.1
Sutton 117 120 1956 121.2
Beverley and Newland 102 120 1754 126.6
Longhill & Bilton Grange 50 230 2380 117.6
Newington & Gipsyville 132 150 2582 109.2
Derringham 90 60 1679 89.3
University 78 90 1911 87.9
Orchard Park 192 90 3496 80.7
Southcoates 82 120 2501 80.8
Boothferry 55 90 1844 78.6
Pickering 42 60 1303 78.3
Central 45 90 1932 69.9
West Carr 69 90 2297 69.2
North Carr 89 150 3505 68.2
TOTAL 1924 2750 43228 108.12All Matched Postcodes: Orchard Park Hull 192 9.7% Avenue Hull 148 7.5% St. Andrews and Docklands Hull 133 6.7% Newington And Gipsyville Hull 132 6.7% Sutton Hull 117 5.9% Bricknell Hull 108 5.4% Holderness Hull 105 5.3% Beverley and Newland Hull 102 5.1% Derringham Hull 90 4.5% North Carr Hull 89 4.5% Marfleet Hull 88 4.4% Southcoates Hull 82 4.1% University Hull 78 3.9% Drypool Hull 75 3.8% West Carr Hull 69 3.5% Ings Hull 67 3.4% Kingswood Hull 57 2.9% Boothferry Hull 55 2.8% Longhill and Bilton Grange Hull 50 2.5% Central Hull 45 2.3% Pickering Hull 42 2.1% Cottingham South East Riding 16 0.8% Tranby East Riding 6 0.3% Cottingham North East Riding 6 0.3% Willerby and Kirk Ella East Riding 6 0.3% Hessle East Riding 6 0.3% Mid Holderness East Riding 4 0.2% South East Holderness East Riding 4 0.2% Beverley Rural East Riding 2 0.1% South West Holderness East Riding 1 0.1% Howdenshire East Riding 1 0.1% Barton North Lincs 1 0.1% Trinity East Lindsey 1 0.1% Pocklington Provincial East Riding 1 0.1% St Mary's East Riding 1 0.1% Dale East Riding 1 0.1% Brigg and Wolds North Lincs 1 0.1% South Hunsley East Riding 1 0.1%
By Customer Segmentation:
Children Rate Per 1,000
Group Count Percentage Aged 5 - 18 Children Penetration
A 36 1.9% 585 61.5 HIGH
B 20 1.0% 593 33.7 VERY LOW
C 336 17.5% 10581 31.8 VERY LOW
D 314 16.3% 7977 39.4
E 143 7.4% 2696 53.0
F 112 5.8% 2704 41.4
G 161 8.4% 2017 79.8 VERY HIGH
H 342 17.8% 6755 50.6
I 266 13.8% 4637 57.4 HIGH
J 60 3.1% 1136 52.8
K 34 1.8% 586 58.0 HIGH
L 98 5.1% 2819 34.8 VERY LOW
M 2 0.1% 142 14.1 VERY LOW
TOTAL 1924 43228 44.5
The Segments:By Deprivation:
5 - 18
Population
Matched Hull Postcodes No % in Hull Difference
Number of Learners 1924
10% Most Deprived 863 44.9% 52.8% 7.9%
10% - 20% Deprived 92 4.8% 7.5% 2.8%
20% - 30% Deprived 186 9.7% 9.5% 0.2%
30% - 40% Deprived 308 16.0% 10.1% 5.9%
40% - 50% Deprived 104 5.4% 5.1% 0.3%
50% - 60% Deprived 123 6.4% 5.0% 1.4%
60% - 70% Deprived 89 4.6% 3.4% 1.2%
70% - 80% Deprived 105 5.5% 4.1% 1.4%
80% - 90% Deprived 54 2.8% 2.5% 0.3%
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