SCHOOL PROFILE 2013/2014 SÚKROMNÁ SPOJENÁ ŠKO LA BRITISH INTERNATI ONAL SCHOOL BRATISLA VA Address: Peknikova 6 Principal: Wendy Ellis [email protected] 841 02 Bratislava Acting Head of Sec. School: Bernie Cox [email protected] Slovakia KS3 Co-ordinator: Adriana Pallova [email protected] Telephone: 00421 2 69307081 KS4 Co-ordinator: Pauline Mably [email protected] Fax: 00421 2 69307083 IB Co-ordinator: Ingrid Mornarova [email protected] Email: [email protected] The School Curriculum Graduation Requirements The British International School • Our curriculum is split into three separate for IBDP Bratislava (BISB) is accredited by the units: The maximum total score for the Diploma Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic • Years 7 – 9 are based on the English programme is 45 points. The IB Diploma and it is included into the network of National Curriculum; will be awarded to candidates whose total schools and educational facilities of the • Years 10 and 11 lead to the International score reaches or exceeds 24 points, provided: Slovak Republic. General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) administered by BISB is a comprehensive school enrolling Cambridge University, England; • grades have been awarded in the six over 640 students, representing more • Years 12 and 13 follow the International subjects of the Diploma Programme; than 50 different nationalities, from Baccalaureate Diploma Programme • an approved programme of CAS has been Nursery through to Year Thirteen (IBDP). completed (equivalent of US Grade 12). The school • Extra-curricular activities include sports • grades A – E have been awarded for both opened in September 1997 and graduated and sports fixtures/tournaments, eco- TOK and an Extended Essay, with a its first senior class in 2007. BISB is a schools, musical groups, drama minimum grade D in at least one of them • there is no grade 1 in any subject part of Nord Anglia Education LTD. productions, international Maths • competitions, charity and fund-raising, there is no more than one grade 2 at The school spans 2 separate buildings, cultural events, Model United Nations Standard Level one for the Nursery – Reception students, events, International Award Programme • there is no grade 2 at Higher Level and the second for the Year 1 – 13 (Duke of Edinburgh), Debating Club, • overall, there are no more than three students. It is one of only two residential trips, educational visits and the grades 3 or below international schools in Bratislava which Student Council • at least 12 points are gained on Higher Level subjects offer secondary education up to pre- Year 12/13 IB1/IB2 Academic Courses • at least 9 points have been gained on university age. (IBDP) Standard Level subjects Business and • Average class sizes are: English A1 Mathematical the candidate is judged not to be guilty of Management • Primary: 18 Students per class (SL / HL) Studies (SL) malpractice • Secondary: 15 students per class (SL / HL) The bilingual Diploma is awarded to a Slovak A1 Economics Mathematics Secondary School candidate who: (SL / HL) (SL / HL) (SL / HL) • Qualified teachers • either, has taken two Languages A1; • Student-Teacher ratio is approximately Korean A1 Geography Visual Arts • or, has taken an examination in at least 11:1 (SL / HL) (SL / HL) (SL / HL) one of the subjects from Group 3 or Group • 4 in a language other than their Language There are currently 293 students in the English B History Music A1. Secondary School (Year 7 -13). Included (SL / HL) (SL / HL) (SL / HL) in this are 33 students in the Graduation Class of 2014. French B Biology Psychology (SL / HL) (SL / HL) (SL / HL) German B Chemistry Theory of (SL / HL) (SL / HL) Knowledge Spanish ab Physics Extended initio (SL) (SL / HL) Essay CAS SCHOOL PROFILE 2013/2014 IB Diploma Programme Grading System • Vienna University, Austria, Business The IB Diploma students are monitored and graded throughout • LdM, Florence, Italy (Marist), Art Conversation the two years of the Diploma Programme using the IB grading • Uni. of Zagreb, Croatia, Economics system for each subject which gives the students a grade • ICAI Madrid, Spain, Mechanical engineering • between 1 - 7. City University, Slovakia, Management • Uni. of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia, Economics • Bratislava’s Uni. of Law, Slovakia, Law IGCSE Grading System • Komenskeho Uni., Slovakia, Law, General medicine The grading system used is that of the Cambridge University • Uni. of Economics, Czech Republic, Economics and IT Examinations Board (www.cie.org.uk). There are no simple • Slovak Uni. of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia, Architecture correlations between percentages scored and grades awarded • Uni. of New York in Prague, Czech Republic, Business Management as there are variations between subjects and year-on-year • Charles Uni., Czech Republic, Medicine • fluctuations. Leiden, Netherlands, Literal Arts and Sciences • Sciences Po, France, Politics Examination Results United Kingdom • Aberdeen, Engineering, Psychology IGCSE June 2011 • St Andrews, Psychology, Management, Int.Relations • Aston, Business and Management Percentage of students achieving 5 or 82% • Bath, German and Business Marketing, Business Administration more passes at grades A*-C • Birmingham, Inter. Studies with Political Science, Nuclear Engineering • Bristol, Economics IGCSE June 2012 • Canterbury Christ Church, Primary Education • City University London, Law Percentage of students achieving 5 or • 88,3% Edinburgh, Molecular Biology, Spanish and History, Psychology, Computer Science more passes at grades A*-C • Edinburgh College of Art, Landscape Architecture • Edinburgh, Chemical Physics, Sustainable Development, Geography IGCSE June 2013 • Exeter, Clinical Sciences • St. Martin´s College, Arts Foundation Percentage of students achieving 5 or • Glasgow, English Literature and Russian, Neuroscience, Management 84,2% more passes at grades A*-C • Heriot-Watt, Marketing and Business Law • Imperial College London, Mathematics and Computer Science • Keele University, Psychology IB Diploma • University of Arts London, Film and Television • Kingston, Business Studies Year 2011 2012 2013 • Kings College London, Law • Leicester, Chemistry, French, English, Management Studies No. of students 21 30 32 • Manchester, Politics and Modern History, Engineering • Nottingham, European Studies, Int. Relations Subject entries 168 240 258 • Cambridge University, Land Economy • Oxford, Arabic and Islamic Studies BISB candidates who 19 25 29 • Oxford Brookes, Intern. Relationships & Politics successfully passed the (90.5%) (83.3%) (91%) • Plymouth, Music Performance, Fine Arts Diploma • Royal Holloway, London, Economics with Spanish • Sheffield, Landscape Architecture with Ecology World average 77.99 % 78.16 % unknown • SOAS, Law • Southampton, Law, Int.Relations, Anthropology, Psychology BISB Average points 34 33,5 33.3 • Surrey, International Politics • Sussex, Psychology, Anthropology World average 29.61 29.85 unknown • Uni. of Wales Institute Cardiff, Psychology • Warwick, Sociology, Law, Management, Foundation Course Highest 41 41 44 points awarded Other • University of California, Business Economics BISB Average grade 5.36 5.29 5.4 • Colorado University, undeclared major • Barry Uni. of Florrida, Business Studies World Average grade 4.66 4.67 unknown • Ohio State Uni., History • Uni. In Minneapolis, USA, Biology • American University, Cairo, Egypt, Architecture Some of Colleges and Universities Attended by • KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technlogy), Biological Sciences, BISB Graduates since 2007 Computer Science, Chemistry Europe • University of Hong Kong, Manufacturing Engineering with Technology Management, • Webster American Uni., Austria, Int. Relationships Business Administration • Officer training in the German Army (Deutsches Heer) • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, • Uni. of Vienna, Austria, Media & Communication Engineering .