After months of voting, a judging panel and a public vote stage, Jane Hurst, teacher at Middleton Primary School, has been awarded a 2024 Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Award.
Announced on Classic FM Breakfast by Dan Walker, Jane is one of five exceptional music teachers, who are inspiring young minds and opening up access to music education across the nation. These five teachers will all receive £3,000 of musical instruments.
The judges said:
“Jane Hurst was a stand-out nominee for us as she has single-handedly turned around the music provision in her primary school.
“All children now have access to learn an instrument for free and an instrument to take home to practise on, as well as free extra-curricular instrumental lessons.
“Jane spends her own time outside her busy job as a class teacher to source funding for this provision, and she also arranges music for the many after-school and lunchtime clubs she runs, including a string group, a string orchestra and a recorder group.”
Jane will collect her award at the Royal Albert Hall later this month at the Classic FM Live concert.
Mrs Tissiman, Headteacher, said:
“This is a wonderful acheivement for Mrs Hurst and it could not have happened without the incredible work and enthusiasm that our talented music pupils have shown over recent years. They have rehearsed with dedication and pride and are a credit to the school.”
This post is based on a press release issued by Middleton Primary School
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Congratulations to Mrs Hurst, her school and its pupils on winning Music Teacher of the Year. How cheering to know that playing an instrument is being made available to all pupils and that music making is flourishing. Working together to practise and perform is such a good way of learning to be in a team, as well as the fun and joy of playing.