Research Report on Instrumental/Vocal Tuition in Private and State Schools

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1 Research Report on Instrumental/Vocal Tuition in Private and State Schools Part 1: Summary of Key Outcomes and Comparisons Pages 1 2 Part 2: Detailed Findings from Instrumental/Vocal Music Survey of Private Schools, conducted in association with the Music Masters and Mistresses Association Pages by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

2 Research Report on Instrumental/Vocal Music Tuition in Private and State Schools Part 1: Executive Summary of Key Outcomes and Comparisons 1 Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4 music learners as a percentage of total pupils Private schools State schools Key Stage 1 25% 2% Key Stage 2 62% 13% Key Stage 3 53% 8% Key Stage 4 43% 5% Total 50% 8.4% 2 Percentage of music learners receiving individual/group tuition Private schools State schools Individual tuition 93% 23% Group tuition 7% 77% 3 Average music lesson length Private schools State schools Individual tuition 33 mins 27 mins Group tuition 32 mins 29 mins 4 Employment/engagement of music teachers Private schools State schools Full time 6% 22% Part time 42% 21% Daily/hourly paid 52% 57% 5 Instrumental/vocal pupils per Full Time Equivalent music teacher Private schools State schools Pupils by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 1

3 6 Pupils receiving tuition in each main instrument family as a percentage of all pupils receiving tuition in any of the main instrument families Private schools State schools Keyboard 24.4% 12.5% Strings 26.9% 42.3% Woodwind 22.3% 22.4% Brass 5.5% 11.4% Percussion 8.3% 7.0% Voice 12.6% 4.4% Total 100.0% 100.0% 7 Pupil participation in ensembles Private schools Percentage of pupils in each ensemble State schools Percentage of pupils in each ensemble Choir 36.5% 15.1% Orchestra 18.9% 14.1% String Ensemble 7.5% 15.5% Chamber Group 7.7% Woodwind Ensemble 4.2% 8.8% Brass Band 1.7% 5.5% Wind Band 10.7% 16.4% Jazz Group 5.2% 3.9% World Music Group 1.1% 4.4% Rock/Pop Group 5.3% 3.5% Percussion Ensemble 0.1% 2.5% Samba Group 0.1% 2.0% African Instrumental Ensemble 0.1% 1.7% Keyboard Ensemble 1.5% Other Ensembles 0.9% 5.1% Total 100.0% 100.0% Note: Please see Part 2 of this report for Sources and Notes on the research outcomes by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 2

4 Research Report on Instrumental/Vocal Music Tuition in Private and State Schools Part 2: Detailed Findings from Instrumental/Vocal Music Survey of Private Schools, conducted in association with the Music Masters and Mistresses Association (MMA). Findings reported 1 June 2006 Sources An online questionnaire was ed to 176 members of The MMA. A further reference was made to the questionnaire in the MMA journal, Ensemble. In some sections of this report comparative data have been used from the Survey of Local Authorities Music Services 2005, issued by the DfES (Research Report RR700). This survey was based on responses received from all but one Music Service, a total of 149. Where such data have been included they are shown in shaded columns. 1. Type of school Number of respondents = 105 Number Percentage Independent % State 4 4% Other 0 0% Total % Primary (Prep) 18 17% Secondary 52 50% Both 33 31% Other 2 2% Total % 2006 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 3

5 2. Total number of pupils at the school Respondents = 102 Number of Pupils Number of Schools < by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 4

6 3. Number of pupils currently receiving regular instrumental/vocal lessons a) All years Respondents = 48 Number of pupils receiving lessons Total number of pupils in Year Early years % % of pupils in year receiving lessons Key Stage 1 Year 1 (Age 5 6) % Year 2 (Age 6 7) % Year 3 (Age 7 8) % Key Stage 2 Year 4 (Age 8 9) % Year 5 (Age 9 10) % Year 6 (Age 10 11) % Year 7 (Age 11 12) 1,557 2,684 58% Key Stage 3 Year 8 (Age 12 13) 1,476 2,747 54% Year 9 (Age 13 14) 1,815 3,671 49% Key Stage 4 Year 10 (Age 14 15) 1,618 3,606 45% Year 11 (Age 15 16) 1,464 3,535 41% AS Level Year 12 (Age 16 17) 1,203 3,390 35% A Level Year 13 (Age 17 18) 1,076 3,130 34% Year 14 (Age 18+) % Total 12,821 27,805 46% Notes: Some minor inconsistencies in the data have been adjusted as follows: 1. Where responses were incomplete figures were added reflecting the mean of the complete data. 2. Where the Number of pupils receiving tuition exceeded the Total number of pupils in year the figures have been reversed. The adjustments in 1 and 2 above had the overall effect of increasing the stated Total number of pupils in all years by 634 (2.3%) by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 5

