Southbank International School was the first school in the UK to be authorised to offer all three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes. The central purpose of the IB Programmes is to develop the attributes and traits identified in the IB learner profile.

Our international curriculum, is made up of: 

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, at our Hampstead and Kensington campuses, is designed for students aged 3 to 11. It focuses on the total growth of the development child, touching hearts as well as minds and encompassing social, physical, emotional and cultural needs in addition to academic development.

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, at our Westminster campus, is a curriculum designed to meet the educational needs of students between the ages of 11 and 16. Young people at this stage of their education require an engaging and holistic curriculum that is relevant to the important real world issues that so concern them - from the personal to the global.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, at our Westminster/Fitzrovia campuses, for students from 16-18/19 is increasingly being adopted by British school as the depth and breadth of this two-year programme is now recognised and respected almost universally. It provides a rigorous pre-university curriculum with additional extra-curricular requirements that enables graduates to gain admission to the most selective universities all over the world.

Southbank's classes are organised slightly differently from some other school systems. See our class organisation compared to other systems. 

The IB is a non-profit educational foundation, focused on the student. Its three programmes develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills required to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalising world. The IB serves the needs of internationally-mobile families. It is a well-established and respected curriculum, now in its 40th year. For more information about the IB, click here.