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IELTS Band Scores Explained: What Each Band Means and How Marks Convert

IELTS Band Scores Explained: What Each Band Means and How Marks Convert

Raw-score-to-band tables for listening and reading, the writing and speaking descriptors in plain English, and how the overall band is rounded.

Overview

Raw-score-to-band tables for listening and reading, the writing and speaking descriptors in plain English, and how the overall band is rounded.

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.

Search themes covered here: ielts band score, ielts band score chart, ielts listening score, ielts reading score, ielts score chart, ielts scoring.

Key points (Scores)

  • Focus on the skills and traps for scores.
  • Match your target overall band and any section minima on the offer letter.
  • Time one full section under exam conditions before test day.

Band planning

Half bands matter. A programme that wants 6.5 overall, no band below 6.0 will refuse Writing 5.5.

See also: band scores · what score do you need?.

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