Music education is in crisis.
The answer is already in your school.

"The efficiencies have already been made.
There is nothing left to cut."
Bridget Whyte, APPG for Music Education, June 2026

AI-powered music CPD for England's Music Hub Lead Organisations

built on 40 years of classroom experience.

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150+

150+

150+

children per school per week

children per school per week

10

10

10

weeks to a finished original song

weeks to a finished original song

40

40

40

years of classroom proof

years of classroom proof

0

0

0

specialist music teachers required

specialist music teachers required

HOW IT WORKS

1 Hub trains the teacher

A half-day online CPD session gives the class teacher the confidence to set up their BandLab for Education classroom before the term starts. No specialist equipment needed.

2 Teacher presses play

Each week the teacher follows Phil's instructional video. The teacher holds the AI account and brings the output into the room. Children never access generative AI directly.

3 Children make a song

30 children. One IT suite. Ten weeks. Every child contributes to a finished, original piece of music. They hear themselves in the result.

4 Teacher earns certified CPD

The teacher receives a certificate of completion. Real AI music CPD on their CV - earned alongside the children they teach. No extra time. No extra cost to the school.

The AI Music Educator

Phil Heeley

AI is the instrument. Inclusion is the beat.

THE PROBLEM

There is no music specialist in most primary schools.

There is no music specialist in most primary schools.

Peripatetic teachers reach some children, once a week, for part of the year.

Peripatetic teachers reach some children, once a week, for part of the year.

Class teachers want to deliver music. Most do not feel equipped to try.

Class teachers want to deliver music. Most do not feel equipped to try.

Supply cover for CPD costs time and budget most schools no longer have.

Supply cover for CPD costs time and budget most schools no longer have.

Children quietly decided music was not for them before they were old enough to choose.

Children quietly decided music was not for them before they were old enough to choose.

Music education is not failing for lack of effort. It is failing for lack of infrastructure.

Music education is not failing for lack of effort. It is failing for lack of infrastructure.

The Curriculum and Assessment Review has opened the door.
Most schools do not yet have a hand to take it.

The Curriculum and Assessment Review has opened the door.
Most schools do not yet have a hand to take it.

Phil Heeley has spent 40 years building the answer to exactly this problem.

Phil Heeley has spent 40 years building the answer to exactly this problem.

THE OFFER

• A half-day online CPD session trains the class teacher before term starts.

• A half-day online CPD session trains the class teacher before term starts.

•Ten weekly instructional videos guide the teacher through the programme.

•Ten weekly instructional videos guide the teacher through the programme.

• Every child in the class contributes to a finished, original piece of music.

• Every child in the class contributes to a finished, original piece of music.

• The AI layer is teacher-mediated. Children never access generative AI directly.

• The AI layer is teacher-mediated. Children never access generative AI directly.

• BandLab for Education is the delivery platform - free, browser-based, fully walled.

• BandLab for Education is the delivery platform - free, browser-based, fully walled.

• KCSIE 2025 compliant. DfE Generative AI Product Safety Expectations met as standard.

• KCSIE 2025 compliant. DfE Generative AI Product Safety Expectations met as standard.

• The classroom teacher earns certified CPD alongside the children they teach.

• The classroom teacher earns certified CPD alongside the children they teach.

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“GarageBand for Schools fulfils this role masterfully - removing barriers to the effective use of music technology and making it more accessible and enjoyable.”

“GarageBand for Schools fulfils this role masterfully - removing barriers to the effective use of music technology and making it more accessible and enjoyable.”

Richard Hallam MBE

Former National Music Participation Director, Department for Education

“The best CPD I've had in a very long time. All the children could follow the clear steps on the video. The class teacher developed the necessary skills to run the project in future without support.”

“The best CPD I've had in a very long time. All the children could follow the clear steps on the video. The class teacher developed the necessary skills to run the project in future without support.”

Jenny Jones - Widey Court Primary School

ABOUT PHIL

I failed the piano, the guitar and the flute. Then my mum gave me a Casio VL-Tone on my 21st birthday and everything changed. Technology did not teach me music. It revealed it. That is still the model.

I failed the piano, the guitar and the flute. Then my mum gave me a Casio VL-Tone on my 21st birthday and everything changed. Technology did not teach me music. It revealed it. That is still the model.

I co-created Dance eJay for Schools in 2004. I have delivered the same approach in Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth and Singapore. Including schools where inclusion is the brief. Technology is what makes it possible.
40 years. Three platforms. One programme.
Every child makes a finished, original piece of music.

I co-created Dance eJay for Schools in 2004. I have delivered the same approach in Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth and Singapore. Including schools where inclusion is the brief. Technology is what makes it possible.
40 years. Three platforms. One programme.
Every child makes a finished, original piece of music.

I have no formal music qualifications. That is the credential, not the gap. It means I built this for the teacher who does not have them either and proved it works.
The AI layer does not change that. It amplifies it.

I have no formal music qualifications. That is the credential, not the gap. It means I built this for the teacher who does not have them either and proved it works.
The AI layer does not change that. It amplifies it.

THE WINDOW IS OPEN

THE WINDOW IS OPEN

Music Hub Lead Organisations are making their AI CPD decisions now.

Music Hub Lead Organisations are making their AI CPD decisions now.

The NCAME contract winner will be announced on or around 19 June 2026.
The conversation about AI music CPD for 2026-27 is already happening.
The question is whether you are in it.

The NCAME contract winner will be announced on or around 19 June 2026.
The conversation about AI music CPD for 2026-27 is already happening.
The question is whether you are in it.

No deck. No form. A conversation.

No deck. No form. A conversation.

No deck. No form.
A conversation.

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