My paper presents an argument that the greater involvement of music in primary schools could essentially be of great benefit to young children, both in their behavioural skills and potentially contribute to an initiative to improve academic skills generally. Moreover, there has been consistent evidence established by research that music included in schools, could contribute to a greater sense of well-being amongst pupils which is linked to a possible improvement in academic performance. My methodological approach has been an exploration of the context of music in primary schools evaluating results published in this field of study. My current research shows that there are questions to be raised regarding the lack of music in primary schools and that there is evidence that substantiates that there is a connection between children engaging with music and pupil achievement such as numeracy and literacy skills within a pedagogical context. This has implications for establishing educational policy for teaching music within primary schools
