Academic Performance
At ISB, we are committed to developing students who have the capacity to learn throughout their lives. Our inquiry-based curriculum is focused not just on learning content for the purpose of examinations, but on growing the skills and dispositions to apply what is learned to a range of new and unfamiliar situations.
Sometimes, parents are anxious that this approach is unfamiliar, compared to how they were taught in school. They worry that students who learn in this way underperform on tests and examinations. However, research and our own experience suggests that this is not the case. In fact, a large body of research demonstrates that students who engage in concept-based learning achieve equally well or slightly better on most standardised tests, but significantly outperform students in more traditional classrooms on tasks requiring more complex problem-solving and on unfamiliar tasks where they need to transfer ideas to new contexts.
ISB, we believe our learners are challenged when they are striving towards models of excellence, and are stretched in ways that are personal, relevant and aspirational, resulting in high engagement and persistence.
ISB Academic Performance
IB DIPLOMA RESULTS
Who was eligible to access the IB Diploma Programme?
160
Number of 2025 graduates
141
Total Course candidates
118
Total Diploma candidates
35
Average IBDP score
5.34
Average Course score
Breakdown of ISB IBDP Results 2025
How does ISB compare to other ‘selective’ schools?
35
INCLUSIVE AVERAGE
as a non-selective school in which 70+% of our students access the Programme
41
SELECTIVE AVERAGE
if we selectively admitted only the top third of our students to the Programme
AP RESULTS
Congratulations to our students who have just received their Advanced Placement results from the Collegeboard. 103 students from across grade 9-12 completed 186 exams in 19 different subjects. In addition to a 3.84 average score in ISB taught AP courses, 35% of our students achieved a perfect score of 5, congratulations!
186
AP Exams taken
3.84
Average score in ISB taught AP courses
103
Number of students taking AP Exams
19
Number of AP Exam subjects
11
Number of AP subjects taught
BTEC RESULTS
UNIVERSITY OFFERS & PATHWAYS
ISB graduates enrol each year in colleges or universities around the world, while others create a structured Gap Year programme. As a diverse, inclusive, and international learning community, we are proud that so many of our students continue their learning in such a variety of ways.
Subjects that ISB graduates choose to study at their intended post-secondary destinations
3D design and craft - 3D Digital Design - Aerospace Engineering and Pilot - Animation - Applied Mathematics - Architecture - Astrophysics - Biomedical Sciences - Business Administration - Business Engineering - Biology - Biology and Theatre - Biomedicine - Business Administration - Business Entrepreuneurship - Business Management - Business Marketing - Circular Engineering - Civil Engineering - Commerce - Computer Science - Computer Science and Engineering - Computer Science/ AI/ Cybersecurity - Computer Science and Information Technology - Creative Technologies - Dance - Economics - Economics and Finance - Economics and Psychology - Education - Engineering - Engineering and Architectural Design - Engineering Technology - Environmental Science - Events Management - Exercise Physiology - Fashion Business - Film and television and molecular biology - Food Science and Technology - Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas + Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Bilingual) - General Life Sciences & Biochemistry - History and Politics - International Hospitality Management - Interdisciplinary Futures - Interior Architecture - Interior Design - International Business - International Development - International Economics and Finance - International Economics and Management - International Foundation Program - International Management - International Politics and Government - International Relations & Film - Kinesiology - Law - Liberal Arts - Liberal Arts and Sciences - Linguistics and Literary Studies - Mathematics and Statistics - Mechanics Engineering - Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management - Medicine - Media and Communication - Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology - Neuroscience - Physiotherapy - Political Science - Politics and International Relations - Politics, Philosophy and Law - Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Psychology, Psychology and Management - Sciences - Spatial Design - Veterinary Medicine
Post-Secondary University Offers for the Class of 2025
EUROPE
Belgium
- Brussels School of Governance
- Odisee University of Applied Sciences
- UBI: United Business Institute
- UC Leuven-Limburg
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
France
- École Ducasse
- EDHEC Business School
- ESCP Business School - Paris*
- ESMOD France
- IÉSEG School of Management
- Sciences Po-University of British Columbia Dual Degree
Italy
- John Cabot University
- LUISS Guido Carli
- Universita Di Bologna
Portugal
- Forward College
