The slaying of dragons
‘We love IB.’ Thus spake David Howells, the Director of Undergraduate Admissions for Bath University, at the recent Wellington Festival...
One of the UK’s oldest grammar schools now adopts the IB
Bristol 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...
IB Schools make a bigger splash in the Sunday Times Parent Power survey
Sunday Times Parent Power is the most respected, the most extensive and best researched study of the best schools in both the state and...
Forty Years On
When I was a boy taking A levels over 40 years ago at a highly selective Direct Grant School, life seemed quite simple. We all took three...
Why design T-levels when we already have the IBCP?
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'In 2017, not one of my sixth-formers took A levels. It was the best decision I ever made'
StartFragment One headteacher of a secondary modern in selective Kent discusses his decision to look beyond the "narrow and purely...