Record Spring exam results
In our Spring 2025 exam session we had just over 700 candidates sitting exams over 8 full days… but this year we surpassed that with a staggering 784 candidates over 9 full days with 3 different exam boards! What an extraordinary effort!
RAD BALLET EXAM RESULTS
We had 116 candidates sitting Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams across all levels with both filmed and in-person exams over 4.5 days.
Overall, 25 gained their Class Awards, and 91 passed their graded exams with 2 Merit, 34 High Merit, 52 Distinction, and 3 High Distinction. That’s 60% of the graded candidates gaining a Distinction!
A special congratulations to those gaining over 80% for their examination:
Primary Grade : Ella Duffy 81%; Mari Millar 85%
Grade 1: Ruby Millar 80%; Elizabeth Bertile 83%; Effie Davidson 82%; Ava Grant 83%; Daisy Holden 80%; Evie Kinghorn 82%; Isla Peterson 82%; Zoe Spence 80%
Grade 3: Harry Fleming 80%
Grade 3 SPA: Harry Fleming 84%; Jasmyn Soyka 81 %
Grade 5: Eva Morgan 81%; Robert Paterson 82%
Grade 5 SPA: Niamh Wyllie 86%
Grade 6: Abigail Ponton 80%; Heidi Russell 87%
Inter. Foundation: Amy Taylor 80%
Advanced 1: Jill Russell 82%
IDTA EXAMS AND AWARDS
Another 526 candidates sat exams and awards in tap, jazz, ballet, acro and contemporary with the IDTA. All our 260 rosette award candidates and 211 Stardance Award candidates passed their exams. Overall, the 55 graded exam candidates gained 6 Pass, 20 Merit, and 29 Distinctions... excellent results! A special congratulations to those gaining over 85% for their examination:
Primary Grade Tap: Isabella Goldie 85%; Hazel Taylor 87%; Isla Peterson 88%; Aria Wotherspoon 86%; Izzy Denholm 88%; Alice Williams 88%
Grade 1 Tap: Elizabeth Bertile 86%; Isla Kinghorn 85%; Evie Kinghorn 87%
Grade 3 Tap: Zoe Arnott 86%; Lily Sharples 85%; Kara Peterson 87%; Harry Fleming 92%
Grade 5 Tap: Freya Jones 86%; Georgia Rosenfeld 89%; Heidi Russell 93%
Intermediate Tap: Jill Russell 92%; Charlie Fleming 93%
Classical Award 2 (Ballet): Jill Russell 96%; Georgia Rosenfeld 96%
Grade 4 Contemporary Jazz: Freya Jones 92%; Charlie Fleming 95%
Grade 5 Contemporary Jazz: Rachel Higgins 93%; Georgia Rosenfeld 94%; Evie Wilson 93%; Abigail Ponton 94%; Ava Green 96%
Intermediate CMJ: Jill Russell 88%
BATD ACROBATICS AWARDS
We also hosted a very full day of acrobatics with 114 candidates sitting their exam from First Steps to Premier levels. Overall they gained 19 Commended and 95 Highly Commended (the highest band). There is not a points based marking scheme for these awards, but the reports were excellent!
Huge congratulations again to our team of teachers, and to our students, for the great results! Next up is our dance display! You can view a gallery of photos of the dancers receiving their awards on our CSBS Facebook page.