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IELTS band score calculator
Enter your four band scores to get your overall, or switch to raw scores to convert Listening and Reading marks out of 40. Academic and General Training use different Reading tables — this calculator uses the right one.
6.5
Competent user
mean 6.375 → 6.5
How the rounding works
The four bands are averaged, then rounded to the nearest half band — but exact quarters always round up.
- 6.125 → 6.0
- 6.25 → 6.5 (rounds up)
- 6.375 → 6.5
- 6.75 → 7.0 (rounds up)
Listening is the same for both tests
One conversion table covers Academic and General Training. 30 out of 40 is band 7.0 either way.
Reading is not
Academic is scored more generously. The same 30 out of 40 is band 7.0 on Academic and 6.0 on General Training — a full band apart.
Writing and Speaking are judged, not counted
There is no raw score. Four criteria, each worth a quarter. Writing Task 2 counts double Task 1.
A calculated band is a guess. A sat mock is evidence.
Take a full mock under exam conditions and get the same number, backed by a question-by-question breakdown of where the marks went.