22/07/2021
ACS Cobham students receive successful IB results
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) students at ACS International School Cobham have achieved a 100% pass rate and will now progress to top universities across the world – from Imperial College London and Durham University to UCLA and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The DP is a rigorous, two-year qualification globally recognised as an alternative to A Levels and, according to research conducted by ACS over 12 years, is consistently rated by university admissions officers as the best qualification to thrive at university. The average IB point score for ACS Cobham students this year was 37, which is above the world average of 33 points, and is the equivalent of achieving four A*s at A Level. The top score available in the DP is 45 and almost half of ACS Cobham students achieved 38 points or above; with the highest score achieved by an ACS Cobham student being 45/45.
A global curriculum provider, the IB prepares students to be internationally-minded, global citizens, and, as part of the DP, students are required to study at least one language. Over 10% of ACS Cobham students received a bilingual diploma, which is awarded to candidates who opt to study two language courses and receive a grade 3 or higher or who complete courses taught in another language. Languages studied by ACS Cobham students include: Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Italian and Swedish.
I am enormously proud of this year’s graduating IB students. Throughout their two years studying the DP they have faced endless challenges and disruption, but they have come out the other end with exceptional academic results and will enter the rest of their lives with a new kind of resilience and tenacity. A number of our students will now go on to some of the top universities in the world, while others will confidently pursue individual passions and interests and prepare for high-level post-secondary opportunities in sport, creative industries, and business and enterprise.
Barnaby Sandow, Head of Cobham
Reflecting on his time at ACS Cobham, Ben, who was selected to speak during the 2021 graduation ceremony due to his outstanding academic achievements, comments: “I think ACS Cobham’s strengths lie in its people. Whenever I travel between different schools, I always end up remembering the calibre of each teacher and student rather than the location itself. Many of the teachers at this school have been wonderful and I’ve met some great friends over the last two years.”
In addition to the DP, the school offers the US High School Diploma and Advanced Placement (AP) programmes as alternatives to A Levels. ACS Cobham’s AP results will be released in August.