Sussex Music Hub

Music hubs are partnerships of organisations working together to create joined-up music education provision, in and out of school, as part of the National Plan for Music Education (NPME) in England. They are there to ensure that all children and young people have equitable access to high-quality music education activity.

They are each administered by a hub lead organisation – in the case of Sussex Music Hub this is Brighton Dome & Festival Ltd– which takes on responsibility for the funding and governance of the hub. There are more than 43 music hubs across England, and each receives a grant from the Department for Education, administered through Arts Council England, designed to deliver an excellent music education for all, with partnership at its core. This is expressed via:

• a vision
• three aims
• five strategic functions

The NPME articulates a vision for music education in which:
All children and young people should be able to learn to sing, play an instrument and create music together, and have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talent, including into a professional creative career.

Every Hub is expected to deliver against three aims as set out in the NPME:

1. To support schools and other education settings to deliver high-quality music education.
2. To support young people to further develop their musical interests and talent, including into employment.
3. To support all children and young people to engage with a range of musical opportunities in and out of school.