Findings detail first large-scale study into the positive impact of inclusive leadership on students in secondary education The Institute of Teaching and Learning at Sevenoaks School releases its annual academic journal. Innovate details research-focused projects that explore best practice and policy in schools. The second edition of Innovate features 17 articles contributed from teaching staff, educational professionals and […]
Read moreLooking forward with the IB Virtual Conference Highlights We are delighted that more than 200 delegates from around the world were able to join us last week for our first virtual conference Looking forward with the IB. In these uncertain and challenging times, it is reassuring to be part of a community of educators who […]
Read moreEarlier this year, in response to feedback provided from its member schools, the IB Schools and Colleges Association of the UK and Ireland launched a pilot programme offering academic subject-specific study support to IB students whose learning had been disrupted due to Covid-19. The pilot programme, IB Subject Boosts, provided concentrated review of key topic […]
Read morePlease find below 3 links to the latest updates that have just been put onto the IB site: Updates for 2020-21- d_0_iboxx_sup_2008_1_e Updates for 2020-21 further details – d_0_iboxx_sup_2009_1f_e Addendum for May 2021 (only) guidance on internal and other non-examination coursework assessment components – d_0_iboxx_sup_2009_1a_e
Read moreThe past five months have seen changes which were previously beyond the scope of imagination. Throughout this period, our children and students have shouldered an enormous weight in terms of the impact on their education and most recently young people in our IB community and beyond have been adversely affected by these circumstances. As an […]
Read moreThe below message was sent out to all admissions officers in the UK this morning Dear Admissions Officer I wrote to you earlier this summer to highlight the situation of IB graduates facing an uncertain future due to circumstances beyond their control. Since I wrote, the press has been full of stories surrounding the A […]
Read moreYesterday morning the IB announced a significant change to its grading process for May 2020 which now places a greater emphasis on the externally marked IA grade. Details of the changes are found here. The principal alterations are as follows: If the PG is higher than the IA grade, then the IA grade will be […]
Read moreThe IB Schools and Colleges Association for the UK and Ireland has received approval from the International Baccalaureate Organization to temporarily transfer the delivery of its authorised professional development workshops to an online platform. The approval has been granted as a response to travel restrictions and transmission concerns around Covid-19 and will be in effect […]
Read morePlease find a link here to a letter which IBSCA has sent to all UK University Admissions Tutors on behalf of students who have missed their offers, it outlines the complexities of this years results and asks for universities to be as flexible as possible.
Read moreFurther information on the awarding of May 2020 results can be found by following the link below. We are also pleased to confirm that this information has been passed on to universities to help them better understand the complexities around the awarding of grades this year. https://www.ibo.org/news/news-about-the-ib/awarding-may-2020-results-further-information/
Read moreWarwick University has released the following statement: We can confirm that we will treat the November exam series as first attempt, when taken in lieu of this summer’s calculated grades. Their FAQs on the IB can be found by following this link: https://warwick.ac.uk/study/covid19/#IB
Read more“Admissions for 2020/21 Academic Year: The Irish universities will accept the new 2020 Leaving Certificate calculated grades for admission in the same way as the Leaving Certificate in other years. The 2020 calculated grades will likewise be processed by the CAO in the same way as other years. We will likewise continue to accept all […]
Read moreHow will you treat International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) students this year? The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) has confirmed that every student will receive a final grade in each part of the IBDP. The most up-to-date information on how these grades will be calculated is available on the IBO’s website. We can confirm that we’ll accept any grades […]
Read moreHomewood School’s Year 13 International Baccalaureate (IB) students are actively demonstrating how the ethos of Service Learning, which is part of their course, can translate into the real world at a time of great need. They have been helping in the local community during the current crisis in many different ways. Two students have taken […]
Read moreThe Russell Group of Universities welcomes the clarity provided by exam regulators and awarding bodies across the UK over how they will grade candidates who would have taken exams in A levels, AS levels, GCSEs, (including their International variants), Scottish Nationals, Highers/Advanced Highers and other qualifications such as the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Students can rest […]
