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Developed by a real teacher ….Meet the founder: Brendon Jones

Bren is a music educator, curriculum designer and musician with experience across secondary education, further education, teacher development and digital learning.

Across those roles, he kept seeing the same problem: teachers were often expected to deliver meaningful music with limited time, uneven subject confidence and too little practical support. This can be especially challenging in alternative provision and specialist settings, where pupils may need more structure, flexibility and different routes into participation.

He created Music Ready to Teach because good music provision should not depend on teachers having to search through resource banks, reinvent lessons or work out every practical detail alone.

Music Ready to Teach is built on a simple belief: every young person deserves the chance to belong, contribute and succeed through music.

A practical pathway for delivering music

Music Ready to Teach is not simply a bank of lesson resources. It is a clear, practical pathway for delivering KS3 music: a sequence of familiar routines, purposeful musical experiences and guided resources that teachers can follow and adapt.

Each lesson follows a consistent rhythm, so teachers know what comes next and pupils know what to expect. The resources support that pathway; they do not replace the teacher.

This gives teachers a dependable route through practical music-making without having to build every lesson from scratch — creating more space to notice pupils, build relationships and respond to the class in front of them.

The MRTT approach

We work with secondary schools, music departments, and teachers who need practical solutions that work immediately.

This includes:

  • Secondary schools and music departments

  • Alternative provision settings

  • Specialist settings exploring adaptable music provision

  • Non-specialist, early-career, supply and cover teachers

  • Heads of Music seeking a coherent KS3 pathway

Whether you are experienced or new to teaching music, MRTT gives you a dependable pathway to follow — with the flexibility to adapt it for your pupils, your classroom and your own teaching style.

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Start a conversation

MRTT is currently being developed through classroom practice, pilot partnerships and conversations with schools.

If you are a Head of Music, school leader, teacher, alternative provision setting or specialist setting interested in a structured, practical and inclusive approach to KS3 music, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Tell us a little about your setting and what you would like to explore, and Bren will be in touch.