Can I appeal or ask for a re-mark of my CIPLE result?

Yes. The process is called reapreciação. You must request it within 5 working days of results being published, it costs 25 euros which is not refunded whatever happens, and all components are re-marked by a different team rather than only the one you disagree with. Your score can move either way.

Updated September 2026 · 2 min read

The rules, in order

Request within 5 working days of results being published. Miss the window and the result stands.
Apply by email to CAPLE, or submit the request through your centre.
Pay 25 euros. The fee is not refunded whatever the outcome. Bank details are published on CAPLE's results page.
All components are re-marked by a different assessment team, not just the one you contest.
CAPLE replies within 25 working days of receiving the request, to you and to your centre.
The decision is final. There is no further appeal.

Be realistic about what you are buying

You will not be shown your script. You will not learn what changed or why. You are paying 25 euros and waiting five more weeks for a re-mark of an exam you cannot see, conducted by people who also cannot discuss it with you.

Point 4 deserves particular attention. Because every component is re-marked, a component you passed can come back lower. This is not a one-way appeal where the only risk is the fee.

When it is worth doing

There is a narrow case where it makes sense: when a partial percentage is wildly out of line with every practice result you ever recorded. If you consistently scored well above the line on reading in timed practice and the results page shows something near the floor, a marking or transcription error is at least plausible, and 25 euros to test that is reasonable.

When it is not

Most of the time, booking the next session is the faster and cheaper decision. A reapreciação costs five weeks you could have spent preparing, and the base rate of results being overturned is not something you should plan around.

The strongest position is having practice data to compare against. Candidates who have scored themselves repeatedly against the real pass mark know immediately whether a result is surprising.

Can a good reading score make up for a bad speaking score?

Only up to a point. Components do compensate each other in the overall total, so strong reading lifts a weak component. But there is a hard floor of 25% in every component, and dropping below it fails the whole exam regardless of your total. Compensation stops exactly there.

How do I check my CIPLE exam results online?

On CAPLE's own results page, using your número de candidato, the candidate number issued when your registration was confirmed. It is an alphanumeric code, not your ID number and not your registration reference. Nobody emails or texts you when results appear, so checking the page is entirely on you.

How is the CIPLE exam weighted between the components?

Reading and writing are marked together as one component worth 45%. Listening is worth 30%. Speaking is worth 25%. Reading and writing are therefore almost half the grade, and they are also the most improvable, which is why preparation time is usually best spent there first.