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Based on the resounding success of the International Baccalaureate Diploma at King Edward's School, Witley, since its introduction at the School in 2004, the governors and senior management have taken the bold step of announcing that, with effect from September 2010, this will be the sole Sixth Form curriculum.
Since the introduction of the IB Diploma Programme pupils have achieved a resounding 100% success rate, placing King Edward's in the top ten IB independent boarding schools in the UK.
The decision was taken in the context of the government's much vaunted plans for their new UK Diploma which all schools must offer by 2013, coupled with other developments in the world of education in the UK - A-star grades at A level, the AQA Bac and the Cambridge pre-U course.
In contrast to all this uncertainty, the International Baccalaureate Diploma is celebrating 40 years of achievement this year, is wholly independent of national educational and political influences and offers a robust, secure and consistent means of providing education of the highest quality.
"In applying to universities our IB candidates have received excellent offers from institutions across the world who endorse wholeheartedly the value of the IB Diploma as a qualification for entry to university," says Headmaster, P. Kerr Fulton-Peebles. "There is no question that the IB philosophy of promoting genuine breadth in education and the learning of skills and attributes for life has a strong synergy with the essential ethos of the education we provide at King Edward's School," he adds.
For further information contact:
Mr G Phillips, Deputy Head CRO@kesw.surrey.sch.uk
