Grading Tables
The national brass band gradings are determined by each band's results at the regional championships over a three year period. At the end of each year, the bands with the two lowest aggregate scores in each section are promoted and the bands with the two highest aggregate scores are relegated. The winners of the lower section finals also get promoted.
These are our estimates of the grading tables following recent contests, not the official tables! Promotions and relegations won't be official until confirmed by the relevant regional committee.
London & Southern Counties Championship Section
| Band | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Friary Guildford | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Zone One Brass | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Redbridge Brass | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Haverhill | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wantage Silver 'A' | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| Amersham | 6 p | 6.5 p | 4 | 16.5 | |
| Fulham | 6 p | 6.5 p | 7 | 19.5 | |
| East London Brass | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |
| Kidlington Concert Brass | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |
| Thundersley Brass | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | |
| Aveley & Newham | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 | Relegated |
| Hitchin Town | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 11 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Average grading | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties First Section
| Band | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Sandhurst Silver | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | Promoted |
| East of England Co-op | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | Promoted |
| Milton Keynes Brass | 7.5 p | 5 | 3 | 15.5 | |
| Medway | 7.5 r | 3 | 7 | 17.5 | |
| Egham | 12 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |
| Cawston | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |
| Regent Brass | 7.5 r | 8 r | 9 | 24.5 | |
| Soham Comrades | 7.5 p | 14 | 6 | 27.5 | |
| L.G.B. Brass | 7.5 p | 8 p | 12 | 27.5 | |
| Staines Brass | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |
| Horsham Borough | 7.5 p | 8 p | 13 | 28.5 | |
| Grimsdyke Brass | 14 | 6 | 10 | 30 | |
| Jersey Premier Brass | 7.5 r | 8 p | 15 | 30.5 | |
| Chiltern Hills Brass | 13 | 13 | 8 | 34 | Relegated |
| Alder Valley Brass | 15 | 12 | 11 | 38 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 14 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Average grading | 7.5 | 8 | 8 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties Second Section
| Band | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Wantage Silver 'B' | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | Promoted |
| Bedford Town | 9.5 r | 3 | 5 | 17.5 | Promoted |
| City of Norwich | 9.5 p | 9.5 p | 1 | 20 | |
| Tendring Brass | 9.5 | 2 | 9 | 20.5 | |
| St Sebastian Wokingham | 2 | 13 | 6 | 21 | |
| Waterbeach | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 | |
| Epsom & Ewell Silver | 13 | 1 | 10 | 24 | |
| Ware Brass | 9.5 r | 9.5 r | 7 | 26 | |
| City of Cambridge | 9.5 r | 9.5 r | 8 | 27 | |
| BAE Systems | 10 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |
| Tilbury | 9 | 17 | 2 | 28 | |
| Chinnor Silver | 6 | 11 | 11 | 28 | |
| Oxford Cherwell Brass | 9.5 p | 12 | 13 | 34.5 | |
| Colchester Silver | 9.5 r | 7 | 18 a | 34.5 | |
| Epping Forest | 9.5 p | 9.5 p | 16 | 35 | |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 11 | 14 | 14 | 39 | |
| Castleton | 18 | 8 | 17 | 43 | Relegated |
| Cold Ash Brass | 17 | 15 | 15 | 47 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 18 | 18 | 17 | ||
| Average grading | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties Third Section
| Band | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Chichester City | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Promoted |
| Olney Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | Promoted |
| Bradwell Silver | 7.5 p | 10 | 1 | 18.5 | |
| Fairlop Brass | 7.5 r | 8 r | 4 | 19.5 | |
| Crystal Palace | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |
| Welwyn Garden City | 7.5 r | 7 | 7 | 21.5 | |
| Simon Langton Brass | 7.5 p | 8 p | 8 | 23.5 | |
| Littleport Brass | 7.5 r | 8 r | 9 | 24.5 | |
| Jubilee Brass (Oxford) | 6 | 13 | 6 | 25 | |
| Hungerford | 7.5 r | 3 | 15 | 25.5 | |
| Great Yarmouth Brass | 7.5 p | 8 p | 10 | 25.5 | |
| Cottenham | 7.5 p | 8 p | 11 | 26.5 | |
| Brighton & Hove City Brass | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 | |
| Regent Community Brass | 7.5 p | 9 | 13 | 29.5 | |
| Reading Spring Gardens | 7.5 nb | 8 nb | 14 | 29.5 | |
| Godalming | 7.5 nb | 14 | 12 | 33.5 | Relegated |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 14 | 15 | 17 | ||
| Average grading | 7.5 | 8 | 9 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties Fourth Section
| Band | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Hemel Hempstead | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | Promoted |
| Hangleton | 9 r | 10.5 r | 1 | 20.5 | Promoted |
| Royston Town | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 | |
| Pangbourne and District Silver | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 | |
| Putney & Wimbledon | 9 nb | 10.5 nb | 5 | 24.5 | |
| Woodbridge Excelsior | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |
| Abbey Brass (Abingdon) | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 | |
| Hadstock | 4 | 14 | 9 | 27 | |
| Witney Town | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 | |
| Watford | 6 | 16 | 7 | 29 | |
| East Coast Brass | 9 r | 10.5 r | 10 a | 29.5 | |
| Richmond | 9 nb | 10.5 nb | 10 a | 29.5 | |
| Letchworth Garden City | 14 | 6 | 10 a | 30 | |
| Luton Youth | 9 nb | 12 | 10 a | 31 | |
| City of Oxford Silver | 16 | 9 | 10 a | 35 | |
| Bletchington Silver | 10 | 17 | 10 a | 37 | |
| Norfolk Wherry Brass | 9 r | 19 | 10 a | 38 | |
| Patcham Silver | 9 r | 18 | 12 | 39 | |
| Amersham Community Brass | 17 | 13 | 10 a | 40 | |
| Snowdown Colliery | 18 a | 15 | 10 a | 43 | |
| Wantage Academy Brass | 18 d | 20 | 6 | 44 | |
| Marsh Gibbon Silver | 16 | 21 a | 10 a | 47 | |
| North London Brass | 18 a | 21 a | 10 a | 49 | Absent three years running - remove from grading table |
| Number of bands | 17 | 20 | 9 | ||
| Average grading | 9 | 10.5 | 5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified