International Baccalaureate Options
Download the Haileybury IB options booklet.
Haileybury believes in the advantages of breadth in the curriculum and the IB Diploma Programme promotes just that. As well as providing breadth, there is also depth to the Diploma: the 4,000 word Extended Essay and the Theory of Knowledge components, combined with the opportunity to study subjects at Higher Level (HL) and Standard Level (SL), allow that to be possible. That flexibility in the curriculum - provided through the range of subjects on offer, the ability to choose the level at which pupils want to study subjects and the ability to choose topic areas for research in the Extended Essay - allows pupils to tailor their Diploma choices to suit their interests. Having said that, as a result of its construction, there is also a sense of balance about the curriculum. For example, Science pupils are able to expand their appreciation of the Arts and Humanities and vice-versa. Furthermore, all benefit from continuing with the study of Language and Mathematics. Holding the curriculum together and making it coherent is the Theory of Knowledge programme. It is this subject that encourages critical thinking and asks pupils to question what they know and how they know it. However, the Diploma is not only designed to educate at an academic level, it acknowledges and rewards the pupil's need to develop as an individual within a community and within society as a whole, thus promoting a holistic education.
