I entered a pupil through ABRSM for the first time a month before this terms deadline. When will i get the exam dates through? I am aware that the exams are scarily close!

Many thanks, Sadie

Usually about a couple of weeks beforehand, i'm not expecting to hear anything for another month (hopefully ).

Phew! Thanks, i was getting worried!!

Last session dates were coming through much sooner... some were around a month's notice.
You wouldn't normally get them before the closing date for entries anyway.

Sorry to post on here as Adult Learner, but since the first week of the summer exam session is now only three weeks away (counting yesterday), has anyone who asked for that week had their dates?

Or alternatively has anyone who asked for week 2 onwards had their date?

Apparently our centre only examines for "a couple of weeks in the session" but how do you know which weeks they are? Email to local co-ordinator hasn't elicited a reply.

Got one daughter doing grade 3 harp in one centre, myself and other daughter doing grade 2 and 4 clarinet respectively (asked for the same date) in another centre 30 miles away from the first. Last year we were lucky in that they were on consecutive mornings, but that went down well at work, as you can imagine!

Any news anyone?

I asked for (I think ) the first week for katyjay's recorder exam, and haven't heard yet.

It's not much help to you, but I've not heard of anyone who's had dates for this session's practicals yet.
I asked for a later week because my (one) candidate has a school trip - only 4 days but it straddles two exam weeks. We're keeping fingers crossed. My centre examines all weeks as far as I know - last time I asked for week 5 and got week 2.

Good luck with your dates.

One of the teachers I accompany for has definitely asked for week 1, and hasn't been in touch with me yet to give me a date. I thought even the first week people had more notice than this last term, but I could be mis-remembering.

With half-term next week, probably for everyone because it includes the bank holiday, that could mean that some people will be getting seriously short notice. Some peri teachers enter lots of children and it's not necessarily convenient for them to telephone all the ones they won't see again until after half term when the dates arrive. I don't expect many of them ask for week 1, but someone's got to get it!

I thought even the first week people had more notice than this last term,
Funny you should say that, Da Capo - I counted up the weeks this morning when I was replying to this thread - and I had the same thought. If it's the first week - it's less than a month away.

I have it in the diary as starting June 12th which is now less than three weeks away. Yes, just checked the main ABRSM Web site. Not too bad for the people who actually did ask for Week 1 but potentially pretty horrible for the ones who didn't.

After several weeks when I couldn't get smilies or things like bold to work normally suddenly they are all working again. I wonder if it's because I had to enable JavaScript to get to the Regulations and check the dates. If so I think that must be a recent development. Normally I don't enable it unless I absolutely have to so I must have been able to use them without it in the past.

You won't know which weeks they are until you get your date. The Local rep supplies ABRSM with several dates/weeks that the venue is available and he/she won't know until about 3 weeks beforehand when the exams will be. In the meantime, no news is good news - the longer it is until you get a date, the further away your exam will be.

Good luck in your exam.

My daughter's piano exam date is through today (15th June.... a bit too early if you ask me).

It's usually a good idea to be sure you are ready for the first week regardless of which week is requested.
I would think it a bit of a gamble to enter someone who wasn't very near ready by the date the entry goes in.

My daughter's teacher won't enter you (she's my teacher too) unless you can play all your scales in the first week of the term. You also have to make a pretty good job of all your pieces.
I usually request the last week for my pupils ... and I haven't heard yet... nor has my daughter's violin teacher and we all use the same centre. I think the piano teacher must request early weeks as she always seems to have the first couple of weeks.
My daughter just went into blind panic this afternoon when I told her... but she's got half term to practise and I've managed to organise her an extra lesson or else she would only have had one lesson before the exam. I suppose that's the problem when you have half term in the way. She had a lesson last night... the exam date arrived today and next week is half term... then one lesson and the exam would be before her next lesson on the next Thursday.