Band & Grade: OET & IELTS Mock Exam Suite Design

Band & Grade is my examiner-led mock exam line for OET and IELTS candidates. I designed four Writing and Speaking mocks (OET Medicine, OET Nursing, IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training) and one report format that works across all of them.

Most mock feedback stops at a score. "Grade C+" or "Band 6.5" tells a candidate where they are, not what to change before test day. Doctors and nurses preparing for OET have very little time, so they need the two or three changes that will move the grade.

Real-format tasks: OET case notes and letter tasks for Medicine and Nursing with two role-plays each, and IELTS Task 1 and Task 2 for Academic and General Training with a full three-part Speaking test.

Model answers written to the official lengths: OET letters of 184 and 197 words in the body, IELTS Task 1 answers of 160 to 162 words and Task 2 essays of 268 to 272 words.

An examiner content key for every OET case: what the reader must know, what is useful context, and what to leave out.

A marking guide built only on the published criteria: six for OET Writing, four for IELTS Writing and four for IELTS Speaking.

A score for every criterion, with quoted evidence from their script or recording

Five priority fixes, ranked by how much each one is worth

One paragraph rewritten at the target level, with every change explained

A 14-day action plan, plus one rewrite marked again at no extra cost

Selection before language. Many OET letters lose the grade on what they include, not on grammar, so the content key comes before the language notes.

One standard, four exams. The report has the same structure for OET and IELTS, so a school or tutor can compare candidates across exams.

Honest limits. Scores are an examiner's indicative estimate, not an official result. The materials are independent of OET/CBLA, the British Council, IDP and Cambridge.

OET Medicine Writing Mock 01 (case notes, task, model letter, content key and marking guide) is free on my profile: download the free mock.

For a marked mock with the full report, see OET Mock Exam for Doctors & Nurses or IELTS Mock Exam with Band Report.