For Grade 5 theory teachers
Mock exams your students can’t memorise — and you never mark
You already know the syllabus inside out. What eats your time is finding fresh papers, marking them, and working out who is really ready to enter. The system does those three jobs, so lessons go on teaching.
Modelled on the ABRSM Grade 5 digital exam. Not official ABRSM papers, and not affiliated with ABRSM.
Sound familiar?
The practice papers run out
There are only a handful of official sample papers. Strong students have seen them all twice, and a remembered answer tells you nothing about readiness.
Marking takes your evenings
A full 75-mark paper per student per week adds up fast. And the marks still don’t tell you which subsection is behind.
‘Ready to enter?’ is a guess
You see a student once a week. Between lessons you have no idea if they practised, or what they keep getting wrong.
What you get: mock exams, trainers and tracking
Unlimited regenerated mock papers
Every paper follows the digital exam item by item, 60 items from 1.1a to 7.5b, 75 marks. The questions are generated fresh each time, so a student can sit ten mocks and never meet the same one.
Train, browse or sit the exam
Students can drill one section with every error explained, browse a full paper with explanations as they go, or sit it under timed exam conditions for a mark out of 75 and a grade.
Unlimited classroom use
Put a paper or a trainer on the screen in a lesson or a group class, as often as you like. Work through it together and let the explanations back you up.
A drill for each of the 30 subsections
Weak at 4.2 interval quality or 5.3 chord boxes? There is a drill built from the same question generators as the mock, so practice transfers straight to the paper.
Track every student
Mock answers and drills feed one readiness overview per student, broken down by syllabus section. The teaching assistant ranks what each student should practise next, and you assign it in one click.
Three ways to practise
Train one section at a time
A trainer for each of the 30 paper subsections, from time signatures to music in context. Get something wrong and the system explains why, step by step, then gives you another one.
Open the section trainers →Browse the full exam
Walk through a complete paper in exam order and answer as you go. Each explanation appears straight away, so it’s a guided tour of the exam, not a test.
Browse the mock paper →Take it under exam conditions
Sit a timed paper with explanations held back until the end. You get a mark out of 75 and a pass / merit / distinction grade, just like exam day.
Start a timed mock →How specialist teachers run a term with it
- Step 1
Week 1: baseline mock
Every student sits a timed mock. You get a mark out of 75 and a section breakdown without marking anything.
- Step 2
Weeks 2–6: targeted drills
Assign the weakest two or three subsections per student. Use lesson time for the topics that need a human explanation.
- Step 3
Weeks 7–10: a mock every week or two
Fresh papers each time, so improving marks mean real learning rather than remembered answers.
- Step 4
Before entry: check the overview
Enter students when the overview and their recent mocks agree, not when the calendar says so.
Plans
Teacher Basic · £7.99 / month
- 5 student seats with full Grade 5 access
- Unlimited mocks and drills for every seat
- Readiness overview and one-click assignments
Teacher Plus · £11.99 / month
- 10 student seats
- Everything in Teacher Basic
- Best for a full Grade 5 class
Frequently asked questions
- Are these official ABRSM papers?
- No. They are modelled on the ABRSM Grade 5 digital exam: the same sections, the same item order (1.1a to 7.5b) and the same 75-mark total. The questions are generated, not copied from official papers. Use them alongside ABRSM’s own sample papers.
- Can students sit mocks at home without me?
- Yes. Students log in to their own account and their mocks and drills feed your overview automatically. You can also create accounts by name only and open them as the student in class.
- Do I still need to mark anything?
- No. Every item is marked automatically, and timed mocks give a mark out of 75 with a grade. You spend your time on the students’ mistakes instead.