Eight levels, and a score inside each
NGPT reports on the scale your courses are already built on: the Common European Framework of Reference, from A1 to C2, including the two plus levels where intermediate classes usually divide.
What each level means
| Level | Score | A learner at this level, in short |
|---|---|---|
| A1Beginner | 10–19 | Understands and uses familiar everyday expressions; can introduce themselves and answer simple questions if the other person speaks slowly. |
| A2Elementary | 20–29 | Handles short, routine exchanges about family, shopping, work and the local area; describes their background in simple terms. |
| B1Intermediate | 30–39 | Follows the main points of clear speech and text on familiar matters; copes with most situations while travelling; gives reasons and explanations briefly. |
| B1+Strong intermediate | 40–49 | Does what a B1 learner does with more range and fewer breakdowns: keeps a conversation going, explains a problem, follows a longer argument on a known topic. |
| B2Upper intermediate | 50–59 | Understands the main ideas of complex text; talks with native speakers without strain on either side; writes clear, detailed text and argues a point of view. |
| B2+Strong upper intermediate | 60–69 | Argues and negotiates with some precision, corrects their own slips, and follows fast or specialised discussion in their own field. |
| C1Advanced | 70–79 | Understands long, demanding texts and implied meaning; speaks fluently without much searching for words; uses the language flexibly for study and work. |
| C2Proficient | 80–89 | Understands practically everything heard or read; expresses fine shades of meaning precisely, even in complex situations. |
The descriptions are a short paraphrase of the Council of Europe’s framework, which describes what a learner can do across all skills. NGPT places a candidate on this scale from their command of grammar and vocabulary; it does not test speaking.
Why B1+ and B2+
From B1 to B2 is a long stretch of learning, and many classes sit inside it. A school that has only “B1” and “B2” ends up with classes in which the strongest student is far ahead of the weakest.
The framework itself provides for this: it describes plus levels between the main ones. NGPT reports the two that matter most for timetabling, B1+ and B2+, as levels of their own. If your school does not use them, read B1+ as upper B1 and B2+ as upper B2.
Fitting your own course names
Many schools split a level into several courses: B1.1 to B1.4, or Intermediate 1, 2 and 3. The score is there for that. Each level spans ten points, so a school with four B1 courses can read 30–32 as the first, 33–34 as the second, and so on.
Treat such a split as a starting point and let the first week of class confirm it: the margin on a single test is usually wider than a quarter of a level.
Reading a result
- The level
- The one of the eight in which the candidate most probably belongs.
- The score, 10 to 89
- The first digit is the level, the second the place inside it: 40 is the very start of B1+, 49 its very end.
- The margin
- How far the true score may lie from the one shown: about two times in three it is inside the margin. A margin of 4 on a score of 46 means most probably between 42 and 50.
- Close to a boundary
- When the next level is a real possibility, the result names it. Those are the students to listen to for two minutes before you decide.
Marta Kovač
English, completed 14/09/2026, 22 questions
B1+
46 ± 4
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