On 1 September, music educators in England threw away their copies of the NPME: The Importance of Music (2011) and bookmarked the new NPME: The Power of Music to Change Lives (2022). Of course, it is very likely that pupils will not have noticed any changes: instrumental and vocal learning, composition, exploring music from across the globe, centuries and genres will have continued to be at the core of music education in and out of the classroom.
Two key things have changed, however. Firstly, the DfE has done more to highlight to schools that the Plan exists and outline the crucial role they play in meeting the ambitions of the Plan. Secondly, the new Plan sees a shift in the relationship between schools and music hubs. Schools' prime responsibility for providing music education in and out of the classroom for all pupils remains. Music hubs are now, however, charged with supporting schools in all aspects of their curricular and co-curricular delivery.
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