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Graded Music Teaching Resources
Inspire Your Teaching and Engage Your Students with RSL Awards
Start the new academic year with fresh ideas and resources to keep your graded music lessons engaging and effective.
RSL Awards is here to support you with tools that help every student progress, whether that’s building technique for their next grade, exploring new repertoire, or finding confidence through performance.
Jump to the sections that matter most, or scroll to see what’s new this September:
RiFF – A Powerful New Tool for Music Teachers
Discover RiFF: Your New Music Teaching Companion
RiFF is RSL’s new state-of-the-art digital sheet music tool, replacing the Learning Platform, created to put the very best teaching and learning materials at your fingertips.
What makes RiFF a game changer? Think multi-angle video, smart playback tools, custom looping, and real-time instrument visualisations, all designed to advance your teaching and learning experience. You’ll even find an Exam Mode to simulate real test conditions. This is next-gen music education technology.
Discover the New Rockschool Piano Syllabus
The latest Rockschool Piano syllabus is our first ever hybrid syllabus, combining the flexibility of digital features with the reliability of print. It’s designed to give teachers and students the best of both worlds.
The repertoire spans everything from classical to classic rock, with jazz, pop, soul, and more in between, a line-up that reflects the piano’s versatility and keeps students inspired. Many pieces also sit within the Rockschool Band Repertoire, so pianists can perform alongside students studying the Guitar, Bass, and Drums syllabuses.
What else could you ask for from a syllabus? Fresh music, hybrid resources, and the chance to play as part of a band are just some of the highlights of the Rockschool Piano 2025 syllabus…
Webinar Series
Our webinars run between 30 minutes and an hour, giving you practical insight into how our repertoire, qualifications, and exams can be used to support your students’ individual learning needs. Each session is designed to be focused, informative, and directly useful in the classroom or lesson environment.
All about the RSL Awards x MusicTeacher.com Partnership
Thu 11th December 202513:00-14:00 GMT
Looking to connect with more students and expand your teaching opportunities? Discover how MusicTeacher.com, in partnership with RSL Awards, helps music educators grow their profile, manage enquiries, and join a thriving international teaching network.
In this discovery session, Matthew Rusk (Founder of MusicTeacher.com) and David Jones (Head of Business Development at RSL Awards) will walk you through the platform’s key features, demonstrate how to create or transfer your profile, and share tips on maximising visibility within your local area.
Price Freeze for Teachers & Students
At RSL, we’re committed to standing alongside teachers as you plan for the year ahead. We know how important it is for lessons and assessments to remain accessible for every student, which is why Rockschool Digital Exam fees across the UK & Ireland will remain frozen for 2025.
This means you can continue to build exam preparation into your teaching with complete confidence, without worrying about rising costs. It’s our way of supporting both teachers and families while keeping high-quality music education within everyone’s reach.
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Diplomas & Level 3 Certificates – Recognition That Counts
RSL Diplomas and Level 3 Certificates give music and performing arts learners industry-relevant qualifications that recognise real skills in performance, teaching, and classroom support. From advanced Professional Diplomas benchmarked against degree-level study, to accessible Level 3 certificates that celebrate creative practice, these qualifications provide clear pathways into further study and the creative industries.
Discover the right qualification for your learners today.
Practice Planner
A simple tool to help students log practice, track progress, and prepare for exams. With space to check in on what’s been learned and what’s next, it keeps young musicians focused, motivated, and engaged with their lessons.
New For September
How can you encourage practice routines this September?
We all know that consistent practice develops the skills needed to be an outstanding musician, but sometimes getting into a regular routine outside of the classroom can be hard to establish. Bridge the gap between home and school by downloading the free Rockschool Classroom and accompanying Student Practice Posters. The Rockschool Student Practice Poster allows your students to have a visual reminder of their weekly at-home rehearsal schedule, inspiring discipline from the student, whilst the Rockschool Classroom Practice Poster gives you a way to track multiple students’ practice progress in the classroom.
The Rockschool Classroom Practice Poster
Track your students’ practice progress…
The Rockschool Student Practice Poster
Your students’ weekly rehearsal schedule template…
Download Free Music Theory Activity Packs
Take advantage of these free music theory activity packs for your classes
Sometimes it’s good to mix it up. We’ve provided two free activity packs tailored towards engaging young musicians with music theory. These packs are full of exercises you can use within a class or in a 1:1 music lesson to teach music theory fundamentals in an exciting way. A good grasp of music theory can quickly elevate any musician’s performance, so download your free music theory activity packs today.
Debut – Grade 4 Activity Pack
In this activity pack, you will find exercises on rhythm, notation and intervals.
Grade 5 – Grade 8 Activity Pack
In this activity pack, you will find exercises on rhythm, time signatures, chords and modes.