Read moreManchester University have provided IBSCA with the following statement: The University of Manchester is aware that this is a very unsettling time for all applicants but please be assured that we will do all we can to ensure the changes to the IB assessment and examinations won’t affect your opportunity to attend our University in […]
Read moreUpdates from Warwick, Exeter, Queen Mary and Sheffield University can be found below: Exeter University Following the announcement that GCSEs, A Levels, IB, Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers in Scotland and other Level 3 exams have been cancelled, how will this affect me and my place at Exeter? To make sure it’s a fair reflection […]
Read moreStatement from Southampton University: We will accept grades awarded this year as normal. Our requirements will not change as a result of the different methods of assessment being employed. If you have been unable to complete the Diploma but you have completed individual courses, we will carefully consider your final grades and we may be […]
Read moreLSE have released further information about student’s hoping to attend their university in September: The IBO has released guidance on how IB Diplomas and Certificates will be awarded in Summer 2020. The IBO aim to deliver these grades in July. We will use these grades as the basis for our confirmation decisions. In the meantime, we […]
Read morePlease see below for a statement from The University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is carefully monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. We recognise that the impact of the pandemic may create uncertainty for offer holders and prospective students. We fully understand that this is a difficult time for all of you, but please be […]
Read moreIBSCA and IB are monitoring the position of universities regarding the award of grades this summer. Most universities are still at a very early stage in their thinking and have made rather vague statements, for example this is UCL’s statement: “We are currently processing the implications of the recent decisions by various exam boards around […]
Read moreA very interesting and informative article from Bath University covering FAQs from undergraduate applicatants – please follow the link below: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-undergraduate-applicants/
Read moreThe assessment of the grades and the reaction of universities to the grades is of paramount importance to our students and schools. We would like to reassure schools that IB is working closely with Ofqual, UCAS and representative bodies to ensure that the results will be in line with other awarding organisations’ practice. IB is […]
Read more16 – 17 October 2020 Keynote speakers include Alice Roberts, Michael Rosen, Bill Lucas, Tom McLeish and Tom Chatfield Sevenoaks School will host an International Education Symposium in October to explore the value, challenge and reward of thinking creatively about teaching and learning in schools. The event is open to all school leaders, teachers and […]
Read moreFree seminar for IBSCA delegates on 24th April at Warwick University. IBSCA is delighted to welcome back Harrison Wavell, education specialist from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, to talk to IBSCA delegates about an exciting new idea that is gripping the imagination of students, teachers, universities and employers. These are some of the comments from previous […]
Read moreOnce the gold standard, A-levels are losing their lustre, increasingly eclipsed by the rigour and breadth of the IB, says Helena Pozniak Images of delighted A-level students taking an artfully choreographed jump for joy are a familiar sight on news pages every August. But teens who have sat the International Baccalaureate (IB) have a right […]
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Read moreIBSCA is very pleased to announce that Richard Markham will be its new CEO from September, 2019, in succession to Robert Tibbott, who is retiring. Richard arrives with strong IBSCA and IB credentials, having served on IBSCA’s steering committee since 2013, when he became Principal of Hockerill Anglo-European College, overseeing a flourishing DP and MYP […]
Read moreHere are the latest views from various UK universities and some links to latest support from the IB Models for Structuring[3] Overview + Best Fit Guide USA[3] Overview + Best Fit Guide[3] Recognition Guide[3] In addition to the statement from Imperial College London which was released prior to our mathematics teachers’ forum in October we […]
Read moreHenry Coverdale, Director of Post 16 Education at King Edward’s School in Birmingham, has written a blog concering the benefits of the IB for aspiring engineers. Click here to read the full blog
Read moreSt Leonards School has been awarded the Sunday Times ‘Scottish Independent School of the Year’. Click here to read the full article on the Sunday Times which refers to their IB status and delivery.
Read moreYou can read more by clicking here about Scotland’s ranking of top performing state secondary schools
Read moreClick here to read more about how Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth is due to appear on a stamp for her 18th birthday.
