From 23 April 2026 the National Boards, including the Dental Board of Australia, updated the minimum scores required on accepted English tests, aligning them with score concordance research and with the scores the Department of Home Affairs uses for migration. PTE Academic moves from an overall 66 to an overall 63, but with a new per-section profile of listening 58, reading 59, writing 60 and speaking 76. TOEFL iBT moves from a total of 94 to a total of 91, with listening 22, reading 22, writing 23 and speaking 24.
OET moves from letter grades to numeric minimums of listening 350, reading 360, writing 350 and speaking 360. IELTS Academic is effectively unchanged at overall 7 with 7 in listening, reading and speaking and 6.5 in writing. Scores from tests taken on or before 22 April 2026 are assessed against the old table under transition arrangements.
