IELTS Task 2 opinion essay: Teachers’ influence on children
A Task 2 opinion question. Give your own view and keep it clear in every paragraph: agreeing in part is fine, as long as you say how far and why.
2 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 7.0 to 8.0. Updated on 16 October 2026.
The question
Once children enter school, teachers have more influence on their intellectual and social developments than parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Across these 2 essays the average band is 7.5: Task Response 8.0, Coherence and Cohesion 7.5, Lexical Resource 7.5, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 7.5. Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy were the weakest criteria.
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #2
Task response 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
In these days, it has become increasingly popular that teachers have more influence on children’s intellectual and social developments than their parents. While there are…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #1
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
In recent years, it has become increasingly commonplace for individuals to consider that teachers are likely to have more impact on young children’s holistic development…
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