St Clare's was founded in 1953 as a college which specialised in A-level. As St Clare's focused on advancing international education, in 1977 St Clare’s decided to stop teaching A Levels in favour of the then little known International Baccalaureate Diploma. We...
Exceptional IB examination results
St Clare’s is pleased to announce an outstanding set of results in the May 2018 exams. This reflects the outstanding work of students and staff together.
We achieved:
- Once again an outstandingly high IB score of 36 points against a world average of 30
- Nearly all our students gained higher than the world average for IB
- 65% of our students gained 35 points or better, the equivalent of AAA at A Level
- For the 12th time in 13 years, we have a student gaining 45 points, a result gained by only 0.2% of students around the world
- 22 of our subjects were at least one full point above the world average
- In 4 subjects, 100% of students gained a 7
- In 11 subjects more than half the grades awarded were 7s
- Physics and Chemistry HL had over 40% of their grades at 7
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
Mean score
|
37 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
Students with 40 points or more | 31% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 20% |
Students with 30 points or more | 92% | 87% | 98% | 93% | 94% | 93% |
Students with 24 points or more | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 99% |
The maximum score is 45 points and the pass mark is 24 points.
Mean score | Students with 40 points or more |
|
---|---|---|
2013 | 37 | 31% |
2014 | 36 | 25% |
2015 | 37 | 26% |
2016 | 36 | 24% |
2017 | 36 | 25% |
2018 | 36 | 20% |
Students with 30 points or more |
Students with 24 points or more |
|
---|---|---|
2013 | 92% | 99% |
2014 | 87% | 100% |
2015 | 98% | 100% |
2016 | 93% | 100% |
2017 | 94% | 98% |
2018 | 93% | 99% |
The maximum score is 45 points and the pass mark is 24 points.
Further Reading
How to navigate the changes in the IB Maths curriculum
Melanie Moorhouse, Head of Careers and Higher Education at St Clare’s in Oxford, helps demystify the IB Mathematics curriculum changes and offers some useful recommendations on selecting your Maths options to complement your learning goals or future academic...
How we support your personal career journey
Pre-IB work-related learning day Our Pre-IB work-related learning day took place on Wednesday 13 February 2019. The aim was to promote teamwork and give students the opportunity to develop key employability skills. Our students were asked to design and construct a...