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We believe every child should experience rich, joyful music learning — whether their lesson is led by a music specialist or not. Kidstrument combines a professionally sequenced, ready-to-teach curriculum with a Curriculum Designer and a 600+ activity Content Bank so schools can deliver music their way and still show clear progression from EYFS to Year 6.
To democratise primary music by giving schools a practical, flexible programme that builds musical understanding and confidence, reduces workload, and makes evidence simple for leaders.
Kidstrument grew out of a familiar challenge in UK primaries: passionate teachers with little time, and pupils who love making music but don’t always get a coherent journey year to year. We spoke with music leads, class teachers, and senior leaders who all asked for the same thing — less prep, more structure, and room to adapt.
We started with a ready-made curriculum that’s simple to roll out and easy to teach. Then we added the Curriculum Designer so schools can build and save their own units from our Content Bank — perfect for mixed-age classes, local topics, and school events. The result is a programme that launches in minutes and grows with your context.
Every interaction is designed for the classroom screen: uncluttered layouts, clear modelling, and interactive activities that keep pupils singing, moving, listening, performing, and creating.
Use our Prepared Curriculum for immediate consistency — sequenced units with clear objectives, vocabulary, resources, and assessment touchpoints. Or open the Curriculum Designer to assemble lessons from the 600+ activity Content Bank, reorder activities, and save variants for different classes and terms. Most schools do both: start with prepared units, then adapt and extend as confidence grows.
Singing, table drumming, movement, theory, sight-reading, and listening — ready for the whiteboard.
Build custom units in minutes. Reuse and share for mixed-age classes and PPA cover.
Professionally sequenced EYFS–Year 6 units with clear intent and step-by-step lesson flows.
Kidstrument’s aims and outcomes are mapped against the National Curriculum for Music (England) — developing performance, composition, and critical listening while deepening understanding of the inter-related dimensions of music (such as pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, and structure). Units revisit and extend these ideas so knowledge and skills build coherently from KS1 through KS2.
For early years, we draw on the EYFS statutory framework and non-statutory Development Matters guidance, with practical routes to “Expressive Arts and Design” and communication goals through rich musical play. We also reference sector guidance such as Music Development Matters, focusing on musical behaviours (exploration, imitation, creation) and environments that invite curiosity.
In practice, this means units that balance doing (singing, moving, playing, creating) with thinking and talking about music — so pupils can apply vocabulary, recognise patterns, and make purposeful musical choices.
We design activities for mixed-ability and mixed-age classes. Stepwise scaffolds, modelling, and tempo options support different needs, including pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those with English as an additional language (EAL). Visual prompts, repetition, and call-and-response structures promote confidence and participation for all.
The classroom interface is deliberately calm and readable on a whiteboard. Navigation is predictable, controls are large, and content is age-appropriate — helping teachers keep attention on music-making, not on managing tabs and files.
Leaders can access simple overviews to see coverage and progression, making it easier to support staff, plan CPD, and communicate the school’s music journey.
Schools start in different places. Some want immediate consistency for non-specialists; others want a playground for specialists to extend and enrich. Kidstrument supports both. Begin with the prepared path, switch to custom units where you need flexibility, and keep everything saved for next term — handover-friendly for new staff and PPA arrangements.
Because the Content Bank is searchable by year group, concept, and activity type, you can build short starters or full lessons that match your timetable. And when you do need to evidence, simple exports help you show intent, implementation, and impact without piles of paperwork.