Read moreClick here to read Sir Anthony Seldon’s article addressing the importance of the IB.
Read moreThis article on the Times Educational Supplement looks at the number of IB Schools and student courses applied for over the years – read the full article by clicking here.
Read moreIn this article, Lord Willets alleges that Michael Gove opposes the Internationcal Baccalaureate because he feels it represents “rootless cosmopolitan education”. Click here to read more.
Read moreThis article from Teach Wire and on Teach Secondary talks about the development of the IB programmes and describes how it prepares students for the future. Click here or here to read more.
Read moreJohn Claughton, Development Officer of IBSCA, discusses the progress of the IB and it’s prospect in the UK. Click here to read the 2-page article in the Private Schools Magizine.
Read moreIf you missed the RSA 50th Event on September 26th, you can watch the recording of the live stream by clicking here. Please also find the written transcript here. Thank you to all those involved, the event was a great success.
Read moreClick here to read what Han Vestberg thinks the purpose of education is in a world where machines are getting smarter. This article is a part of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit.
Read moreClick here to read why Sir Anthony Seldon believes that world needs the IB.
Read morePeter Howe talks in this article about why exams need to be abandoned and how else students can be prepared for the future. See the full article here.
Read moreThis is another interesting article published on ‘The Conversation’, written by Shona McIntosh who is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Bath. It compares the teachings of the A-level curriculum with that of the IB, with respect to the most rounded students. Read the article here.
Read moreAlix Robertson talks about the IB results, and highlights how this has included an alternative provision academy. Click here to read the full article.
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Read moreIB’s 50th Anniversary: what has the IB ever done for us? The Wellington College’s Festival of Education is the largest educational event of its kind in the UK, with 4000 visitors over two days, hundreds of speakers and dozens of sessions. Click here for a summary of the panel session on the International Baccalaureate which took […]
Read more‘The slaying of dragons’, a blog post written by John Claughton, Development Officer of IBSCA, in which he slays some of the myths of the IB Programme. The full post can be found on the IBSCA Blog here.
Read moreIn the IB’s 50th year students are celebrating their IB results, and Relocate Editorial writes about the success of the programme and thus the schools’ results for 2018. Click here to read the full article.
Read morePaul Luxmoore talks about how he strives to improve Thanet, and how the IB Diploma Programme (DP) and Careers-Related Programme (CP) are a part of it. Click here to link to the SchoolsWeek supplement, see pages 24-25 for the full article.
Read morePat Moores, Director of UK Education Guide, writes here about the relative merits of the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the A-Level. Click here to read the full article.
Read moreSchoolsweek have created an overview of data that shows trends in amongst schools and pupils studying the IB in the UK and internationally, click here to view the latest Schools Week Supplement.
Read more‘At today’s meeting of the Westminster Education Forum about forthcoming T-levels, and amidst much uncertainty about them, Paul Luxmoore (Coastal Academies Trust, Kent) gave a thoroughly convincing description of the IBCP and its potential as the viable alternative 16-19 curriculum, embracing both the vocational and the academic. Lord Baker, who chaired the forum, was clearly […]
Read moreAs the International Baccalaureate (IB) celebrates its 50th year, John Claughton reflects on the programme’s history At our heart we are motivated by a mission to create a better world through education.’ Thus speaks the International Baccalaureate and it has now been saying this for 50 years since its creation 1968. That mission is not some dreamers’ […]
Read more‘While we have become accustomed to foreign teenagers moving thousands of miles away from home to England in stockpiled Premier League academies, the reverse is somewhat of a novelty. The widely-accepted narrative goes that English youngsters are too mollycoddled to risk a move abroad and, when they do reach the age for first-team football, they […]
Read moreThe conventional wisdom about 21st century skills holds that students need to master the STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and math — and learn to code as well because that’s where the jobs are. It turns out that is a gross simplification of what students need to know and be able to do, and some […]
Read moreIn my role as Director of Studies at Gresham’s School, where we offer Sixth Form students both A-levels and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, I actively encourage all students to consider the IB Diploma Pathway. If students explain that they have chosen to take A-levels because they are absolutely passionate about three particular subjects […]
Read moreWe certainly do seem to be getting more interested in all things global when it comes to education. First there was ‘global citizenship’ — whether or not we know exactly what the term means. ‘Global’ and ‘citizen’ taken together always appear in tension to me, a contradiction in terms implying you don’t understand one word […]
