IELTS Band Score Calculator
Enter your scores to calculate your overall band. Uses official IELTS rounding rules.
Overall Speaking Band
6.0
Average: 6.000 → rounded to 6.0
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Your overall IELTS band score is the average of your four section scores (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking), rounded to the nearest whole or half band.
For IELTS Speaking specifically, your score is the average of four criterion scores: Fluency & Coherence (FC), Grammatical Range & Accuracy (GRA), Lexical Resource (LR), and Pronunciation (P).
Rounding Rules
The average is rounded to the nearest 0.5 band:
- Average of 6.125 → rounds down to 6.0 (closer to 6.0 than 6.5)
- Average of 6.25 or higher → rounds up to 6.5
- Average of 6.625 → stays at 6.5 (closer to 6.5 than 7.0)
- Average of 6.75 or higher → rounds up to 7.0
Examples
| Scores | Average | Overall Band |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0, 7.0, 6.0, 7.0 | 6.500 | 6.5 |
| 6.5, 7.0, 6.5, 7.0 | 6.750 | 7.0 |
| 6.0, 7.0, 6.5, 7.0 | 6.625 | 6.5 |
| 6.0, 6.5, 6.5, 7.0 | 6.500 | 6.5 |
This calculator uses official IELTS rounding rules. For official scores, take the IELTS test through an authorized test centre.