ISLAND SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE 2021-2022
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ISLAND SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE 2021-2022
THE SENIOR YEARS (Years 12 & 13)
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
IB PATHWAY
We have 2 equal pathways that cater for different specific learning styles
and career outcomes of our students.
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA
IBDP students must take the required parts of the Diploma with six
subjects (First Language, Additional Language, Humanities, Science,
Mathematics, and Creative Arts) and a ‘core’ of a Theory of Knowledge
course, an extended piece of self-directed academic research in the
Extended Essay and the co-curricular ‘CAS’ or Creativity, Activity and
Service programme. To find out more about IBDP, visit
h ps://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/
Mean number of IB points for IB Diploma students
39
37
35
33
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ABOUT ESF ISLAND SCHOOL
Island School is an international co-educational Years 7 to 13 high 29
school that is part of the English Schools Foundation (ESF). The
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school is an IB World School. IS 2016 IS 2017 IS 2018 IS 2019 IS 2020 IS 2021 Worldwide
Island School has a roll of approximately 1200 students, with over % of Diploma students achieving the IB Diploma, 30+ and 40+ IB Diploma Points
40 nationalities in the student body. Our outlook stresses 100
humanitarian and environmental ideals as well as academic
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excellence. While many of our teaching staff are from the UK, others
are from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, New Zealand Worldwide
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and North America.
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As a comprehensive entry school, there are no academic barriers to
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entry apart from the ability to benefit from an education in the
medium of English. The school also has a learning support centre
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(LSC) for students with moderate learning difficulties. IB Diploma ≥ 30 IB Points ≥ 40 IB Points
The Diploma is scored out of 45, each subject is worth up to 7 points and
the combined mark for Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay is 3
ABOUT ESF points. Students must pass CAS requirements but this is not awarded
The ESF provides us high quality education in the points. A score of 24 points is considered a pass. The school has a high rate
medium of English through its 22 schools. Island School of accuracy in predicting IB results. Island School does not predict the core
is the founding school and one of 7 secondary schools points for students in Year 12. These are predicted in Year 13 as part of a full
within the group. To find out more about the Foundation and other evaluation of a student’s progress across all subjects following
ESF schools visit www.esf.edu.hk assessments and work submi ed in the la er part of Year 12 and in Year 13.
COVID-19 Update
Island School site was closed from 27th January to 21st May 2020. It was
ISLAND SCHOOL VALUES also closed for a new wave of COVID-19 at the start of the 2020/21
The school values are central to our structures and operation. At academic year until 16th September. During these times of campus closure
Island School we: Island School students and staff switched to online learning. The school
• Pursue excellence used online platforms to deliver live, interactive and innovative lessons to
• Embrace responsibility all students during these periods.
• Celebrate individuality
Over the course of 2021, Island School has not changed its academic
calendar dates, IB courses available, IB grading scale of 1-7 or graduation
requirements. Online learning and grading has continued throughout
2020-21, as have College and University guidance counselling and other
CEEB: 670122 student support services. The areas of student life most affected has been
accessed to extra curricular activities such as sports, school and Hong
ISLAND SCHOOL Kong wide clubs and events, internships and applied learning.
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THE SENIOR YEARS (Years 12 & 13)
COURSE LIST
Subjects offered in the Senior Years Academic Programme:
Humanities and Social Sciences
• IB HL & SL Business and Management
• IB HL & SL Economics
• BTEC Business (12 credit Diploma and 6 credit Subsidiary Diploma),
BTEC Hospitality (Subsidiary Diploma)
• IB HL & SL History, IB HL & SL Geography, IB HL & SL Philosophy, IB HL & SL
Psychology, IB HL & SL Global Politics, IB SL Environmental Systems and Societies
Hospitality
Science, Mathematics, and Sports Science
• IB HL & SL Biology, IB HL & SL Physics, IB HL & SL Chemistry
• IB HL Design Technology
• IB HL & SL Sports Science, BTEC Sports (Subsidiary Diploma)
• IB HL & SL Maths Analysis and Approaches, IB HL & SL Maths Applications
and Interpretations
• IB HL & SL Computer Science
Art and Design Performance Arts
Language Arts
Modern foreign languages:
• IB HL & SL Chinese A Language & Literature, IB HL & SL Chinese B,
IB SL Ab Initio French, IB HL & SL French B, IB HL & SL Japanese B, IB HL & SL
Spanish B, IB SL Ab Initio Spanish, IB SL Self Taught Literature (any language)
English:
• IB HL & SL English A Literature, IB HL & SL English A Language and Literature,
Sport IB HL & SL English Language B
IB Career-related Programme (IBCP) Creative technologies, Visual Arts, Theatre & Musical
Arts
The IBCP offers students a career focused specialist pathway. Visual Arts:
Students on the globally expanding IBCP choose a mixture of IB • IB HL & SL Visual Arts, BTEC Art and Design (Subsidiary Diploma), BTEC Creative
Media Production (Subsidiary Diploma)
Diploma Courses and BTEC Subjects. The 3 BTEC Level 3 Courses Theatre & Musical:
they choose are as ‘applied’ as possible. They are vocational and are • IB HL & SL Theatre, BTEC Performing Arts
recognized globally as university entrance but Island School has an
exceptional record of placing students from this pathway.
