Musical understanding

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Reports provided by the ISM Trust
- ISM Musical understanding Full Report (0.46MB PDF)
- ISM Musical understanding an executive summary (0.23MB PDF)
Indexes of additional resources (PDFs) and internet links
- PDF titles referred to within the full report docx (0.09MB PDF)
- Internet links referred to within the full report docx (0.11MB PDF)
Additional resources
- Pedagogy and Practice by Df ES 2004 (0.39MB PDF)
- NCC Consultation Report 1992 (6.52MB PDF)
- Music in the NC 1992 (5.37MB PDF)
- NCC Music non statutory guidance 1992 (14.02MB PDF)
- Music in the NC 1995 (9.56MB PDF)
- Music NC 1999 key extracts (8.02MB PDF)
- Music NC 1999 entire text (0.1MB PDF)
- Music Levels (1.73MB PDF)
- QCA Music Update Spring 2001 (6.38MB PDF)
- Music NC KS3 only 2008 (1.55MB PDF)
- NC Primary Music 2013 (0.09MB PDF)
- NC Secondary Music 2013 (0.09MB PDF)
- Music teachers Guidance Primary by QCA 2000 (0.63MB PDF)
- Music teachers Guidance Secondary by QCA 2000 (0.98MB PDF)
- NC in Action (0.04MB PDF)
- Secondary Strategy Music Unit 1 (0.46MB PDF)
- Secondary Strategy progression of understanding (0.06MB PDF)
- Exemplification of standards access and use (0.56MB PDF)
- APP Guidelines (0.05MB PDF)
- APP handbook (1.19MB PDF)
- Making more of music by Ofsted 2009 (0.28MB PDF)
- Making more Primary booklet by Ofsted 2009 (0.48MB PDF)
- Making more Secondary booklet by Ofsted 2009 (0.43MB PDF)
- Music in schools wider still and wider by Ofsted 2012 (0.32MB PDF)
- Music in schools promoting good practice by Ofsted 2012 (0.27MB PDF)
- Music survey visits by Ofsted 2013 (0.23MB PDF)
- The Importance of Music A National Plan for Music Education 2011 (0.52MB PDF)
- Secondary Strategy Music Pilot final report (0.09MB PDF)
- Secondary Strategy Music Pilot questionnaires (0.06MB PDF)
- Secondary Stratedgy Music Pilot impact summary (0.05MB PDF)
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