Band Calculator
Choose the overall band you are aiming for. See which Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking scores get you there, and how many mistakes you can afford in Listening and Reading.
1. Your target
2. Ways to reach 7.0
These are the lowest scores that still round up to your target: each average ends in .25 or .75. Listening & Reading share one score, and Writing & Speaking share another. “Max wrong” is out of 40 questions.
3. Plan with your own scores
Already know some of your scores, or have a mock test result? Fill in what you know. Leave the rest blank and we’ll show the lowest score you need in each one to reach 7.0.
How the overall band works
Your overall band is the average of the four skills, rounded to the nearest half band. An average ending in .25 rounds up to .5, and an average ending in .75 rounds up to the next whole band. For example, 6.5 + 6.5 + 5.5 + 6.5 = 25 ÷ 4 = 6.25, which becomes 6.5.
Listening and Reading (Academic) scores come from the number of correct answers out of 40. The table below is the usual conversion. The exact cut-offs can move by a mark or so from test to test.