What are the possible final grades? What percentage passes the course?
Pass, Pass B, Pass A and Fail. The CELTA is not a course where accepted candidates who complete the course simply pass by dint of having attended it. The failure rate, however, is extremely low (1%) due to the rigorous selection process; if a candidate is at risk of failing, they are given letters of warning as well as appropriate guidance on how to succeed. There are face-to-face tutorials which are scheduled one-third and two-thirds of the way through the course; the main aim of these tutorials is for trainees to get a clear idea of where they stand in terms of their overall progress and (during the second tutorial) their potential final grade. [There is sometimes a third tutorial if the trainee is not performing at the level they were at tutorial 2]. According to 2008 research figures, most candidates (about two-thirds) receive a Pass, and about a quarter of successful candidates receive Pass B. Less than one candidate in every twenty receives a Pass A. There is no ‘quota’ of partic
