Cheshire & Wirral Music Hub Annual Data Return
Academic Year 2025-2026

 

We realise that you may not have a lot of this data readily to hand and, as such, provision of your email address will enable an automatic link to be provided, giving you the opportunity to edit previously submitted data or manage completion of the form over a period of time. Information on how to 'Save and Continue Later' can be found HERE (opens in a new tab)

 

Questions marked with * are required and you can not proceed through the form unless they are completed

About this form

Section 1 - Ensemble opportunities

• Part 1 Deals with the ensemble opportunities that are available to pupils within your school
• Part 2 Requests information with regard to Keystage level, sex at birth and the numbers of pupils with SEN statements and eligible for pupil premium who take part in the school ensembles
• Part 3 Requests information with regard to the ethnicity of pupils who take part in the school ensembles. We recognise that this might be challenging so please make use of Not Known fields where necessary.

Section 2 - Classroom Instrumental Learning (CIL) previously Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET)

• Requests the year group, number of pupils and length of the project 

Section 3 - Individual, small & large group tuition

• Requests information with regard to children receiving Individual, small group or large group lessons and their standards. Once again it's broken down by sex at birth, pupils eligible for pupil premium and those with SEN statements.

Section 4 - Ethnicity

• Once again we are also asked to record the pupils ethninicity. This relates solely to pupils receiving small group, Large group & individual tuition

 

Please Note

If the Love Music Trust is your instrumental and vocal provider, various parts of the survey are bypassed and the relevant information will be entered on your behalf by LMT.

Section 1 Part 1: School Specific Data Activities/Ensembles

Here you will be asked to provide information relating to Music Ensemble (group) opportunities in your school which are provided independently of Love Music Trust e.g. by school staff or on an independent basis with any outside provider

 

PLEASE NOTE The following section relates to regular music ensembles that take place in school and should not include any whole class music projects or first access delivery

Section 1- Part 1
Activities/Ensembles organised by school staff or through independent provider

Please indicate the total number of musical ensembles and activities (please note that this is not whole class or First Access) delivered in your school which fall under the criteria above:

Instrumental

Vocal Only

Other & Unknown

Section 1 Part 2: Numbers of pupils participating in Activities/Ensemble

This section is separated into KS1 and KS2 although the categories are the same for both.
For each of the ensembles that you have previously listed please indicate how many children from the following categories regularly attend at least 1 of them. By regularly, we mean at least once a week and/or several times a year for the more intensive experiences (more than a day)

Please Note The following section relates to regular music ensembles that take place in school and should not include any whole class music projects or first access delivery Once again this information relates solely to tuition that is being provided independently of the Love Music Trust

Section 1 Part 2:
Numbers of pupils participating in Activities/Ensembles KS1 & KS2

NB only enter the total number of participating pupils taking part in ensembles i.e. one pupil participating in three different ensembles would only be counted once.

Section 1 Part 3: Ethnicity
Please note the ethnicity of pupils participating in Activities/Ensembles KS1 & KS2 as detailed in your previous response.

Section 2: First Access - Classroom Instrumental Learning (CIL)

Section 2: First Access - Classroom Instrumental Learning (CIL)

Section 3: Small Group & Individual Lessons

This section deals with the standards of children receiving small group and individual lessons away from the whole class environment, typically these are the children that have opted to receive or continue learning an instrument in the 'conventional' manner.

The information being requested relates solely to tuition that is being provided independently of the Love Music Trust

On the following pages you will be asked to enter the numbers of children receiving instrumental and vocal lessons broken down into Individual, Small Group and Large Group (more than 10 pupils together in the same group) lessons.

Each of the above categories is then further split into:

• Sex at birth
• Pupils receiving additional subsidy support (this is a contribution made on behalf of an individual pupil(s) in addition to any financial contribution that is made by the school towards the general cost of lessons where a charge is levied on pupils for lessons)
• Pupils eligible for pupil premium
• Pupils with an SEN statement
• Pupils with a combination of the previous 3 scenarios

'This section asks for general figures of standards comparable to those used by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). If you are uncertain of the standard of an individual pupil, please ask the pupil's instrumental teacher.

Section 3: Small Group & Individual Lessons

The following entries should only reflect data pertaining to children taught by tutors other than those contracted through Love Music Trust.

Section 3: Part 2 Instrumental Pupil Standards KS1 &2

Using the following guide please enter the numbers of your pupils working at the respective levels in the table below:

Entry Level: Pre-level 1 NQF / Initial / Prep
Foundation Level: Level 1 NQF / Grades 1-3
Intermediate Level: Level 2 NQF / Grades 4-5
Advanced Level: Level 3 NQF  / Grade 6 and above

Section 4 - Ethnicity

As last year we have been asked to provide information on the ethnicity of our pupils and we'd be grateful for your cooperation in this matter.

