After the test
PTE results: check, understand and share your report
Your official result is available through the myPTE account used for the test. Check the product, date and every required skill score, then provide the secure result details requested by the university or government using it. A practice score or report screenshot is not equivalent evidence.
How to check your PTE result in myPTE
- Sign in through Pearson’s myPTE service using the account attached to your booking.
- Look for View Score. If it is not on the account homepage, open My Activity and select the relevant test.
- Check your identity details, test name, test date and result. Be careful if the account contains several attempts.
- Save the PDF for your records if needed. Use the receiving organisation’s electronic verification route for the application itself.
Do not create another account to search for a delayed result. If you cannot sign in, use Pearson’s account recovery or support route rather than sending your password to someone offering to “release” a score.
How long do results take?
Pearson says results are usually available within two days, but can take up to five working days or longer if further review is required. Typical turnaround is not a guarantee. Scoring, identity or security checks can require more time; only Pearson can explain the status of your attempt.
After five working days, check myPTE and your spam or junk folder, then contact official support if needed. If you received a result-ready notice but the report will not display, Pearson’s help page gives separate troubleshooting steps. Follow that problem-specific guidance rather than repeatedly making new accounts.
Read the correct type of score report
Academic, Academic UKVI and Core give an overall score and four skill scores from 10 to 90. The overall result is based on the whole test; it is not the arithmetic average of the four displayed abilities. Home gives pass/fail at the booked A1, A2 or B1 level instead.
Use the Skills Profile, where provided, for learning feedback. It does not replace an official skill score, change an admission minimum or prove that a visa requirement is met.
Compare all conditions, not just the headline score
Make a small checklist from the receiving rule: accepted product, minimum overall result, individual skill minimums, test date and permitted evidence method. Mark each separately.
Illustrative example: a course asks for 65 overall and at least 60 in every skill. A candidate with 68 overall but Reading 58 has not met that stated combination. A different course can set different rules; this example is not an actual university requirement.
For Canadian immigration, convert each Core ability using the Core-to-CLB table. Do not use an Academic-to-IELTS comparison or the overall Core score as a substitute for four CLB levels.
Share a result the receiver can verify
First select the attempt you intend to use. Then follow the receiver’s instructions and Pearson’s current score-sharing help. Different applications use different identifiers; do not assume a booking reference, Score Report Code and SELT URN are interchangeable.
University or college
For Academic, Pearson describes sharing through myPTE or providing the Score Report Code for secure retrieval. Search for the exact receiving institution, check the destination and confirm the send action. Pearson allows free sharing with multiple institutions; check the application portal too, because sending a score does not automatically complete every admissions task.
Canada: PTE Core
Enter the test and report details requested by the IRCC application. Pearson’s help centre identifies an IRCC reference on the report, while its current Core guide also explains report-code and myPTE sharing routes. Use the identifier actually requested by the current form and the matching official report. The Canada verification checklist links the authoritative application instructions.
UK SELT applications
Provide the SELT URN from the approved UKVI or Home result as requested. The government verifies it through the secure system. Do not replace it with a screenshot or a standard Academic report that lacks the required SELT evidence.
Australia
Follow the relevant Home Affairs application and Pearson sharing instructions for the correct test attempt. Where you selected government allocation during booking, Pearson describes automatic sharing; that does not remove the need to enter the requested application details. Start with the institution and visa-authority checks.
Score validity: Pearson access and application rules differ
Pearson normally makes a score report available for two years from the test date. Save your records and complete required sharing while access is available. A saved PDF does not extend a receiver’s evidence window or create a new verifiable test date.
For Express Entry, IRCC requires results to be less than two years old both at profile completion and permanent-residence application. Check the later stage as well as the first.
GOV.UK’s general SELT rule uses results awarded within the two years before application, but specific settlement and citizenship provisions allow some earlier qualifications to be reused. Other destinations can have their own test-date and submission rules. Do not apply one universal expiry claim to every purpose.
Retake, rescore or technical review?
These are different actions. A new attempt tests your performance again; a rescore challenges scoring; a technical review investigates the recording issue described by Pearson. None guarantees a better result or an application extension.
| Action | What to check first | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Retake | The skill gap, preparation needed, current result and available dates | Wait for the last result; one booking at a time; standard limit of 12 tests in a rolling 12-month window, with an exception process |
| Rescore | Current eligibility, fee, deadline and consequences of a changed result | The current policy requires contact within 14 calendar days of result availability and excludes a request after another test has been scheduled |
| Technical review | Whether a recording problem affected the reported speaking result | The review itself does not change scores; current requests must be made within 15 business days of receiving results |
Pearson’s current rescore policy says a human scorer performs the rescore. A changed score replaces the previous one and can go down as well as up. Consider that before sharing a result or booking the next attempt. Check the linked policy for current fees and the exact process.
An appeal concerns whether Pearson followed its procedures after a relevant decision; it is not another assessment of test answers. Keep this distinction clear when deciding which support route addresses the actual problem.
If you need another attempt, use a focused study plan rather than retesting without correcting the weak area. Review the booking rules before paying.
Frequently asked questions
Is a high overall score enough?
Only if it meets the receiver’s complete rule. A required individual skill minimum or Core CLB level must also be met.
Can PTE Karo release a delayed result?
No. Only Pearson can investigate your account or score status. Do not send private reports, ID or login details to PTE Karo.
Will a rescore keep my old score if the new one is lower?
No. Pearson says a changed score replaces the old result. Read the policy and consider application consequences before requesting it.
Official references
Checked 28 October 2026. The current rescore page was updated by Pearson on 25 August 2026.