Musical Futures in reality looks different in every school. Some teachers implement Musical Futures throughout the course of an entire academic year. However, many teachers alternate Musical Futures work with other provision, or apply the Musical Futures ethos to their overall approach to teaching and learning.

We do not advocate one particular way of following Musical Futures, as it depends entirely on individual schools, teachers and most importantly students. However, this section provides three illustrations of ways in which Musical Futures can integrate into a Key Stage 3 curriculum.

Embedding Musical Futures is by Abigail D'Amore, Anna Gower (Monk's Walk school) and Martin Ainscough (Fred Longworth High School)