Grading Tables
The English and Welsh 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.
The Scottish Brass Band Association uses a different grading system where the winners of each lower section automatically get promoted and a combined score over two years is used to decide the other promotion place and two relegation places.
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.
Midlands Championship Section
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Desford Colliery | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| The GUS Band | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Derwent Brass | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Ratby Co-operative | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| Sovereign Brass | 5.5 p | 6 p | 4 | 15.5 | |
| Newstead Welfare | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| Enderby | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Brass Band of Central England | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |
| Blidworth Welfare | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |
| Bilton Silver (Rugby) | 5.5 p | 6 p | 12 | 23.5 | |
| Gresley Colliery | 5.5 p | 11 | 10 | 26.5 | Relegated |
| Shirley | 5.5 p | 10 | 11 | 26.5 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Average grading | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
Midlands First Section
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Langley | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | Promoted |
| Staffordshire | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | Promoted |
| Thoresby Colliery | 8.5 r | 2 | 5 | 15.5 | |
| Jackfield Elcock Reisen | 8.5 ra | 8 r | 2 | 18.5 | |
| Oddfellows Brass | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | |
| Kibworth | 16 | 4 | 3 | 23 | |
| Rushden Town | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |
| Bedworth Brass | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |
| Stamford | 8.5 p | 10 | 8 | 26.5 | |
| Foss Dyke | 8.5 p | 8 p | 11 | 27.5 | |
| City of Coventry | 8.5 p | 8 p | 13 | 29.5 | |
| Burbage Buxton | 5 | 12 | 15 | 32 | |
| Foresters Brass 2000 | 8.5 ra | 8 ra | 16 a | 32.5 | Absent three years running - remove from grading table |
| Hucknall & Linby | 8.5 r | 13 | 12 | 33.5 | |
| Harborough | 8.5 p | 11 | 14 | 33.5 | Relegated |
| Carlton Brass | 11 | 15 | 10 | 36 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 16 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Average grading | 8.5 | 8 | 8 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
Midlands Second Section
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Raunds Temperance | 7 p | 3 | 1 | 11 | Promoted |
| Audley Brass | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | Promoted |
| Shirland Welfare | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Rolls Royce Derby | 7 r | 2 | 8 | 17 | |
| Hathern | 7 r | 7.5 r | 3 | 17.5 | |
| City of Birmingham | 7 p | 7.5 p | 9 | 23.5 | |
| Tintwistle | 14 a | 6 | 5 | 25 | |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 7 p | 7.5 p | 11 | 25.5 | |
| Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 | |
| Leicestershire Co-operative | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 | |
| Glossop Old | 7 r | 7.5 ra | 14 | 28.5 | |
| Pleasley Welfare Band | 7 p | 10 | 12 | 29 | |
| Avonbank Evesham | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 | Relegated |
| Market Rasen | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 13 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Average grading | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
Midlands Third Section
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Ratby Co-operative Mid Band | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | Promoted |
| Towcester Studio | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | Promoted |
| Thrapston Town | 8 p | 7.5 p | 1 | 16.5 | |
| Amington | 8 p | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| Wellington (Telford) | 8 r | 7.5 r | 2 | 17.5 | |
| Long Eaton Silver | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 | |
| Wigston | 8 r | 7.5 r | 6 | 21.5 | |
| Cleobury Mortimer Concert | 8 r | 3 | 12 | 23 | |
| Newhall | 8 p | 7.5 p | 8 | 23.5 | |
| Shipston Town | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 | |
| Daventry | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |
| Newark Town | 8 p | 7.5 p | 14 | 29.5 | |
| Trentham Brass | 8 p | 10 | 13 | 31 | |
| Ibstock Brick Brass | 8 r | 13 | 11 | 32 | |
| Cubbington Silver | 14 | 11 | 15 | 40 | Relegated |
| Ireland Colliery (Chesterfield) | 12 | 12 | 16 | 40 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 15 | 14 | 16 | ||
| Average grading | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
Midlands Fourth Section
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Wem Jubilee | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | Promoted |
| Whitwell Brass | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 | Promoted |
| Corby Silver | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |
| Syston | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 | |
| Brackley & District | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | |
| Matlock | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 | |
| Coventry Festival | 12 | 13 | 3 | 28 | |
| Bakewell Silver | 7 r | 10 | 11 | 28 | |
| Arrow Valley | 7 r | 8 ra | 13 | 28 | |
| Skegness | 14 a | 7 | 9 | 30 | |
| Melton Band | 7 r | 8 r | 16 a | 31 | |
| Croft Silver | 10 | 15 | 8 | 33 | |
| Bilton Silver (Evolution) Band | 13 | 16 a | 5 | 34 | |
| Moulton 77 Brass | 14 a | 16 a | 6 | 36 | |
| Dunchurch | 14 a | 8 | 16 a | 38 | |
| Malvern Hills & District | 14 a | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Ilkeston Brass | 14 a | 16 a | 15 | 45 | |
| Number of bands | 13 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Average grading | 7 | 8 | 8 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified