The multi-award-winning primary music resource
Charanga Musical School: The multi-award-winning primary music resource
- Curriculum-aligned Creative Music Scheme with comprehensive lesson plans covering Curriculum for Excellence Music and Expressive Arts at ELC–P7.
- A customisable library of songs, courses and interactive teaching resources.
- Inspiring collaborative projects with the RSNO, Charanga’s orchestra partner.
- Support for instrumental learning, creative music-making and ASN.
- Free professional learning support for teachers.
Through music, learners have rich opportunities to be creative and to experience inspiration and enjoyment.
Why use Charanga Scotland in your school?
Winner of two education awards this year, Charanga Scotland continues to set the standard in supporting teachers with music and expressive arts programmes for primary classrooms.
It now contains a brand-new Scheme of Work that champions creativity and features innovative collaborations with the RSNO, making it ideal for teaching CfE Music and Expressive Arts from ELC to P7 – with lots of variety and support for teachers of all experience levels, including non-specialists.
- Flexible: any teaching style, class size, ability or timetable.
- Easy to follow: clear, guided lesson plans that make room for creativity.
- Celebrating Scottish Arts: including collaborative projects with the RSNO.
- Broad, balanced, progressive, evidenced: with a Know-Do-Understand approach.
- Focus on real-world skills: lots of activities related to the needs of our creative industries.
Whether you're new to teaching, just getting started with Charanga Scotland, or looking to enrich your curriculum, the configurable music teaching and learning platform offers something for everyone.
A dedicated area for Scottish music, song and video projects broadens the material you can bring into your teaching. Song-based units in our Freestyle Library add further breadth. Mix and match anything with your own uploaded materials, ready to share with your students.
An increasing number of teachers use the Scheme-builder tool to create a bespoke curriculum for their school, combining Charanga resources with their own favourite teaching materials to build a unique pathway.
Charanga’s approach to music education
Charanga Scotland’s Creative Scheme offers a considered, evidence-informed approach to music education.
Lessons include structured progression, building listening skills, vocal and instrumental performance, improvisation, and composition, with built-in guidance on differentiation for less confident learners and more advanced pupils.
Charanga’s industry-leading digital tools are built into every lesson to amplify every child's creative voice. Resources support both subject knowledge and confidence in the classroom.
Finding your way around
Everything in Charanga Scotland sits behind a handful of tabs at the top of your screen. Here’s a quick guide to what’s inside each area.
Scotland: Dedicated projects and resources celebrating Scottish music and culture.- RSNO: Original and collaborative resources from the RSNO.
- CfE Schemes: Includes Charanga’s brand new CfE-aligned Creative Music Scheme of Work for ELC to P7, with flexible lesson plans.
- Freestyle: Flexible, standalone resources, covering everything from Assemblies to Wellbeing.
- Play: Interactive resources, courses and method books for 30 instruments.
- Sing: A library of 500+ songs, covering everything from warm-ups to cross-curricular learning.
- YuStudio: Charanga’s secure, cloud-based DAW with projects providing a recording studio for every learner.
- ASN: Inclusive tools and resources for students with additional support needs or disabilities.
What teachers say
As someone with very little musical ability and who often avoids teaching music, Charanga is a great resource to follow along with and use to support learning and teaching. Everything is there to provide engaging lessons for children without requiring me to have in-depth knowledge or skills. I feel I’ve learned alongside the children, too.
I have absolutely loved engaging with Charanga as the NCCT music teacher this year in my primary school. I have a lot of experience with music, play several instruments, and even for me, this has been very empowering, as I have been able to share my knowledge with the children while learning new things myself. I have found that workload is an area where I have been able to cut down on the time spent looking for certain styles of music at the correct stage, etc. It has been brilliant so far with the P1-5 children I am using it with. I like to use the flexible options to enrich the learning too.
Help and support at every step
All Charanga Scotland subscribers are assigned a designated CPD & Training Manager, who will help you get the most from the program. Sign up, visit the CPD & Training Centre to register for a webinar, email training@charanga.com, or book an online meeting using our Charanga Connect service.
- Suitable for music specialists and generalists
- Charanga is used by over 70,000 teachers
- Free Professional Learning from a designated Charanga contact
- Over 96% of users report a positive impact on the quality of their teaching and pupil attainment
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See what Charanga Scotland can do for you and the young people you work with.
- Week-by-week lessons for students aged 5–11
- A customisable library of songs, creative tools and interactive teaching resources
- YuStudio®, a beginner-friendly DAW for schools
- Unlimited access for every teacher and student at your school