Combining OET Scores

Candidates can currently combine their OET results from two test sessions. The UK’s Nursing and Midwifery regulatory authority now accept combining OET results from two sittings. The OET criteria and combination are described in further detail below.

The NMC will now accept combined OET scores if no sub-test results are more than half the grades below the required mark. The individual test results from both tests can be C for Writing and C+ for Listening, Reading and Speaking to be eligible for clubbing, but the combined scores still need to be C+ for writing and B for listening, reading, and speaking.

The NMC will now accept combined OET scores if no sub-test results are more than half the grades below the required mark. The individual test results from both tests can be C for Writing and C+ for Listening, Reading and Speaking to be eligible for clubbing, but the combined scores still need to be C+ for writing and B for listening, reading, and speaking.

OET Scoring Clubbing needs

You can achieve the required mark across two test sittings if:

• You’re tested in all four sections at the same time
• All grades in both sittings are above grade C+, and
• You achieve at least a grade C+ in the writing section and at least a grade B in the reading, listening and speaking sections in either of the two test sittings.

Examples of Acceptable OET clubbing:

COMBINED OET SCORES: ACCEPTED

	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Test 1	B	B	C+	B
Test 2	B	C+	B	B

In either of the two test sessions, the candidate received at least a grade B in the listening, speaking, and reading sections and at least a grade C+ in the writing component. No score fell below a grade C+.

COMBINED OET SCORES: ACCEPTED

	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Test 1	B	B	C+	B
Test 2	C	C+	B	B

This application would not be accepted. The applicant has scored lower than grade C+.

Another change to the rules for clubbing is that the NMC has extended the period for combining scores. Previously, the period was 6 months, and the new rules have extended this to 12 months. This change will give students more time to prepare before retaking the test and give them more flexibility when scheduling their exams.

If you have written OET twice in 12 months period within the last two years click here to check whether your score is accepted by NMC.

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