International Baccalaureate
The IB Diploma programme provides a two year curriculum, leading to examinations for students normally aged between 16 and 19.
- 'Lend me your brain' by Corydon Lowde. An article on the potential neurological benefits of the IB for teenagers
- 'IB Press Release', stating that International Baccalaureate students perform better than A-Level students at UK universities.
- IB Options Grid
Students choose six subjects (three at Higher Level and three at Standard Level) from different subject groups, ensuring that a breadth of experience in languages, humanities, experimental sciences, mathematics and the arts is acquired.
Students are also required to complete:
- an Extended essay
- a Theory of Knowledge course
- a CAS (Creativity, Action and Service) section.
The IB links naturally to the Round Square IDEALS already embedded at Box Hill School, as it provides a programme of all-round education, combined with challenges and responsibility, that build confidence and independence.
Diploma candidates at Box Hill School choose their programme from the following options, choosing one subject from each of the IB groups 1-5 and either a subject from Group 6 or a second subject from IB groups 2,3,4.
Group One:
Group Two:
Group Three:
- Individuals and society
- History
- Geography
- Business and Management
- Economics
- Environmental Systems (transdisciplinary)
- Psychology
Group Four:
- Experimental Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Design Technology
- Environmental Systems (transdisciplinary)
Group 5:
Group 6:
- Arts and Electives:
If you would like to find out more about the International Baccaleaureate at Box Hill School, please do get in touch. All students entering the Sixth Form are required to have a minimum of five GCSE and IGCSE grades A* to C or an equivalent qualification, but every case will be looked at individually. We recommend that for subjects to be studied at a Higher Level a student should have Grade B or above at GCSE/IGCSE, and students hoping to study Mathematics or a second language at Higher Level should have an A*.
