8 Date of Exams: Allocation and Notification of Appointments
Practical exams
a The Periods of Practical exams are provided online. To view the Exam and Final Entry Dates for your area please visit our home page and select your country using the link on the right hand side. Exact dates of Practical exams at individual centres can only be arranged once all the entries have been received and processed.
b Appointments may be given for any date(s) within the whole of the examining Period, subject to the availability of ABRSM’s examiners. The Applicant must therefore ensure that candidates are ready for an exam from the first day of the Period in question. In allocating the exam dates, ABRSM takes into account, wherever possible, any date preferences indicated by the Applicant at the time of entry. However, date allocations are decided on the basis of scheduling examiners’ time most efficiently while providing convenient appointments to as many candidates as possible, and consequently ABRSM cannot guarantee to fulfil any preferences indicated by the Applicant, or to avoid any particular dates. ABRSM cannot accept entries that are conditional on particular dates being allocated or avoided.
c Notification of the exam date, time and venue is sent as early as possible to the Applicant who has signed the entry form, normally no later than two weeks before the exam date. ABRSM requires all candidates to be present for examination as scheduled and it cannot undertake to alter an Applicant's allocated exam date once the notices have been issued.
d The notification also confirms the names, grades and subjects of candidates entered, and any request for special arrangements/tests (see regulation 18). The Applicant is required to check these details and notify the Representative (or, where there is no Representative, ABRSM’s office in London) immediately of any error or correction.
Theory exams
e Theory exams are held only on the set dates, and at a specified time (see regulation 4f). To view the Exam and Final Entry Dates for your area please visit our home page and select your country using the link underneath the map on the right hand side.
f Notification is sent to the Applicant, confirming names and grades of candidates entered, and any request for special arrangements (see regulation 18). The Applicant is required to check these details and notify the Representative (or, where there is no Representative, ABRSM’s office in London) immediately of any error or correction. A name label is enclosed for each candidate, which must be brought by the candidate to the exam room (see regulation 10f).