To find out more about IBCP, visit
h ps://www.ibo.org/programmes/career-related-programme/
Stars in Their Eyes Sciences Visual Arts
Diploma Subsidiary Diplomas
Assessment at Island School
Business Hospitality Sport Assessment at Island School is about evidence, reflection and discussion.
Students provide the evidence to justify a grade or to demonstrate their
Business progress. All assessment is designed to support students knowing where
they currently are and where they need to go next. At the end of Year 11
Art and Performing TV and (US grade 10) all students complete a viva voce (oral examination) and
Design Arts Film defense of learning.
Courses at Island School are either developed by outside bodies, such as
6% 3% the International Baccalaureate Organisation, or designed by our
teachers. Every course is assessed but not all courses are graded. Graded
8 Students achieved Distinction*
in 3 BTEC subjects in 2021 courses have a 1-7 grading scale (7 is high). Final achieved IGCSE grades
are included on Year 12 and 13 transcripts. Predicted grades for senior
BTEC Results - Individual Subject Grades
Distinction * (91%)
pathway externally assessed courses are included in transcripts as the
Distinction (6%) school’s grades for term 1 and subsequent terms in Year 13. The final
91% Merit (3%) transcript for graduating students reflects the externally achieved grades.
Pass (0%) These are issued post-results in mid-July.
BTEC courses are graded Distinction*, Distinction, Merit and Pass. Policy on disclosing Disciplinary Action
These courses have equivalency to UK A Levels and are college Our policy states that events relating to a Year 12 or 13 student being
preparatory courses. In addition to their BTEC courses, students barred from school temporarily or permanently will be reported at the
can elect to take up to two IB subjects and/or an AS Level Extended discretion of the Principal, aer teling the student and theur parents that
Project (Artifact) to extend their skills and interests. we will do so.
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THE MIDDLE YEARS (Years 9 to 11)
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
Da Vinci Einstein Fleming Nansen Rutherford Wilberforce
Island School students in Years 9 to 11 (US grades 8 to 10) complete a middle years
programme called the ‘Island Futures Curriculum’. HOUSE SYSTEM
This comprises: Island School has six Houses. The House system allows continuity
• Externally examined IGCSEs (Entrance) of pastoral care and guidance from Year 7 to Year 13. The result is a
• School developed courses (Elements) designed to allow students to learn in a deep understanding of each student’s strengths and needs, and
transdisciplinary, collaborative and self-directed way. Courses stress the mastery close relationships with students and their parents. The House
of a skills framework based on communication, collaboration, creativity,
spirit is strong at Island School, with an encouraging atmosphere so
conscience and capacity to learn
• Courses aimed at expanding students’ understanding of world issues, digital students engage in activities such as House charity events and
literacy, capacity to think critically and to take responsibility. (Explorations) inter-House competitions. Students develop leadership through the
• ‘Escape’ courses focus students on their personal health and well-being House System by taking on roles and responsibilities such as sport
captain, prefect and mentor.
IGCSEs and Diploma in Applied ICT
Students in Years 10 and 11 of the Island Futures programme work towards eight
IGCSEs and an IEA Diploma in Applied ICT. Of these, four are compulsory subjects:
• English Language • English: World Literature
• Mathematics • Global Perspectives
Mongolia Hong Kong
Students choose up to four additional IGCSE subjects. They also develop their
knowledge and skills through Elements courses, of which they will complete
the equivalent of up to eight in a semester-based timetable (45 hours of
instruction per semester). Several courses are available as both IGCSE and
Elements options. All students complete a compulsory programme in physical
education each year throughout high school.