Read moreAs the IB curriculum celebrates its fiftieth year, Tim Jones, academic deputy head at Sevenoaks School, discusses how effective the programme has been – especially in nurturing the development of ‘soft skills’. Isn’t it interesting that for the first half of the last century, ‘soft skills’ were taken for granted as those requiring little or […]
Read moreIn a series of new blog posts we want to shine a light on what it means to offer An Education for Global Citizenship. We will explore debates, emerging findings from the research literature and above all share how we at IAG are meeting the challenges and opportunities presented by both this the Fourth Industrial Revolution […]
Read moreBristol Grammar School was founded in 1532 and, like so many other of the ancient city grammar schools in the UK, it has been the key academic institution of the city for nearly 500 years. During that history it has produced a winner of the Nobel Prize and the founder of Penguin Books, Sir Allen […]
Read moreCambridge University is to offer apprenticeships for the first time in a sign that vocational training is becoming a genuine alternative to conventional degrees and £27,000 tuition fees. The university has been registered as an official apprenticeship trainer alongside companies such as Lloyds Bank, Greggs bakery and British Airways. Other universities including Bath Spa and […]
Read moreAs part of the IB 50th birthday party, IB, working with ITN, produced films on the impact of IB at a number of schools in the UK: ACS International Schools, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Dwight School, Headington School and Sevenoaks. Links to these films are below. Click here for the Sevenoaks film Click here for the […]
Read more“Data shows that, over 10 years, 30% more BTEC students failed to complete their degree course than those students who entered university with the equivalent A Level tariff scores. The assumption drawn from this finding is that BTEC students are less well prepared for university that A Level students. However, I believe this simplistic view […]
Read more“Seven International Baccalaureate (IB) World Schools from across Africa and Europe are celebrating 40 years of offering the Diploma Programme (DP), having recognised the IB’s unique proposition and started the programme in 1977, just nine years after it was first launched. The schools, which are celebrating 40 years’ commitment to nurturing students to demonstrate a […]
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Read moreTwenty-four state schools across Kent are now authorised to offer the IB Career-related Programme (CP), equating to nearly one third of state schools in the county and a quarter of CP students worldwide. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) is becoming a popular choice in the UK as students are reaping the benefits of […]
Read moreFinishing secondary education and heading into Sixth Form is an exciting, yet daunting prospect for most 16-year olds. Assuming they have already chosen by the summer what they will be studying at Sixth Form – whether that be A-levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma – arriving at the summer holiday offers them time to […]
Read more‘Research has highlighted the influence of gender stereotypes on students who are at crossroads with their career path. It suggests that good careers advice is vital in helping students determine – regardless of gender – how they can translate their aptitudes and skills into viable careers…’ Click here to read more about how the IBCP […]
Read moreThis is the twelfth year that ACS International Schools and IBSCA have commissioned this survey among university admissions officers and in all this time the DP has been consistently rated as the best qualification to thrive at university. The University Admissions Officers Report 2017 summarises the results of the survey, highlights trends in university applications, provides […]
Read moreI am Head of Wilmington Academy which is a non-selective secondary modern surrounded by grammar schools so that our students are of mid/low ability. So, we start from a basis that is lower than the national average starting point. Nor are we short of competition: North West Kent College is a big draw and some of […]
Read moreAccording to research findings published in the 12th annual University Admissions Officers Report, UK university admissions officers rate the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) as “exceptionally different and better than A Levels”. The DP uniquely equips students with key skills The survey, commissioned by ACS International Schools and the IB Schools and Colleges Association of […]
Read moreThe International Baccalaureate (IB) and ITN Productions have launched ‘A Better World Through Education,’ a news and current affairs-style programme which explores how IB programmes have been preparing children for life, allowing young minds to flourish across multiple disciplines and multiple cultures. With IB programmes being offered in more than 150 countries, this programme goes on a world-wide […]
Read moreSunday Times Parent Power is the most respected, the most extensive and best researched study of the best schools in both the state and the independent sector in the UK. This year’s survey was published yesterday and it shows the great, and growing, significance of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in the UK… click here to […]