7 b) Compulsory school age only Respondents = 48 Key Stage 1 Number of pupils receiving lessons Total number of pupils in Year % of pupils in year receiving lessons Year 1 (Age 5 6) % Year 2 (Age 6 7) % Year 3 (Age 7 8) % Key Stage 2 Year 4 (Age 8 9) % Year 5 (Age 9 10) % Year 6 (Age 10 11) % Year 7 (Age 11 12) 1,557 2,684 58% Key Stage 3 Year 8 (Age 12 13) 1,476 2,747 54% Year 9 (Age 13 14) 1,815 3,671 49% Key Stage 4 Year 10 (Age 14 15) 1,618 3,606 45% Year 11 (Age 15 16) 1,464 3,535 41% Total 10,402 20,733 50% Number of pupils receiving lessons Total number of pupils Private schools % of pupils receiving lessons State schools % of pupils receiving lessons Key Stage % 2% Key Stage 2 2,267 3,676 62% 13% Key Stage 3 4,848 9,102 53% 8% Key Stage 4 3,082 7,141 43% 5% Total 10,402 20,733 50% 8.4% 2006 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 6

8 4. Number and types of instrumental teachers Respondents = 95 Teacher Type Number of Schools Number of Teachers Average Number of Teachers per School Number of Full Time Equivalent Teachers* Average Number of Full Time Equivalent Teachers per School Private schools % of teachers State schools % of teachers Full Time % 22% Part Time 70 1, % 21% Daily/Hourly Paid 63 1, % 57% All types 95 2, % 100% * Note: Many respondents misinterpreted this part of the question and simply repeated the number of Part Time/Daily/Hourly Paid teachers under Number of Full Time Equivalent. The numbers stated above have been estimated using the average of those correctly reported. Number of Schools Percentage of Schools Schools with only Full Time Teachers 0 0% Schools with only Part Time Teachers 16 17% Schools with only Daily/Hourly Paid Teachers 21 22% Schools with mixture of Full Time and Part Time Teaching 17 18% Schools with mixture of Full Time and Daily/Hourly Paid Teaching 9 9% Schools with mixture of Part Time and Daily/Hourly Paid Teaching 13 14% Schools with mixture of Full Time, Part Time and Daily/Hourly Paid Teaching 19 20% 2006 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 7

9 Private Schools State Schools Instrumental/vocal pupils per Full Time Equivalent Teacher Notes: 1. For Private Schools, the calculation is based on the 986 Full Time Equivalent teachers in the 95 responding schools shown above. 2. In the DfES 2005 Survey, only 23 of the 149 responding Music Services answered this particular question. The State Schools calculation is based on those 23 answers by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 8

10 5. Type of tuition Respondents = 52 Private schools * State schools % Individual Tuition % Small Group Tuition *Note: Averaged response across all pupils and all schools 6. Average lesson length per type of tuition Respondents = 55 Average lesson length Maximum lesson length Minimum lesson length Individual tuition (minutes) Private schools Small group tuition (minutes) Individual tuition (minutes) State schools Small group tuition (minutes) by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 9

11 7. Number of pupils receiving lessons for each instrument Respondents = 3 44 NB: the sample sizes for World Music and Other Instruments (see below) are too small to provide a basis for extrapolation. Number of Respondents Instrument Grouping Instrument Brass Trumpet Trombone French Horn Tenor Horn Cornet Euphonium Tuba Total/Average 44 Number of Pupils % of Brass Pupils 55% 15% 16% 2% 7% 3% 3% Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School Keyboard Electronic Keyboard Piano Jazz Piano Organ Harpsichord 44 Number of Pupils 17 3, ,451 % of Keyboard Pupils 0.5% 94.5% 3% 2% 0% Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School Strings Violin Cello Viola Double Bass Electric Guitar Classical Guitar 44 Number of Pupils 1, , ,799 % of String Pupils 35% 13% 3% 2% 28% 18% 1% Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School Harp by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 10

