Is there an official raw-mark conversion?

No. UAT-UK publishes the 1.0–9.0 scale and the score distribution for each module, but no raw-to-scaled table, no grade boundaries and no pass mark. The raw-mark step on this page is modelled.

How much should I trust it?

Use it to compare your own practice papers. The anchors are real: 4.5 is the October cohort median and 7.0 is the 90th percentile. The step from a raw mark to either one is ours, and it depends on how hard that year's paper was.

What counts as a good ESAT score?

Above 4.5 puts you in the top half; 7.0 is roughly the top tenth. No university publishes an ESAT cut-off, so neither number predicts an offer.

Should I guess the questions I run out of time on?

Yes. UAT-UK says you do not lose marks for incorrect answers, so leave nothing blank when the module ends.

ESAT score converter

Pick a module, set your mark out of 27, read the modelled score and percentile. UAT-UK publishes no raw-mark table.

Official scale and per-module distributions: UAT-UK test results (opens in a new tab)

Raw mark/ 27

Questions answered correctly. Wrong answers lose no marks, so guess the rest.

Estimated score: 4.5; 3.8–5.2 if the paper runs 1.5 marks harder or easier
Percentile: 54th; share of Mathematics 1candidates below this score, from UAT-UK’s published October 2025 and January 2026 results

Modelled around the median

UAT-UK sets 4.5 at the cohort median on the reported score scale.

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Score 6.0: 19/27 · 4 more
Score 7.0: 21/27 · 6 more

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› Where these numbers come from

Two different numbers, from two different places. The percentile uses the score distribution UAT-UK published for Mathematics 1 in ESAT Explanation of Results, October 2025 and January 2026 (opens in a new tab). The displayed percentile is interpolated within those histogram bins, so it is an estimate from the published bars, not an official raw-mark conversion. That is why a 9.0 is the 98th in Mathematics 1 and the 97th in Biology.

The score is the modelled half. UAT-UK publishes no raw-mark table, grade boundary or pass mark, so the tool assumes a median raw mark of 15/27 for Mathematics 1 and a normal spread around it, then reads the percentile off the real distribution. Compare it with your own practice papers; do not read an offer into it.

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Before you use the number

Is there an official raw-mark conversion?: No. UAT-UK publishes the 1.0–9.0 scale and the score distribution for each module, but no raw-to-scaled table, no grade boundaries and no pass mark. The raw-mark step on this page is modelled.
How much should I trust it?: Use it to compare your own practice papers. The anchors are real: 4.5 is the October cohort median and 7.0 is the 90th percentile. The step from a raw mark to either one is ours, and it depends on how hard that year's paper was.
What counts as a good ESAT score?: Above 4.5 puts you in the top half; 7.0 is roughly the top tenth. No university publishes an ESAT cut-off, so neither number predicts an offer.
Should I guess the questions I run out of time on?: Yes. UAT-UK says you do not lose marks for incorrect answers, so leave nothing blank when the module ends. UAT-UK on the ESAT (opens in a new tab)

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