ABRSM
ABRSM is the UK's largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world's leading provider of music exams, holding over 650,000 assessments in more than 90 countries every year.
A Q&A to help you find out everything you need to know about offering discounted exams in your music service.
Join us online for a CPD webinar! Understanding the way ABRSM exams are assessed will support the entire exam journey for you and your pupil, from preparation right through to the exam itself, and beyond to getting the most from the mark form.
Join Mervyn Cousins (Chair of ABRSM’s Chief Examiner Group) and Ali Bowen-Davies (Head of Assessment and Curriculum) to learn about the new Performance Diploma Suite from ABRSM (LRSM and FRSM).
Join Andrew Dibb (ABRSM Chief Examiner) to learn about the existing Performance Diploma ARSM.
Reflecting on your Practice
- ABRSM
- Free To Access
The course will encourage you to reflect on your teaching and give you the confidence and expertise to explore and develop further.
ABRSM is piloting an Exam Discount Scheme designed to ease some of the financial barriers that families can face in accessing exams. If students have reached the standard required to take ABRSM exams but have been put off by the cost of exam fees, this scheme will enable music services to set a discount of up to 95% that enables them to access exams and receive a recognised qualification.
Making Music
- ABRSM
- Free To Access
ABRSM’s Making Music is a longitudinal series of reports tracking trends in music education over the last three decades. It provides the music education sector with data we can all use to promote the value and importance of music and insight into the needs of teachers and learners.
Classroom 200
- ABRSM
- Updated
- Free To Access
Classroom 200 is a free online resource for school teachers working with students up to the age of 14, worldwide.
Becoming a Better Music Teacher
- ABRSM
- Free To Access
Whether you’re starting your music teaching career or refreshing your skills, our free online course helps you take your teaching to the next level.
Retuning Our Ambitions for Music Learning: Every Child Taking Music Further
- ABRSM
- Arts Council England
- The Music Commission
- Free To Access
The Music Commission’s final report has been published, an 18-month expert inquiry into music education, established by ABRSM and Arts Council England.
ABRSM Graded Music Exams ABRSM exams motivate achievement and support progression. They lay good foundations for music making while encouraging students to reach their full potential. We have designed our graded music exams (link is external) to motivate instrumental and singing students of all ages and a wide range of...
ABRSM Graded Music Exams – Specific Needs Guidance
- ABRSM
- Free To Access
Each year ABRSM examines candidates with a huge range of different needs and abilities. Because our candidates’ needs differ so widely we treat each person individually, considering their needs in terms of physical access to the exam room.
Digital resources and tools to supporting students with their music learning.