Read moreThere aren’t many schools that get to boast of being our Independent School of the Year. There are even fewer which get to claim the prize not once, but twice, with a record of consistent excellence that last saw Sevenoaks School walk off with the award 10 years ago… Please click here to read more, unfortunately […]
Read moreTHE LAKE District’s only independent school has been named in Sunday Times as the International Baccalaureate (IB) School of of the Year. The Sunday Times published its 25th edition of Parent Power at the weekend, a publication which identifies the 2,000 highest-achieving schools in the UK, which are ranked according to their examination results. Among […]
Read moreBTECs have been lauded for widening access to university, but once students get there they receive worse outcomes Every so often a new study tells us privately-schooled pupils perform worse at university than their state-schooled peers, or that there are huge gaps in attainment across measures of disadvantage, gender and ethnicity. Perhaps the most significant […]
Read moreThe narrow A-level curriculum is leaving more and more new undergraduates unable to cope with the rigours of university, says Mary Curnock Cook Earlier this autumn, over 330,000 young people made the leap from school or college to higher education. Many of them will have been ill-prepared for this transition, which involves a fundamental change […]
Read moreWhen columnist Andrew Pierce tweeted earlier this year that 1.3 million children “do not speak English as a first language, underlining strain immigration puts on schools” he understandably caused something of a social media stir. Alongside some tweets of support, others were quick to point out that not having English as a mother tongue need not […]
Read moreThis academic year Vienna International School are excited to be hosting a Kindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics conference in early June 2018. Their aim is to bring together leading authors, workshop facilitators and classroom practitioners for an engaging, relevant and cost effective professional development opportunity. To view more information on the course and to sign up please […]
Read moreI don’t really understand T-levels. This is either because I’m a bit dumb and slow, or because, as the executive head of a predominantly secondary MAT, I’ve been led to believe that T-levels are designed for FE colleges, and are therefore not for my pupils. I get the intention, however. T-levels are supposed to be […]
Read moreTwenty-four state schools across Kent are now authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Career-related Programme (CP), with first teaching starting this term. This equates to almost 30% of state schools in the county. With over 500 students studying the programme in Kent alone, the UK is now home to almost a quarter of the schools across […]
Read moreOne headteacher of a secondary modern in selective Kent discusses his decision to look beyond the “narrow and purely academic curriculum” of A levels This year, for the first time in almost 10 years as a headteacher, I felt success on sixth form results day. For the first time ever, every student had passed […]
Read moreTwo of the world’s leading authorities in education, the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Tes, the world’s largest community of education professionals with over 8 million registered users – including 100,000 IB educators – have announced a major new collaboration, which will see the launch of a resource-sharing service to help improve learning outcomes worldwide…. to […]
Read moreSixth form education needs a major overhaul to properly prepare pupils for the future, a leading academic has said Pupils are being put at a disadvantage by A levels, because it is a narrow system that is no longer “fit for purpose”, according to Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society. Britain is at […]
Read moreWith Mark Seldon – Director of Studies at Gresham’s School Many parents will be under the impression that they know all about A Levels (as they are likely to have taken them themselves) but don’t know as much about the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. Yet we are currently going through the biggest shake […]
Read moreResearch undertaken by the University of Bath into the impact of an extra-curricular component of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) has revealed that DP students are well-prepared for university, and for life. DP modelThe report, based on responses from almost 8,000 students as well as programme coordinators and alumni, questions respondents on their […]
Read moreComment by Jane Drake, Head of Curriculum Innovation and Alignment at the IB. How do today’s students understand current affairs? They hear daily analyses of the actions of the governments across the world, the plight of international refugees, terror threats, and environmental challenges. If they are being exposed to these events and current affairs for […]
Read moreHere is an article about an English Footballer who went specifically to Germany to get a better education than with an English club. Danny took up studying the IB in Stuttgart to ensure that he had a solid back-up plan in case his career in football didn’t work out for him. Read more about his […]
Read moreThe latest edition of Guide to International Education & Schools is out now! Articles that may be of interest to you: – The International Baccalaureate: A Global Success Story – A pathway to career success – The education system in England – and many more…. Click here for the full guide.
