St Clare's, Oxford
St Clare’s, Oxford offers an education unlike any other in the UK. It is a remarkable place of global education for remarkable young people and has advanced international education and understanding for 70 years.
As well as being a world-leading International Baccalaureate World School, the oldest in England, St Clare’s is a specialist in the Sixth Form experience. The school attracts students from over 50 countries and embraces internationalism and academic excellence as its core values. Its teachers write the IB textbooks and teach the teachers of the future, and its results are consistently sector-leading and far above global averages. In the last three years, 90% of students have scored above the world average, and students regularly achieve the maximum IB score of 45, placing them in the top 1% globally.
Everyone in the St Clare’s community is united by one key motivation: to be challenged, to step out of their comfort zones and to grow into the most globally aware and academically ambitious versions of themselves. Around its university-style setting, individualism and character are evident, alongside engagement with the community, independence, responsibility, and happy, fulfilled young people readying themselves for the world. This is just one reason why independent analysts show that St Clare’s students consistently make more academic progress there than they would at most other IB schools in the UK.
To be at St Clare’s is to feel freedom and the benefit of choice: any career, any location and any direction for a student’s future made possible. Its University and Careers provision is among the best in the world, sending students to the top-ranking universities worldwide but, more importantly, to the right university for each individual. With 95% of students going to their first choice, St Clare’s is where aspiration and ambition meet knowledge and experience.
St Clare’s believes that academic achievement matters and lays the foundations for prosperous futures, and that independence is the greatest skill a person - and a mind - can learn. It is a place for those who think differently. The school helps young people become academically successful, self-reliant and ready for the world.
- Nearly 50 Years of IB Expertise: the oldest IB World School in England, teachers have unrivalled IB experience
- International and Inclusive: diverse student body of over 45 nationalities
- Independence and Autonomy: students are empowered to make meaningful decisions about their learning.
- Future Global Leaders: Leadership Programme is integrated into student life
- Unmatched University Guidance: over 90% attend their first-choice university, including leading international institutions around the world.
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