University Profiles

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School Profile for Universities 2022-23

ABOUT ISB

Head of School: Ms Sara Spivey
IB DP Coordinator: Ms Begoña Pérez Blanco
University Counsellor: Ms Liliana Onorato
School IB Code: 006866
International School Brescia
Via Benaco, 34B, 25081 Bedizzole BS, Italy
Tel: 030 219 1182
E-mail: info@isbrescia.com
Website: https://isbrescia.com/

Located in the province of Brescia, near lake Garda, Italy, our non-denominational international school was established in 2009. Since then, we have built a strong academic programme:

achieving IB world school accreditation for the Primary Years Programme in 2012, authorisation for the Middle Years Programme in 2017 and for the Diploma Programme in 2020, achieving our goal of becoming an IB Continuum school.

Accreditation: IB World school,  AIBWSI (Association of IB World Schools in Italy),  AFEC (Athlete Friendly Education Center), IB Continuum school.

STUDENT BODY 2022-23

176 IB students at ISB
17 IB Diploma students

Student body 2022-23 (in %)

IB DIPLOMA FACTS 2022

Subjects Offered at IBDP Level
Group Courses offered by ISB
1 Studies in Language & Literature English A: Language and Literature
or Italian A: Literature
or self-taught Language A: Literature (with private teacher and SL only)
2 Language Acquisition Italian B
or Spanish B
or Italian ab initio (beginner)
or a 2nd Language A
3 Individuals & Societies History
or Economics
4 Experimental Sciences Physics
or Biology
5 Mathematics Mathematics Applications and Interpretations
6 Elective Visual Arts
or a second subject from the groups above
Grading System

ISB uses the IB 1–7 grading scale, and does not report a Grade Point Average (GPA) or letter grades. ISB does not rank students.

7-point grading scale Approximate letter grade Approximate percentage
7 A+ 98 - 100
6 A / A- 90 - 97
5 B+ / B 83 - 89
4 B- / C+ 78 - 82
3 C / C- 70 - 77
2 D 60 - 69
1 F 0 - 59

IB DIPLOMA RESULTS 2022

IB Diploma candidates: 8
Pass rate: 100%*
Average points obtained by candidates who passed the diploma: 33
Highest diploma points awarded to a candidate: 41
Students awarded bilingual diploma: 62,5

IB Diploma average score by subject 2022

Theory of Knowledge grade distribution 2022 (in %)

Extended Essay grade distribution 2022 (in %)

* Percentage based on students enrolled in the full IB Diploma. 87,5% of candidates were enrolled in the full diploma. 1 out of 8 candidates took IB DP certificates.

UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS 2022

Class of 2022 destination (in %)

UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS OF ISB 2022 GRADUATES

(universities in bold indicate institutions where students matriculated)

United Kingdom

University of Warwick

University College

London (UCL)

King’s College London

SOAS

University of Edinburgh

University of Manchester

University of Glasgow

University of Cumbria

Bournemouth University

University of Bedfordshire

The Netherlands

University of Leiden

University of Amsterdam

Italy

University of Milan

France

ICN Business School

Switzerland

United International

Business Schools

Latvia

Riga Stradins University