GESE results

Your result and certificate

What is a provisional result?

A provisional result is an unconfirmed result, and is potentially subject to change, until approved by Trinity and confirmed as the final result. You will receive an email with your approved final result within 4-7 days of your test date.

Candidates in the UK can usually expect to receive their Trinity SELT digital certificate within 7 days of the test date.

If you require a printed certificate, please call us on 0333 358 3183 Monday to Friday 8.00am – 8.00pm or Saturday and Sunday 8.00am – 5.30pm. A charge of £12.50 will apply.

Calculating your result

Your performance is assessed against the communicative skills and language requirements listed for your grade in the GESE Exam Information booklet. Trinity examiners consider how well you have demonstrated these items.

Examiners assess your performance using an A-D rating scale. They award a letter grade (A, B, C or D) for each exam task. They use performance band descriptors to decide what grade to award. 

There are four possible results for any GESE exam: Pass with Distinction, Pass with Merit, Pass and Fail. Your overall result is based on the grades you got in the different tasks - the GESE conversion tables show how we calculate this.

Trinity is committed to ensuring that the standard of each qualification remains consistent over time and so reserves the right to make appropriate adjustments to published grade thresholds and/or methods of aggregating marks.

Information for each GESE grade