Examinations

Cara is a skilled and experience piano and music theory teacher. She lives in Napier.

Whilst exams are not the be all and end all, Cara encourages her students to sit for Trinity College London piano or A.B.R.S.M. piano and A.B.R.S.M. theory examinations. The exam syllabus is a well thought out and balanced route, designed to encourage steady progress and develop the necessary skills.

An examination provides a target and deadline which tends to focus the mind. Sitting for exams is not for everybody though, so Cara does not insist on pupils taking this route. Learning to play can be just for pleasure.

During Cara's entire teaching career the examination results that her pupils have achieved has been outstanding with 99.9% pass rate (in fact only two out of the many hundreds of her pupils did not pass) and the majority passed with distinctions and merits.

Many of Cara's pupils have won Examiners' Choice Awards and Highest Marks in New Zealand Awards.

One 15 year old grade 8 pupil achieved the second highest marks in the world, winning her a Trinity College Scholarship.

The following are Cara's Exam Results for 2023

ABRSM. 2023 Theory Examination Results.

GRADE	Initials of Candidate	%	AWARD
Grade 2	H.C.	94	Distinction
Grade 3	O.B.	98	Distinction
Grade 4	L. T.	100	Distinction
Grade 5	F.C	97	Distinction

Trinity College of Music London. 2023 Piano Examination Results

GRADE	Initials of Candidate	%	AWARD
Advanced Certificate	F.C. ECA		Distinction
Grade 1	M.T.	96	Distinction
Grade 1	I.F.	95	Distinction
Grade 2	L.C.	93	Distinction
Grade 2	B.H.	90	Distinction
Grade 4	S.H.	71	Pass
Grade 6	L.T.	94	Distinction

Distinction 87% - 100%

Merit 75% - 86%

Pass 60% - 74%

ECA Examiners Choice Award.

The following are Cara's Exam Results for 2017

Trinity Guildhall College of Music London 2017 Piano Examination Results

GRADE		MARK		AWARD
Grade 8	Anneka Mayhead	91		Distinction
Grade 4	Nyssa Farqhar	98	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Grade 3	Baylie Young	92	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Grade 2	Finn Clarke	99	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Grade 2	Josiah Radtke	92		Distinction
Grade 1	Rosa Dykes	99	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Grade 1	Ngarita Morton	98	Examiners' Choice award	Distinction
Grade 1	Kate Young	96	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Initial	Lilly Aston	99	Examiners' Choice award	Distinction
Initial	Rose Dickey	95	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Initial	Otis Hoggard	98	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Initial	Lily Wilson	93	Examiners' Choice award	Distinction
NUMBER SITTING 12
Distinction 87% - 100%
Merit 75% - 86%
Pass 60% - 74%

A.B.R.S.M 2017 Theory Examinations Results

GRADE		MARK	AWARD
Grade 5	Anneke Jocelyn Mayhead	94	Distinction
Grade 2	Caley Rose Taylor Condliffe	97	Distinction

The following are Cara's Exam Results for 2016

Trinity Guildhall College of Music London 2016 Piano Exam Results

GRADE		MARK		AWARD
Grade 7	Anneke Mayhead	85		Merit
Grade 6	David Small	83	Examiners' Choice Award	Merit
Grade 5	Vikki Anderson	72		Pass
Grade 3	Boudicca Farquhar	90		Distinction
Grade 3	Flyn Wilson	92		Distinction
Grade 2	Baylie Young	87		Distinction
Grade 2	Nyssa Farquhar	95	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Grade 1	Josiah Radtke	83		Merit
Grade 1	Sebastian Bayliss	83		Merrit
Grade 1	Molly Deck	84		Merit
Grade 1	Caley Taylor Condliffe	87		Distinction
Grade 1	Daeem Shariff	89		Distinction
Grade 1	Finn Clark	98		Distinction
Initial	Katie-Grace Gilmour	87		Distinction
Initial	Eddie Deck	89		Distinction
Initial	Kate Young	92		Distinction
Initial	Freddy Hoggard	95		Distinction
Initial	Ngarita Morton	97		Distinction
NUMBER SITTING 18
Distinction 87%-100%
Merit 75%-86%
Pass 60%-74%

A.B.R.S.M. 2016 Theory Examinations Results

GRADE		MARK	AWARD
Grade 1	Boudicca Faith Farquhar	97	Distinction
Grade 1	Nyssa Love Farquhar	100	Distinction
Grade 5	Holly May Keesing-Schermann	93	Distinction
Grade 1	Daeem Masud Shariff	98	Distinction
Grade 1	Shelly Willis	94	Distinction
Grade 2	Flynn Paul Raymond Wilson	98	Distinction
Grade 1	Baylie Marie Young	96	Distinction
NUMBER SITTING 7
Distinction 90%-100%
Merit 80%-90&
Pass 66%-79%

The Following are Cara's Exam Results for 2015

Trinity Guildhall College of Music London 2015 Piano Exam Results

GRADE		MARK		AWARD
Initial	Caley Taylor Condliffe	96		Distinction
Initial	Finn Clark	95		Distinction
Initial	Leah Wise	94		Distinction
Initial	Daeem Shariff	92		Distinction
Initial	Sebastian Bayliss	91		Distinction
Initial	Molly Deck	89		Distinction
Initial	Josiah Radtke	89		Distinction
Grade 1	Boudicca Farquhar	93		distinction
Grade 1	Baylie Young	93		Distinction
Grade 1	Flynn Wilson	91		Distinction
Grade 1	Nyssa Farquhar	89		Distinction
Grade 1	Shelley Willis	88	Examiners' Choice Award	Distinction
Grade 6	Jessica Mayhead	83		Merit
Grade 6	Anneka Mayhead	78		Merit
Grade 7	Holly Keesing-Schermann	81		Merit

Number sitting 15
Distinction 88% -100%
Merit 75% - 87%
Pass 60% - 75%

A.B.R.S.M.2015 Theory Examination Results

GRADE		MARK	AWARD
Grade 2	Vikki Anderson	99	Distinction
Grade3	Megan Adele Page	100	Distinction
Grade 4	Deone Paula Rose Goldsmith	98	Distinction
Grade 4	Anneke Jocelyn Mayhead	97	Distinction
Grade 1	Flyn Paul Raymond Wilson	100	Distinction
Number sitting 5
Distinction 90%-100%
Merit 80%-89%

A.B.R.S.M. 2014 Theory Examinations Results

GRADE	MARK
Grade 1	96	Distinction
Grade 2	90	Distinction
Grade 3	95	Distinction
Grade 3	97	Distinction
Grade 4	97	Distinction
Grade 4	92	Distinction
Grade 5	92	Distinction
Grade 5	92	Distinction
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NUMBER SITTING 8
Distinction 90% - 100%
Merit 80% - 89%
Pass 66% - 79%

A.B.R.S.M. 2015 Theory Examination Results

	GRADE	MARK
Flynn Paul Raymond Wilson	1	100	Distinction
Anneke Jocelyn Mayhead	4	97	Distinction
Deone Paula Rose Goldsmith	4	98	Distinction

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NUMBER SITTING 3
Distinction 90% - 100%
Merit 80% - 89%
Pass 66% - 79%

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