Celebrating the achievements of Sevenoaks students
Sevenoaks School was one of the first schools in the UK to introduce the
International Baccalaureate, and the first UK school to move exclusively to
the IB at Sixth Form. The school now enjoys world-class academic status,
with an average IB score ten points above the world average.
The IB has rapidly established itself as the international gold standard
of education. Its single vision is an attempt to prepare young people
for a life of learning in an unpredictable future. While having a proven
track record in its ability to prepare students better for undergraduate
studies, its educational vision is premised on a notion of what being
well-educated means: an 18-year-old school-leaver should be numerate,
literate, able to apply rigorous scientific and mathematical thinking to
the world, while being able to engage in foreign cultures. These are the
basic requirements of living in the multifaceted world of the 21st century,
regardless of the university destination or degree.
In this book, we have a collection of ten of our IB Extended Essays from
our 2014 cohort of students – these typify the depth, breadth and subject
nature of the studies that form an integral part of the IB.
We hope you enjoy reading them!
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