FAQs - IELTS One Skill Retake

IELTS One Skill Retake is a new feature that allows you to improve your original IELTS test score without repeating the full test. You can, instead, retake one of the four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking) and show your true potential. 

IELTS One Skill Retake is available to students who have taken full IELTS Academic or General Training tests on computer.

The cost of IELTS One Skill Retake may vary depending on your location. Please get in touch with your local test centre for further information.

The One Skill Retake will be available worldwide in selected British Council test locations from late 2023. 

To be eligible for the One Skill Retake, you must have recently completed a full IELTS on computer test and have received your results from a test centre that offers One Skill Retake.

You can only complete the One Skill Retake once per full IELTS test.

You must sit the One Skill Retake within 60 days from your original test date.

You can retake any one section of the IELTS test, whether it’s Listening, Reading, Writing, or Speaking. The format and timing of that IELTS One Skill Retake test is the same as that individual skill in a normal IELTS test, only you can save time by not needing to complete the other three skills.

You will receive a new IELTS Test Report Form containing your One Skill Retake score. It also includes the scores from your original test and an overall CEFR score. You can then decide whether to use your new or old score.

Check the organisation's website to which you are applying, or go to IELTS.org to view those organisations accepting IELTS One Skill Retake.