Director of @musicedsolution.bsky.social, Editor of @primarymusicmag.bsky.social and Music Hubs & Services Magazine, author of the Primary Music Leader’s Handbook, and co-author of the Secondary Music Leader’s Handbook. www.musiceducationsolutions.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3m2jqa3uefs24My latest for Music Teacher Magazine https://www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/feature/teaching-from-your-core-values/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=LinkedIn#Echobox=175973738906 Oct 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jqa3uefs24https://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lxpxz5vezk2l*NEW* Blog: Making the right start with music. https://musiceducationsolutions.co.uk/news/making-the-right-start-with-music/31 Aug 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxpxz5vezk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lxl2nlnil22aJust seen someone advertising a music education job that doesn’t exist yet for a government contract they haven’t won yet for (at an educated guess) a National Centre for Music & Arts Education for which no firm details have been released. 🤯29 Aug 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxl2nlnil22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lwm5c7nrx22nThis is quite the read! 😱 Not so Totally Rad: the UK music tuition firm leaving pupils in the lurch and teachers in despair https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/aug/17/not-so-totally-rad-the-uk-music-tuition-firm-leaving-pupils-in-the-lurch-and-teachers-in-despair?CMP=share_btn_url17 Aug 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwm5c7nrx22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lwhmtv566c2gAnother accolade? Go on then! 🥰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhmtv566c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lwetcytzl22fThrilled by this news! 🎶🥳 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwetcytzl22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lvds5g63vs2eI really, REALLY wish we could get beyond the misunderstanding that music education = extra-curricular instrumental provision. Music is a statutory subject of the National Curriculum, and the heart of music education is inclusive classroom music lessons, not optional instrumental provision.01 Aug 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvds5g63vs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lv6gqetuu22qLooking forward to launching the first cohort of this in 2026! #MusicEd [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2025 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6gqetuu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3luxkxnnvjc2n#EduSkyUK [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3luxkxnnvjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/drlizstafford.bsky.social/post/3lufglo6kt22gSome blue sky for Bluesky! Looking forward to relaxing and recharging after another hectic academic year. 🥰20 Jul 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:666btoue7mzzvijmnxu32igo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufglo6kt22g