... Unfortunately, I was not able to do the exam at the school because there were not enough candidates so they had to postpone doing exams at the school and had to send students to the only other local place which is a rather dreary dull church hall with concrete floors and the room echoes and the instrument is an old upright piano which has very stiff keys which you really have to bang hard to make a sound. ... I can take it again if I have failed
I am really sorry you haven't pass the exam. I did take two exams so far and I also had to play on a different piano with very stiff keys. My feeling was that I could just gently press or hit hardly all keys and I could not recognise the difference between forte and piano. You can realise how bad was that! Yet, I was supposed to take exam playing that piano :\ So I know exactly what you mean here.
My advice before you take the next exam is read syllabus and find out what exactly you are expected to deliver or what exactly examiners want to hear from you. You may need to provide understanding about phrasing, ability to play legato forte or staccato piano etc., crescendo in longer passages, different accents at hands, that your hands are synchronized, shorter notes at one hand, and longer accents at the other. I am 100% certain examiners want to hear things like this. You just need to know exactly what it is and practise.
It's natural to make mistakes on exams and for that reason examiners may accept them. So IMO you can pass as long as you play what they need to hear! Of course you lose marks by making mistakes, but not so many to fail if you play with proper techniques.
I don't know anything about your school but it looks like they may not be able to give you proper preparation before the exam. Just a suggestion but how about finding an extra teacher, definitely examiner, for just one or two lessons to play those pieces for her and discuss your techniques?
Hope this helps
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