Latest exam updates
COVID update
In response to the current restrictions in the UK and Ireland we are deferring Session 1 face-to-face practical exams at Public Venues and paper-based Grade 6 to 8 Music Theory exams at Public Venues and Private Visits. Where we can we will still offer practical exams at Private Visits. Our remotely-assessed Performance Grade and ARSM exams and our Grade 1 to 5 online Music Theory exams are unaffected and all dates remain unchanged. To read more, please visit our latest updates page.
We will be offering Performance Grade exams every month for the remainder of 2021. Exact dates will be announced soon. Please check here for more information.
Music Theory exam dates
We can now confirm Grade 6 to 8 paper Music Theory exams will go ahead on Wednesday 28 April at 5pm. The booking period will be open from 8 to 15 March.
COVID-19 update: 21/12/2020
In line with government guidelines, our office is closed. While all staff are working from home, Music Medals will continue to operate, with assessments being moderated and processed. Results will continue to be confirmed by email, however we will not be able to post out certificates and medals until we are back in office.
Please pass on our apologies to your candidates.
Update – 5 June
Following a successful pilot, we’re pleased to announce that we can now accept remote assessments for the Music Medals programme. If you are a Music Medals Teacher-Assessor interested in submitting remote assessments, please contact us at [email protected]
Register as a Music Medals teacher-assessor
Receive parental permission (download a sample parental permission form)
Access our entries and results website using the applicant number and password provided after registration
Enter candidates (either paying by credit/debit card or by using prepaid tokens)
Log in to download Option tests and report forms
As of March 2020 we are withdrawing Music Medals from the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and certificates will no longer carry the Ofqual logo. This change will allow us to make important improvements to Music Medals in response to feedback from teachers and learners. The deadline for submitting an entry to receive a regulated certificate was 22 December 2019, with video and results submitted by 31 January 2020. Results submitted after this date will receive our new non-regulated certificate.
Apart from new certificates, we are continuing to offer Music Medals in their current form with no other changes.
If you have any questions please contact us at [email protected]
You can pay for Music Medals assessments in advance by purchasing Music Medals tokens, singly or in bulk.
As a teacher-assessor, it's your responsibility to make sure that each candidate’s parent or guardian consents to their child being video-recorded if they're under the age of 18.
Download a sample parental permission form.
You can download the following for eight weeks after ABRSM receives payment for your entries.
Option tests are time-limited and downloading them activates the start of an eight-week period during which the Medal must take place and all video-recordings and assessment materials must be sent to ABRSM.