Delight in instrumental learning

Our expertise, combined with cutting-edge technology, joins the dots between learners, guardians, teachers and schools – making learning music more effective, accessible and joyful for everyone.

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WE ARE: INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR!

Practice Pal wins Innovator of the Year at Bett 2022 – The judges applauded Practice Pal’s innovation and excellent value, adding that our solution transforms the learning experience for the current generation of music students.

For Learning

Whether online or in-person, music lessons make much more sense when you and your teacher are using Practice Pal. Create a free account to connect to your teacher.

For Practice

See your progress skyrocket and find the fun in practicing your instrument with Practice Pal’s music-practice mentoring – an online subscription service that connects you to an expert musician who helps make your practice more enjoyable and effective.

For Teachers

You didn’t start teaching music to spend your days doing admin. Let us do it for you so you can focus on doing what you love. Be in full control of your teaching timetable, earn more money, and enhance the teaching experience with an automated lesson planner and revolutionary admin and teaching tools.

For Schools

Move music lesson scheduling from bottom of the pile to top of the class with our powerful music department management system.

All your teacher and learner information at the click of a button, a fully editable calendar that syncs with your teacher’s own accounts, and intelligent restrictions – reduce your administration time and costs, and make your music department worth singing about!

“We have been using Practice Pal Music since the outset and have found this resource to be invaluable in scheduling music lessons, publishing teachers’ timetables and lesson notes to both students and parents, improving communications as well as keeping everything online and in one place.

Karen CroysdillSouthend High School for Girls

"Practice Pal has really helped our Music School from an administrative point of view. It is easy to schedule lessons from week to week, with intuitive tools to help solve the classic timetabling issues faced by Music Departments. Technical support is prompt and personable: I would have welcomed access to this kind of platform years ago!"

Matt DuryHead of Music, Bruton School for Girls

"Practice Pal has transformed the timetabling of Performing Arts in our school. It has some fantastic features; has the most phenomenal support team; and whatever it doesn’t have, we feed back and within a very short time, there’s a new feature! A brilliant, time saving and visual tool."

Louise BlythHead of Instrumental Studies, Sandroyd School

Practice Pal continues to reduce the administrative burden for School Support Staff and Peripatetic Music Teachers. The support and training that we have received from Practice Pal in setting up the system has been exceptional and the system is continuously being upgraded. We are excited about some of the newer features such as MIS integration.”

Karen CroysdillSouthend High School for Girls

"We have found Practice Pal to be an intuitive and efficient way of monitoring student attendance. The platform provides us with an essential safeguarding measure, whilst also allows our peripatetic teachers instant flexibility with their timetable scheduling."

Jack FisherActing Head of Music, Nonsuch High School for Girls

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Practice makes perfect sense

“We need to champion a subject that will give our children the best preparation to learn no matter where, what or how. When we do, the impact will reach far beyond a musical instrument and benefit them for the rest of their life.”
Ross Garrod | Founder and CEO, Practice Pal