Learning Programme

for Schools and Colleges

An inclusive music programme for Disabled children and young people to make music in ambitious ways, build confidence and develop essential skills.

We create a space where creativity and self expression can thrive.

Our Learning Programme offers learning, music education and participatory workshops for Disabled children and young people in formal SEND settings.

Both weekly groups and 1-1 music sessions are tailored to meet the varying needs of students across special schools and colleges.

How do we do this?

Led by our team of experienced SEND music practitioners and music therapists, we use a combination of traditional instruments, like guitars, keyboards, and drums, with Accessible Music Technology (AMT) and adapted musical instruments to create an experience where creativity and self-expression thrives.

Working closely with schools and colleges, to make sure we deliver a well-suited music experience for all students.

We work together, listening to our participants and letting them shape our sessions.

Our Creative Technologists work closely with practitioners and support staff to ensure everyone can take part in our sessions, tailoring and adapting technology and tools to meet the needs of each participant, focusing on their ability not disability.

We want our participants to feel proud of their creative work and have the opportunity to present it to wider audiences, so we aim to share their music on professional platforms and showcases in venues.

To ensure that music-making, along with its benefits continues outside of our sessions, we offer CPD sessions and digital music resources for school staff.

“It’s like the lights go on when he’s with you! We never see him so focused all week, when I say it’s OmniMusic day, he signs ‘happy’”

Teacher, Heaton School

Frequently Asked Questions

Please contact us for an exact costing of the programme.

OmniMusic’s inclusive disability music programmes are created to support learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN), Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Learning Disabilities (LD), Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), Autism (ASD) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH.)

Our instrument collection and specialist music practitioners take a person-centred approach to make sure your students’ physical and sensory needs are met throughout our programme.

Most of our participants have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) and may, or may not, have a diagnosis in place.

We mainly work in special schools and colleges and don’t usually work in mainstream settings.

If you are a SENCo of a school with a Resource Base, please do still get in touch with us and we can advise you on the suitability of our programmes for your students.

We work in Stockport and across Greater Manchester Boroughs

We are able to offer inclusive music programmes for Disabled people in learning settings across Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.

  • Weekly group sessions
  • 1:1s
  • Staff CPD opportunities
  • Resources
  • Termly progress presentations
  • Feedback
  • Reports
  • End of year showcase
  • Certificate of participation

We aren’t funded to deliver school’s statutory responsibility under the national curriculum, but our sessions complement and enhance it — and support schools in meeting the National Plan for Music Education.

You’ll see that our sessions naturally cross over with many areas of the National Curriculum:

  • Listening and responding to music

  • Sharing and performing

  • Playing music in a group

  • Creating sounds and original music

  • Composing using accessible methods, including accessible notation.

  • Using accessible technology

 

Our sessions help schools deliver the major points in the National Plan for Music Education, ensuring pupils have inclusive opportunities to create, perform, and develop in our music sessions.

Schools can use our sessions to assess pupils against their own curriculum criteria, while we focus on unlocking creativity, inclusion, and enjoyment in music.

  • Cognitive & wellbeing developments for students
  • Social developments for students
  • Upskilling staff
  • Access to professional platforms
  • Access to assistive technology

Each education setting has varying levels of need, so each approach to this programme is very different.

Over 20 years of experience we find that smaller groups allow your students the time to work in-depth with our team to get the best outcomes.

We are here to help you make the right decision based on the needs of your students. Get in touch to discuss your needs.

  • All necessary instruments and equipment.
  • A minimum of 2 qualified, DBS checked specialist music practitioners.
  • A dedicated Programme Lead to coordinate your programme.
  • Public Liability Insurance and Professional Indemnity Insurance to £10M.
  • Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policy relevant to the programme.
  • Fundraising Advice and Guidance.
  • Letters of Support.
  • Participation Certificates per student.

If you’re interested in participating in the OmniMusic Learning Programme please contact the Programme Team who will get in touch with more information.

With thanks to our funders