Read moreAdrian Kearney, the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) regional director for Africa, Europe and the Middle East, answers key questions about the opportunities afforded by the Career-related Programme. The Career-related Programme is the latest in the International Baccalaureate (IB) suite of qualifications. Adrian Kearney, the IB’s regional director for Africa, Europe and the Middle East, answers the key questions relocating parents […]
Read moreJohn Claughton, IBSCA Development Manager, discusses the advantages of the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme Heraclitus wrote in seventh century BC Greece, ‘All things are in flux’. He may not have had the 21st-century British education in mind, but all things are in flux. A-levels, after 17 glorious years of AS levels and modules and retakes, […]
Read moreFears that we will become a nation of techno-nerds at the expense of the arts only show that we are still stuck in 1959 Libby Purves Hard not to snort with momentary laughter, reading of the dismay of senior cultural figures and head teachers at a sudden upward surge in STEM subjects taken at A […]
Read moreThis week more than 66,000 International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) students from around the world have received their results from the May 2017 examination session. This represents a 20.03% increase compared with last year. 703 schools in 95 countries participated and students received an average score of 35.8 points (of 56 possible maximum). 290 students received their results […]
Read moreToday almost 160,000 Diploma Programme (DP) students around the world will receive their results from the May 2017 examination session. They join a community of more than 1.6 million DP graduates in 152 countries worldwide. Globally, students received an average diploma score of 32.03 points (of 45 possible maximum), with a pass rate of 87%. […]
Read moreGoogle it! Students are ‘needy, ill-prepared and reliant on search engines’ Survey of university admissions staff paints an unflattering picture of today’s students, finds Jeremy Lewis. A “challenging set of results”, a politician might say. Others might suggest that heads should roll. What is clear is that if there were any sort of league table […]
Read more“ABSTRACT In spite of its world-wide reach, the International Baccalaureate (IB) is still a relatively unknown quantity in many schools in the UK. Even if teachers know of the IB, very few teachers know how it works and even fewer have actually taught it. As a result, not enough Classicists realise how beneficial the IB […]
Read moreWellington Festival of Education, Friday 23rd June The need for breadth in 21st education ‘What’s so special or odd about English students that they have the narrowest 16+ education in the world?’ [Carl Gombrich, University College, London] On Friday 23rd June at the Wellington Festival of Education, the International Baccalaureate brought together key figures from […]
Read moreWellington Festival of Education, Friday 23rd June The International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme ‘The IB CP programme is a beautifully created curriculum which brings together the academic and the vocational in a way that is perfect for our students with their many different abilities and aspirations.’ [Dr Saima Rana, Principal, Westminster Academy] On Friday 23rd June […]
Read moreACS International Schools and the International Baccalaureate Schools and College Association’s (IBSCA) twelfth annual survey of admissions officers from 80 different universities, ranging from Russell Group to Post ’92 Institutions, provides a grim outlook on the level of preparedness of undergraduates starting university this autumn. Continue reading here…
Read moreJamie Fearn, Olympian, speaking with Felsted School Sporting Scholars. Photo courtesy of Felsted School GB Olympian Jamie Fearn recently visited Felsted School in Essex meeting with 40 of the Schools’ sporting scholars. Jamie represented Team GB at the Winter Olympic Games in 1992, Albertville and 1994, Lillehammer in Short Track Speed Skating and successfully […]
Read moreThe University of Nottingham has launched a new undergraduate scholarship for outstanding overseas fee-paying students who have successfully completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme(DP) before applying to study at the institution. Students starting at the University in September 2017 and 2018 will be eligible for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Excellence Scholarship, which recognises the academic merit of students who achieve […]
Read moreJohn Claughton, former Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham, UK, radically abolished A-Levels to introduce the IB Diploma Programme (DP) – he explains why it was a risk worth taking, and how it was part of a wider plan to transform the school. Not many people get the chance to go back to their […]
