The International Baccalaureate offers four educational programmes for children aged 3–19: The IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), the IB Mid Years Programme (IB MYP), the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP) and the IB Careers Programme (IB CP).
While all four of these programmes are usually available in an expat oriented country, not all schools will offer all four programmes. In fact that is a rarity.
The IB's four programmes were not actually designed as a continuum. Each is a standalone framework and curriculum, developed at different times and stages of the IB's evolution. Increasingly however the IB organisation is moving to provide an overarching framework for children from 11 through to 19. Even with this however it is not necessary, or even usual for a school to offer all programmes.
An IB Continuum School offers the IB PYP, IB MYP, and either the IB DP or IB CP (or both).
Many schools that have gone the IB route choose the GCSE up to 16, followed by the Diploma programme. It is more unusual for a school to be IB up to 16, and then offer A Levels.
IB Primary Years Programme
The PYP is the IB's primary years curriculum and aims to prepare students to become "active, caring, lifelong learners". It is the equivalent of the UK's Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
Also known as: IB PYP
Age range: 3-12
First offered: 1997
IB Middle Years Programme
A secondary level framework that "encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world". The MYP is inclusive by design and "aimed at students of all interests and academic abilities". It is the equivalent of GCSE - with a crucial difference that individual examinations are not part of the MYP programme.
Also known as: IB MYP
Age range: 11-16
First offered: 1994
IB Diploma Programme
The IB's most common post 16, pre university qualification, that aims to develop students "who have excellent breadth and depth of knowledge – students who flourish physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically". It is the IB's equivalent of the A' Level, and is widely accepted by universities around the world.
Also known as: IB DP
Age range: 16-19
First offered: 1968
IB Career-related Programme
The CP is a framework of international education addressing the needs of students engaged in career-related education. It leads to further/higher education apprenticeships or employment. It is the equivalent of the UK's BTEC, although with a distinctly more academic shell.
IB CP
Age range: 16-19
First offered: 2012
School name | Community | District |
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Anjisi School | Tseung Kwan O | New Territories |
Canadian International School of Hong Kong | Southern | Hong Kong Island |
Carmel Elementary School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
Chinese International School | Eastern District | Hong Kong Island |
Creative Primary School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
Creative Secondary School | Tseung Kwan O | New Territories |
Diocesan Boys' School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
Elsa High School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
ESF Beacon Hill School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
ESF Bradbury School | Wan Chai | Hong Kong Island |
ESF Clearwater Bay School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
ESF Glenealy School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
ESF Island School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
ESF Kennedy School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
ESF King George V School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
ESF Kowloon Junior School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
ESF Peak School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
ESF Quarry Bay School | Eastern District | Hong Kong Island |
ESF Renaissance College | Sha Tin | New Territories |
ESF Sha Tin College | Sha Tin | New Territories |
ESF Sha Tin Junior School | Sha Tin | New Territories |
ESF South Island School | Southern | Hong Kong Island |
ESF West Island School | Central & Western | Hong Kong Island |
Hong Kong Academy | Sai Kung | New Territories |
Kingston International School (Lower Primary) | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
Kingston International School (Upper Primary) | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong | Sha Tin | New Territories |
Nord Anglia International School, Hong Kong | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
Stamford American School, Hong Kong | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
The ISF Academy | Southern | Hong Kong Island |
Think International School | Kowloon City | Kowloon |
Victoria Shanghai Academy | Southern | Hong Kong Island |
Yew Chung International School Hong Kong (Secondary) | Kowloon City | Kowloon |