English Proficiency Information & English Language Providers

All programmes of study at Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand are delivered in English. If English is not your first language, we require evidence of your English language proficiency taken within the last two years.

The required test scores for different levels of programme are specified
in the table below:

 Certificates
Level 2 + Level 3

Culinary Arts Diploma
Level 4

Culinary Arts Diploma
Level 5

Bachelor of Culinary Arts & Business
Level 7

Master of Applied Hospitality Management 
Level 9

IELTS
Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5

IELTS
Academic score of 5.5 with  no band score lower than 5

IELTS
Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5

IELTS
An academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5

IELTS
An academic score of 6.5 with no band score lower than 6

NZCEL
Level 3 (General)

NZCEL
Level 3 (Academic) or (Applied)

NZCEL
Level 4 (Academic), (General) or (Employment)

NZCEL
Level 4 (Academic)

NZCEL
Level 5 (Academic)

PTE
An academic score of 36 with no band score lower than 36

PTE
An academic score of 42 with no band score lower than 36

PTE
An academic score of 42 with no band score lower than 36

PTE
An academic score of 50 with no band score lower than 42

PTE
An academic score of 58 with no band score lower than 50

Cambridge English Qualifications
B2 First or B2 First for Schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill.

Cambridge English Qualifications
B2 First or B2 First for Schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill.

Cambridge English Qualifications
B2 First or B2 First for Schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill.

Cambridge English Qualifications
B2 First or B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, or C2 Proficiency with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill.

Cambridge English Qualifications
B2 First or B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, or C2 Proficiency with a score of 176. No less than 169 in each skill.

LanguageCert
International ESOL B1 Achiever with overall PASS and no less than 25/50 in each skill or Academic with a minimum score of 55 overall and no skill below 55

LanguageCert
International ESOL B2 Communicator with overall PASS and no less than 25/50 in each skill or Academic with a minimum score of 60 overall and no skill below 55

LanguageCert
International ESOL B2 Communicator with overall HIGH PASS and no less than 25/50 in each skill or Academic with a minimum score of 60 overall and no skill below 55

LanguageCert
International ESOL C1 Expert with overall PASS and no less than 25/50 in each skill  or Academic with a minimum score of 65 overall and no skill below 60

LanguageCert
International ESOL C1 Expert with overall HIGH PASS and no less than 25/50 in each skill  or International ESOL C2 Mastery with overall PASS and no less than 25/50 in each skill or Academic with a minimum score of 70 overall and no skill below 65

OET
Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests

OET
Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all subtests

OET
Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all subtests

OET
Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all subtests

OET
 Minimum of Grade C+ or 300 in all sub-tests

Acceptable evidence of English language proficiency:

  • NCEA Level 3 with New Zealand University Entrance 

  • A Cambridge A-level qualification or International Baccalaureate Diploma taught and assessed in English 

  • The Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) or the Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL) 

  • A Bachelor’s degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours Degree, Post-graduate Certificate, Post-graduate Diploma, Master's Degree or Doctoral Degree with English as the language of instruction from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Fiji, the Republic of Ireland, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom, the United States or Vanuatu 

  • Prior schooling in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Fiji, the Republic of Ireland, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom, the United States or Vanuatu. The student must have completed either 5 years of secondary education or all primary education and at least 3 years of secondary education in one of those countries, with English as the language of instruction 

  • Evidence the student has achieved, in the two years before the programme’s start date, the required outcome for one of the internationally recognised proficiency tests. These tests are listed in the table in Appendix 1 of the Programme Approval, Recognition and  Accreditation Rules 

  • Evidence the student has met the English level and grade specified for the European countries listed in Appendix 2 of the Programme Approval, Recognition and Accreditation Rules.
For more information about the English requirements set by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) please click here.

Recommended English Language Providers
in New Zealand

 

English Provider

English Programme
 
 Entry requirements Duration
Intake Dates
 Website Highlights Contact
ETC

NZCEL
EAS
Depends on the
intended level of
English programme
NZCEL - 20 weeks
EAS -10-12 weeks
 Flexible http://www.etc.ac.nz/
5 mins walk to LCB
Accommodation arrangement
TOEIC only testing centre in
Wellington
Shiho Shindo
NZLC
General English, IELTS,
Cambridge,etc.
Depends on the
intended level of
English programme
 Flexible Flexible http://nzlc.ac.nz/
5 mins walk to LCB
Accommodation arrangement
Lenka Sladkova
If you are not certain of the evidence required, please email enrol@cordonbleu.edu




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