International Baccalaureate

What is the International Baccalaureate?

The vision and values of The International Baccalaureate Organisation provide the engine which drives the school and has done since 1977 when the Anglo became the first state school to offer the IB Diploma in the Sixth Form. We added The International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme to our Sixth Form curriculum in 2010 – again the first state school in the country to do so.

The IB mission inspires all those who work and learn at the Anglo. As well as a broad range of subjects it involves international visits and work experience, personal research, active citizenship and opportunities for all students to develop their creative potential.

A holistic approach to education

The aim of the IB programme is to develop internationally minded people who, recognising their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world and aspires to develop young people who understand that other people, with their differences and opinions “might be right”. It is a holistic approach to education which is centred on the whole child.

In the Sixth Form, we offer two distinct programmes - the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme, details of which can be found on our Curriculum Routes and subject page.

Both programmes offer a broad and balanced international education, the outcome of which is highly valued by universities and employers alike.

Downloads and more information on the IB

 IB World Schools Yearbook 2024