Previous diplomas - ending 2024
Previous DipABRSM, LRSM and FRSM - ending 2024
The information on this page applies to our previous DipABRSM, LRSM and FRSM diplomas which come to an end in 2024.
The Performance ARSM is available as a digital or face-to-face exam - check our pages on Booking digital exams or Booking face-to-face exams for details.
Our new Performance, Teaching and Directing diplomas from 2024 will be assessed digitally - check our page on Booking digital exams for details.
UK and Ireland
Diploma exams are available at Public Venues organised by us during our exam sessions or at Private Visits, at venues organised by teachers, schools or educational organisations. Private Visits can take place throughout the year
We have 17 possible diploma venues in the UK and Ireland: Aberdeen, Ashburton, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Tonbridge, Winchester and York.
Please indicate your preferred centre on your entry and we will try to meet your request. If we are not holding diploma exams in your preferred venue, we will move your exam to an alternative venue.
You can check booking periods and exam dates on our dates and fees page below.
If you have at least three hours of diploma exams we can send an examiner to your venue. Where possible we will try to meet your request for dates.
Anyone organising a Private Visit accepts responsibility for providing facilities for the appropriate conduct of the exam. Visit Organisers are advised to carry out a risk assessment. You can find risk assessment guidance on our Private Visits page below.
Follow the instructions below to book your diploma. More information is also available in our guidance PDF found on this page.
We no longer accept paper entries for diplomas. To protect personal information, we securely destroy any paper entry forms we receive.
1. Check exam dates, booking periods and fees
2. If you are applying to hold a diploma Private Visit email us at [email protected] before you book to discuss arrangements.
3. Submit an entry using our online form.
You will be asked for the following:
- The level and subject of the exam (including any specialist information)
- Candidate information
- Access arrangements and reasonable adjustments
- Preferred exam date and location
- Information about prerequisites (where applicable)
- Confirmation that submitted work will be submitted as instructed (where applicable)
4. Payment
- Candidates in the UK will be required to make a payment for their entry by BACS. After the end of the booking period, candidates will receive ABRSM bank details and a unique reference number to use when transferring the payment. Candidates should make payment as soon as requested. If payment is not received at least four weeks before the date of exams (or at an earlier date as specified by ABRSM), the entry will be cancelled. Payments which do not quote the correct reference number will not be successfully linked to the entry.
- Candidates in Ireland should make a payment for their exam at the time of entry to their local ABRSM representative. Please contact your local representative for more information.
5. We will get in touch to request any required documents in support of the entry and tell you how to submit these.
6. We aim to give at least four weeks’ notice of exam appointments.
Downloads (UK and Ireland)
All other countries
Diploma exams are available at Public Venues organised by us or at Private Visits, at a venue organised by the person who made the exam entry. All diploma exams take place during our main exam sessions. You can check booking periods and exam dates on our dates and fees page.
We may not be able to offer diplomas at all our venues. Please indicate your preferred venue on your entry form and we do all we can to accommodate your request. If diploma exams are not running in your preferred venue, we will move your entry to an alternative venue.
We also offer diploma Visits during our published exam sessions. Exams take place at a venue - a school, teaching studio, home - provided by the person making the booking and we will organise for an examiner to visit. You will need a minimum amount of diploma examining time for a visit. Contact your local ABRSM representative to find out how much time you need for a Private Visit in your area.
We will try to provide an examiner for your requested Private Visit date. If this is not possible, our local representative will contact you to find another suitable date.
Anyone organising a Private Visit accepts responsibility for providing facilities for the appropriate conduct of the exam. Visit Organisers are advised to carry out a risk assessment. You can find risk assessment guidance on our Private Visits page below.
Follow the instructions below to make your entry, sending your completed entry form electronically to your local representative. We do not accept paper entries sent to our London office. If you send a paper entry to our office, we will destroy it securely to protect your personal information.
- Check exam dates, booking periods and fees.
- Download the relevant entry form and declaration form available on this page.
- Use the editable form to fill these in and save them to your device. Alternatively, print and fill in the entry form, before scanning them back onto your device.
- When you are ready to submit your diploma entries, contact your local representative who will advise on the best way to do this. Ensure that all supporting documentation and payment is sent to the local representative.
Where there is no local representative, email us directly at [email protected] - If your exam includes submitted work that must be submitted at the point of entry, this must also be sent with your entry to your local representative.
- We aim to give at least four weeks’ notice of exam appointments.
