Why schools love the International Baccalaureate
The International Baccalaureate is highly prized by university admissions officers and gives students skills they can use all their lives It is a rare thing indeed for teachers, pupils and university lecturers to agree, but representatives from all three groups are big fans of the International Baccalaureate (IB). From a standing start as a niche sixth-form qualification for a privileged few in the Seventies, the IB is now available at 190 schools across the UK.