Results and certificates

Practical Grades, Performance Grades and ARSM

All candidates receive a mark form giving a breakdown of the marks awarded for each section of the exam along with comments from the examiner. Candidates who pass their exam also receive a certificate.

We will email applicants, and candidates (parents/carers) who have an account, when their results and mark forms are available to view online.

• For applicants, this will usually be within a week of the exam for face-to-face Practical Grades and ARSM, and within a week of the submission deadline for remotely-assessed Performance Grades and ARSM, subject to our quality assurance checks.
• For candidates (parents/carers) with an account, this will be seven days after we have released results to the applicant. 
• Applicants also have the option to release an earlier email to candidates to tell them that their results are ready to view.

Sometimes we carry out additional checks which may delay the release of results. This is an important part of our quality assurance process and may take up to four weeks. We aim to issue all results as quickly as we can, while providing the highest standards of assessment.

We will post printed certificates to the applicant, usually within two weeks of releasing results.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to pass mark forms and certificates to the candidate.

Music Theory exam results

All Music Theory exam candidates receive a mark form giving a breakdown of the marks awarded for each question as well as the total number of marks. For Online Music Theory exams these are digital mark forms and can be accessed via an applicant or candidate’s online account. For Grade 6 to 8 paper based exams these are posted to the applicant within 2 weeks after the results are Candidates who pass their exam also receive a certificate.

We will email applicants, and candidates (parents/carers) who have an account, when their Music Theory results are available to view online.

• For applicants, this will be approximately four weeks after the exam date, subject to our quality assurance checks.
• For candidates (parents/carers) with an account, this will be seven days after we have released results to the applicant.
• Applicants also have the option to release an earlier email to candidates to tell them that their results are ready to view.

We will post printed certificates directly to the applicant once the exam session has ended.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to pass certificates to the candidate. We do not return Music Theory exam papers after marking.

Prep Test and Performance Assessment

There are no marks are awarded for these assessments. Instead, examiners write certificates giving comments during the exam and hand these to performers at the end of their assessment.

Diplomas - DipABRSM, LRSM, FRSM

All diploma candidates receive a paper mark form giving a breakdown of the marks awarded for each section of the exam, along with comments from the examiner. Candidates who pass their exam also receive a certificate. Before issuing, we send all diploma results and mark forms for review and ratification by our diploma committees. This process is a vital part of our quality assurance procedure and may take up to three months. Once we have ratified a result, we will post the mark form and certificate to the applicant.

Music Medals

Successful candidates will receive a medal, a certificate and a commentary on their performance. Candidates with a Working Towards result receive a commentary only. As soon as we have completed our moderation process, we will send the applicant an email confirming that overall results are available online. We then send medals, certificates and commentaries by post. If you are a named Teacher-Assessor, Music Medals Coordinator or Music Medals Partner, you also have access to statistics on your candidates' performances. You can access these on the Music Medals entries and results website.

Unique Learner Number (ULN)

• Information about recording an ABRSM exam on a Personal Learning Record (PLR)