Do examiners know if you've failed before?

Many candidates worry about their past performances, but the truth is simple: IELTS examiners do not know if you’ve failed before. When you walk into the test room, you are a blank slate. The examiner has no access to your previous test history, band scores, or candidate records. They are trained to grade exactly what they hear in that 11 to 14-minute window using the four official marking criteria: Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range, and Pronunciation. Because every test is a fresh start, your only job is to communicate confidently. To ensure you leave your past mistakes behind, use the SpeakPrac app to identify your grammar and vocabulary blind spots and fix them before your next attempt.