Record Spring Exam Session
Our Spring 2025 Exam Week was our busiest yet, with 709 candidates entered for dance exams over 8 full days of exams with 3 different exams boards!
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE BALLET EXAMS
We welcomed an RAD examiner into the Studio for the first time since November 2019 and had 48 candidates take part in the ‘live’ ballet exams from Grade 2 to Intermediate levels. Teachers Amanda, Sammy, and Mrs Clark also had a feedback session with examiner Mrs Cox and we were delighted to receive good feedback overall as well as a few syllabus notes and teaching tips / reminders.
As well as those two full days of live exams, we had another 54 candidates sitting filmed exams from Primary to Grade 3 level and Grade 6 Solo Performance Award. Their exams were conducted under exam conditions but filmed for assessment by an international RAD examiner.
We hope to receive all our RAD exam results in 3-4 weeks.
IDTA GRADED EXAMS AND AWARDS
Fifty-one graded tap and contemporary modern candidates performed for examiner Mrs Dennis. We received good feedback and some syllabus notes at the end of the day. We also had 151 Stardance Awards and 261 Rosette Awards in ballet, jazz, and tap, filmed for assessment by an international IDTA examiner.
The results should arrive in approx. 4 weeks.
BATD ACROBATICS EXAMS
We welcomed BATD examiner Margaret Smith to assess our 115 acrobatics candidates. They sat exams from First Steps to Premiere levels and we look forward to receiving the results in around 2-3 weeks time.
CSBS PRE-PRIMARY CLASS TEST
Finally, we had 28 little dancers sit a class test for Pre-Primary level ballet. The dancers were assessed by a CSBS teacher and will receive a detailed report on their performance, CSBS certificate, and a medal!
Phew… what a week! You can view a full gallery of our exam candidates on our CSBS Facebook page.
Thank you once again to everyone for their support throughout this week, and well done to our teachers and dancers for their great effort! Extra thanks to the team of Senior students and teachers who ran the session so efficiently.