Read moreThe University of Southampton is the first Russell Group University to make an official admissions policy statement for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) in recognition of how the programme prepares its students for university and its value within the UK education system. The University’s statement follows a large increase in the number of […]
Read moreMark Waldron, Headmaster of Ryde School with Upper Chine, Isle of Wight, discusses the benefits of an academic and vocational curriculum. Follow the link below to read the full article in this month’s issue of Independent Education Today Full Article – Independent Education Today
Read moreThe Field Studies Council is hosting an IBO approved CPD residential at their Field Centre at Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire. This 3-day DP Category 3 workshop will develop participant’s skills to lead and delivery effective fieldwork and internal assessment for Biology or ESS. Using a hands-on approach it will demonstrate the key issues and opportunities […]
Read moreMartina, an IB alumna student from Impington Village College, writes about her experience of the IB in the latest issue of World Student magazine: “The continuous headlines, dominated by A Levels, have made me reminisce about my time in sixth form. I am originally from Italy and, rather unconventionally, moved to the UK without my […]
Read moreRobert Tibbott will succeed Sandra Morton as CEO of IBSCA on 1 September, 2017. Up to 2016, he was Deputy Head at Dartford Grammar School (a Kent IB World School), where, since 1996, the IB Diploma Programme, and, since 2007, the IB Middle Years Programme have been offered. In 2009, the IBDP replaced A-Levels; there […]
Read moreIn the past, vocational and academic education were seen as mutually-exclusive choices. Students would have to pick a “side,” stick to it, and follow that choice through. Now, an alternative approach that brings vocational and academic paths together for students aged 16-18 is proving popular writes Jon Severs for TES magazine. Severs cites 27 schools […]
Read moreA programme called A Better World Through Education, set to launch on Oct 25, will explore how the International Baccalaureate (IB) impacts students, schools and communities, according to a press release by IB. English newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky will host the news and current affairs-styled show, jointly produced by the international education foundation and ITN Productions, a British-based news […]
Read moreFollow the link below to read an article by Absolute Education who interviewed John Claughton, IBSCA Development Manager, about the strengths of the IB: John Claughton – Absolutely Spring 2017
Read moreThe study, conducted by the National Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom (UK NARIC) provides a benchmark for universities across the world to assess international IB students’ English language acquisition. Most international universities around the world have English proficiency requirements for incoming international students. Many universities accept scores in DP language courses as evidence […]
Read moreOn 10th and 11th of March ASCL held their 2017 Annual Conference at the ICC, Birmingham. Sian Carr, ASCL President, IBSCA Committee Member & Executive Principal at Skinners’ Kent Academy spoke about next generation leadership: “Whilst holding firm to my strong sense of what can be, of possibility, this year has made me wonder a […]
Read moreResearch has revealed that the majority of graduates of the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme believe that it gives them a head start at university and prepares them for the world of work. Research has shown that the International Baccalaureate (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) helps to prepare students for university and future employment. The Warwick Institute […]
Read moreYou may or may not know this, but last September I passed over from being the Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham to the newly created part-time role of IBSCA Development Manager, working alongside Sandra Morton and Peter Fidczuk.I see this role as having two faces, an inward-looking face and an outward-looking face. The […]
Read more2016 was an exciting year for the International Baccalaureate (IB) and IB World Schools with the launch of a number of initiatives in the UK. The IB’s continued collaboration with Kent County Council means that 27 schools in just one county of the UK are now offering the Career-related Programme and raising aspirations among their […]
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