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IELTS Band Score Calculator — Work Out Your Overall Band

IELTS Band Score Calculator — Work Out Your Overall Band

Enter four section scores, get the overall band with the rounding rules applied. Shows what each section would need to lift you half a band.

Overview

Enter your four section scores and apply IELTS rounding rules to estimate the overall band. This page is a static reference — not a live auto-calculator app. For a predicted band discussion, use Start Chat on WhatsApp.

This page is written for study-abroad applicants who need IELTS for university offers and student visas — not as a replacement for official IELTS.org / British Council / IDP materials.

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How overall band is calculated

  1. Add Listening + Reading + Writing + Speaking.
  2. Divide by 4.
  3. Round to the nearest 0.5 or whole band using the usual IELTS rules:
Average endingRounds to
.00Same whole band (e.g. 6.00 → 6.0)
.25Up to .5 (e.g. 6.25 → 6.5)
.50Stays .5 (e.g. 6.50 → 6.5)
.75Up to next whole (e.g. 6.75 → 7.0)

Example: 6.5 + 6.0 + 6.0 + 7.0 = 25.5 → ÷4 = 6.375 → rounds to 6.5.

Quick lookup (equal section scores)

Each sectionOverall
5.55.5
6.06.0
6.56.5
7.07.0
7.57.5

Uneven sections still use the average + rounding table above. Universities often care about section minima as much as overall — a 6.5 overall with Writing 5.5 can still fail an offer.

What would lift you half a band?

Roughly: if your average is just below a .25 or .75 threshold, improving one section by 0.5 can tip the overall. Send your four scores on WhatsApp and we will map them against your target universities.

Full band meanings: IELTS band scores. Country targets: what score do you need?.

Practice on WhatsApp (not an auto-marker)

StudyWhere does not ship a full interactive calculator widget on this URL yet. Use the rounding table above, then Start Chat on WhatsApp for a level check or target-band plan.

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