Spain
- Universidad CEU San Pablo
- Cunef Universidad
- EADA Business School
- Esade Business School
- European University of Madrid
- IE University
- International University of Catalonia
- Les Roches - Marbella
- Saint Louis University - Madrid
- University CEU Cardenal Herrera
- Universidad Europea de Madrid*
- Universidad Europea de Valencia
Sweden
- Stockholm School of Economics
Switzerland
- EHL Hospitality Business School
- Glion Institute of Higher Education
The Netherlands
- Amsterdam University College
- Erasmus University College
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences
- Inholland University of Applied Sciences
- Maastricht University
- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
- The Hague University of Applied Sciences
- Tilburg University
- TU Delft
- TU Eindhoven
- University College Maastricht
- University College Utrecht
- University of Amsterdam*
- University of Groningen
- University of Twente
UNITED KINGDOM
- Brunel, University of London
- Cardiff University
- City St George’s, University of London
- Durham University
- Falmouth University
- Glasgow School of Art
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Harper Adams University
- Heriot-Watt University
- Hult International Business School
- Imperial College London
- King’s College London
- Kingston University
- Lancaster University
- London Metropolitan University
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Loughborough University
- Northeastern University London
- Nottingham Trent University
- Open University Oxford Brookes University
- Queen Mary University of London
- Regent’s university London
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Royal Veterinary College
- SOAS, University of London
- St Mary's University, Twickenham
- Swansea University
- The University of Edinburgh
- University College London
- University of Aberdeen
- University of the Arts London - Central Saint Martins
- University of Bath
- University of Birmingham
- University of Brighton
- University of Bristol
- University of Cumbria
- University of Dundee
- University of East Anglia
- University of East London
- University of Essex University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- University of Greenwich
- University of Kent
- University of Leeds
- University of Manchester
- University of Northampton
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Roehampton
- University of Sheffield
- University of St Andrews
- University of Staffordshire
- University of Stirling
- University of Sussex
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- University of Warwick
- University of Westminster, London University of York
- York St John University
USA
Boston University Brigham Young University College of Charleston Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University-Fort Collins Columbia University Duquesne University Eckerd College Florida International University George Washington University Indiana Institute of Technology Indiana University-Bloomington James Madison University Long Island University Loyola University New Orleans Lynn University Macalester College Mount Saint Mary's University Northeastern University Oberlin College Oregon Institute of Technology Pace University Pepperdine University Pratt Institute Purdue University Rhode Island School of Design
Texas A & M University-College Station The College of Wooster The New School The Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Utah State University Utah Valley University University of Arizona University of California-Irvine University of California-San Diego University of California-Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Florida University of Georgia University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland-College Park University of Mary Washington University of Miami University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of North Carolina At Charlotte
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- University of Oregon
- University of Southern California
- University of Utah
- University of Vermont
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Western Washington University
- Wofford College
REST OF THE WORLD
Australia
- The University of Sydney
Canada
- Concordia University
- McGill University
- Ontario College of Art & Design
- Queen’s University
- The University of British Columbia
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- University of Guelph
- University of Montreal
- University of Ottawa
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- Western University
- York University
China
- New York University Shanghai
Japan
- Sophia University
- The University of Tokyo
- Osaka University
United Arab Emirates
- American University in Dubai
- Glion Insitute of Wollongong in Dubai
Other
Other offers are still being explored in areas of the world that review applications later in the cycle.
100
Offers by universities in the QS World University Rankings Top 100
91
Offers by Universities in the Russell Group
197+
Number of Universities that offered places to ISB graduates in 2023
15+
Number of countries where placements were offered