This information relates to the pupils receiving instrumental or vocal tuition in any of the scenarios listed in the previous section but not whole class or first access.

Ethnicity
Please note the ethnicity of pupils receiving instrumental or vocal tuition as detailed in your previous response

You can now choose either:

• To submit your entered data, in which case you will receive an email to the address previously entered enabling you to edit your submitted data at any time in the future

or

• Go back and check your previous entries, you will still get the opportunity to edit your submitted data at a later date once you click the submit button to the next page and receive confirmation that your data has been received

Section 1 Part 1: School Specific Data Activities/Ensembles

Here you will be asked to provide information relating to Music Ensemble (group) opportunities in your school which are provided independently of Love Music Trust e.g. by school staff or on an independent basis with any outside provider.

 

PLEASE NOTE The following section relates to regular music ensembles that take place in school and should not include any whole class music projects or first access delivery

 

 

Section 1- Part 1
Activities/Ensembles organised by school staff or through independent provider

Please indicate the total number of musical ensembles and activities delivered in your school which fall under the criteria above:

Instrumental

Vocal Only

Other & Unknown

Section 1 Part 2: Numbers of pupils participating in Activities/Ensembles

This section is separated into KS3, 4 and 5 although the categories are the same for all.
For each of the ensembles that you have previously listed please indicate how many children from the following categories regularly attend at least 1 of them. By regularly, we mean at least once a week and/or several times a year for the more intensive experiences (more than a day)

Please Note The following section relates to regular music ensembles that take place in school and should not include any whole class music projects or first access delivery Once again this information relates solely to tuition that is being provided independently of Love Music Trust

Section 1 Part 2:
Numbers of pupils participating in Activities/Ensembles KS3, 4 & 5

NB only enter the total number of participating pupils taking part in ensembles i.e. one pupil participating in three different ensembles would only be counted once.

Section 1 Part 3: Ethnicity
Please note the ethnicity of pupils participating in Activities/Ensembles KS3, 4 & 5 as detailed in your previous response.

Section 2: First Access - Classroom Instrumental Learning (CIL)

Section 2: First Access - Classroom Instrumental Learning (CIL)

Section 3 - Small Group & Individual Lessons

This section deals with the of children receiving small group and individual lessons away from the whole class environment, typically these are the children that have opted to receive or continue learning an instrument in the 'conventional' manner.

The information requested relates solely to tuition that is being provided independently of the Love Music Trust

On the following pages you will be asked to enter the numbers of children receiving instrumental and vocal lessons broken down into Individual, Small Group and Large Group (more than 10 pupils together in the same group) lessons.

Each of the above categories is then further split into:

• Gender
• Pupils receiving additional subsidy support (this is a contribution made on behalf of an individual pupil(s) in addition to any financial contribution that is made by the school towards the general cost of lessons where a charge is levied on pupils for lessons)
• Pupils eligible for pupil premium
• Pupils with an SEN statement
• Pupils with a combination of the previous 3 scenarios

'This section asks for general figures of standards comparable to those used by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). If you are uncertain of the standard of an individual pupil, please ask the pupil's instrumental teacher.

Section 3: Small Group & Individual Lessons

The following entries should only reflect data pertaining to children taught by tutors other than those contracted through the Love Music Trust.

Section 3: Part 2 Instrumental Pupil Standards KS3, 4 & 5

Using the following guide please enter the numbers of your pupils working at the respective levels in the table below:

Entry Level: Pre-level 1 NQF / Initial / Prep
Foundation Level: Level 1 NQF / Grades 1-3
Intermediate Level: Level 2 NQF / Grades 4-5
Advanced Level: Level 3 NQF  / Grade 6 and above

Section 4 - Ethnicity

As last year we have been asked to provide information on the ethnicity of our pupils and we'd be grateful for your cooperation in this matter.

This information relates to the pupils receiving instrumental or vocal tuition in any of the scenarios listed in the previous section but not whole class or first access.

Ethnicity
Please note the ethnicity of pupils receiving instrumental or vocal tuition as detailed in your previous response

You can now choose either:

• To submit your entered data, in which case you will receive an email to the address previously entered enabling you to edit your submitted data at any time in the future

or

• Go back and check your previous entries, you will still get the opportunity to edit your submitted data at a later date once you click the submit button to the next page and receive confirmation that your data has been received