International Baccalaureate Diploma
The College has been approved to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma since September 2006. This follows a rigorous application process and an inspection visit by a team from Geneva. The Diploma programme runs alongside A levels and offers an alternative to the traditional A level programme.
The IB Diploma represents a broader educational approach than traditional A levels and is examined very differently from modular A levels. A level students can take modular exams in the January and will always take them in the summer of their first year. They complete AS at the end of the first year in the sixth form and then go onto finalise the full A level by taking further examinations in the January and the summer of their second year. The assessment of the IB Diploma is based on examinations at the end of the two year and a dissertation. Six subjects, rather than four, are studied at IB and students also follow a theory of knowledge course and the CAS, Creative, Active and Service core.