12 Number of Respondents Instrument Grouping Instrument Total/Average Woodwind Clarinet Flute Saxophone Recorder/s Oboe Bassoon Cor Anglais 44 Number of Pupils 917 1, ,156 % of Woodwind Pupils Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School 29% 33% 25% 5% 6% 2% 0.1% Percussion Drum Kit Marimba Xylophone Vibraphone Orchestral 43 Number of Pupils ,150 % of Percussion Pupils Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School 81% 2% 4% 2% 10% Voice Voice 43 Number of Pupils 1,737 1,737 % of Voice Pupils 100% Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 11

13 Number of Respondents Instrument Grouping Instrument Total/Average World Music Gamelan Tabla Sitar Steel Pans African Drums 3 Number of Pupils % of World Music Pupils Average Number of Pupils per Instrument per Responding School 30% 37% 30% 0% 3% Other Instruments Accordion Aural Bagpipes Bass Guitar Composition Music Technology 11 Number of Pupils % of Other Instrument Pupils Average Number of Pupils per Responding School 2% 6% 57% 25% 2% 9% by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 12

14 8. Pupils receiving tuition in each main instrument as a percentage of all pupils receiving tuition in any of the main instruments Private schools State schools Brass 5.46% 11.44% Trumpet 2.99% 4.80% Trombone 0.79% 1.59% French Horn 0.90% 0.48% Tenor Horn/Baritone 0.09% 1.26% Cornet 0.39% 2.62% Euphonium 0.16% 0.49% Tuba 0.15% 0.20% Keyboard 24.42% 12.54% Electronic Keyboard 0.12% 7.78% Piano 23.07% 4.77% Jazz Piano 0.74% Organ 0.49% Harpsichord 0.00% Strings 26.88% 42.24% Violin 9.29% 20.23% Cello 3.37% 3.37% Viola 0.81% 0.95% Double Bass 0.52% 0.41% Electric Guitar 7.64% Classical Guitar 4.87% 17.25% Harp 0.38% 0.02% Woodwind 22.33% 22.36% Clarinet 6.49% 9.84% Flute 7.39% 10.91% Saxophone 5.53% 0.40% Recorder/s 1.05% 0.27% Oboe 1.44% 0.65% Bassoon 0.41% 0.29% Cor Anglais 0.03% 2006 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 13

15 Percussion 8.33% 6.99% Drum Kit 6.78% 4.53% Marimba 0.17% Xylophone 0.35% Vibraphone 0.15% Orchestral 0.87% 2.46% Voice 12.58% 4.43% Total % % 2006 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 14

16 9. Pupil participation in ensembles Respondents = 46 Number of Ensembles Average Number of Ensembles per Responding School Number of Pupils in Ensembles Private Schools Percentage of Pupils in each Ensemble State Schools Percentage of Pupils in each Ensemble Choir , % 15.1% Orchestra , % 14.1% String Ensemble Chamber Group Woodwind Ensemble % 15.5% , % % 8.8% Brass Band % 5.5% Wind Band , % 16.3% Jazz Group % 3.9% World Music Group % 4.4% Rock/Pop Group % 3.5% Percussion Ensemble % 2.5% Samba Group % 2.0% African Instrumental % 1.7% Ensemble Keyboard Ensemble 1.5% Other Ensembles % 5.1% Total , % 100.0% Notes: 1. The Total Average Number of Ensembles (19.9) is calculated by averaging the total number of ensembles per responding school. 2. Number of Pupils in Ensembles: where a pupil participates in more than one ensemble of the same type, he/she is included only once for that type. Where a pupil participates in more than one type of ensemble, he/she is included in each type by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 15

17 Maximum Number of Ensembles in any School Minimum Number of Ensembles in any School by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Page 16