Humanities and Social Sciences
• IGCSE Business, Business Studies, IGCSE Economics, Behavioural Economics The Philippines Spain
• IGCSE History, History, Social History
• GCSE Geography, Sustainable Environments and Urban Planning, Human and
Physical Geography QUEST WEEK
• GCSE Religious Studies, Philosophy and Cinema Quest Week is a valued part of the school curriculum. For a week
• IGCSE Global Perspectives, Societies and Social Thinking, Society and Popular
each year, classroom lessons are suspended so that all students
Culture, Social Psychology, Psychology and Media, Critical Thinking, Law,
Plausibility in fiction, Community Studies have the opportunity to take part in an activity either in Hong Kong
or overseas to further their social, emotional or intellectual learning.
Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Computing and Examples of Quest Week activities are film & video in Hong Kong,
Sports Science trekking in Nepal and assisting in a Chinese orphanage. Our
• IGCSE Biology, Biology 1, Biology 2 (advanced), Biology 3 (extension), Marine
younger students a end camps that emphasize physical challenges
Biology and Ecology, IGCSE Chemistry, Chemistry 1, Chemistry 2 (advanced),
Chemistry 3 (extension), IGCSE Physics, Physics 1, Physics 2 (advanced), Physics 3 and social development.
(extension), Science History and Methods
• IGCSE Mathematics, IGCSE Further Mathematics, Applied Mathematics,
Mathematics with Coding and Number Theory, Practical Mathematics
• IGCSE Engineering
• Computer Science: App Design, Computer Science: Web Technology, Computer
Science: Python Programming, Engineering, IEA ICT Diploma, Robotics, 3D Product
Design, Adobe Web Publishing
• Sports Science: Outdoor Education, IGCSE Physical Education, Physical Education Baiwan Teaching Practicum Head Student Announcement
and Personal Engagement
Language Arts
Modern foreign languages:
• GCSE Japanese, IGCSE French, IGCSE Spanish, IGCSE Chinese (Foreign Language,
Second Language & First Language), Independent Language Learning, Cantonese
English:
• IGCSE English Language, IGCSE English as an Additional Language, IGCSE English: Swimming Gala Trade Fair
World Literature, Literature studies, Linguistics, Creative Writing, Debating,
Literature and Performance, Learning the English Language in Different Contexts EXTRA-CURRICULAR
Creative technologies, Visual Arts, Theatre & Musical Arts Island School has a strong programme of extracurricular activities
• Creative technology: Architectural Design, GCSE Food Technology, Food (ECAs) that offer students leadership opportunities while
Technology: Cake Design: Food and Other Cultures, IGCSE Graphic Design, encouraging them to engage in the school community. The school has
Graphic Design: Adobe Specialism, GCSE Textiles Technology, Textiles Technology: a wide range of sporting, creative and intellectual activities and
Fashion, Textiles Technology: Sustainable Fashion, Hospitality and Catering
Studies
student involvement is very high. Many students extend their
• Art and Politics, GCSE Art and Design, Visual Art, Visual Communications, engagement into the wider Hong Kong community through
Photography representation at interschool or national level commitments.
• Dance and Choreography, Contemporary Music, IGCSE Drama, Drama, Where an ECA is meeting a CAS objective, senior students are
Film-making, IGCSE Music, Music, Musical Theater, Production Design: Theatre, expected to record and reflect on their involvement in these
Production Design: Sound and Light, Production Design: Music, Theatre Studies,
Drama and Community Engagement
activities.
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Final Destinations - Class of 2021
STUDENT MATRICULATION Australia &
New Zealand,
Each graduating cohort applies to between 10 and 15 countries Australia & New Zealand
5%
United States,
(destinations). This is reflective of both the students’ passports as well as Canada
12%
their global outlook. Others
Canada, 15%
Gap Year
Students have an application limit of eleven applications worldwide. This Hong Kong
The Netherlands
means that our students research and apply aer careful consideration of Others, 8%
United Kingdom
each application.
United Kingdom, 37% United States
Gap Year,
All university entrance testing, such as SAT and ACT is completed in 5%
students’ own time with no school curriculum support and in addition to Hong Kong,
the curriculum pathway chosen. Students are sometimes challenged in 11%
completing these requirements due to international testing restrictions Netherlands,
7%
and voiding of test dates.
Intended majors/ course of Study - Class of 2021
Approximately 98% of each graduating class go on
to university Arts, Design, Fashion,
Arts, Design,
Final destinations for the 135 students who graduated in the 2021 cohort Fashion, Illustration, Illustration
included universities in the top 100 in the world (according to various 10% Business Administration,
Social Sciences,
rankings), as well as many institutions known for their excellence in Humanities, International Business,
programmes offered. For all our students, we celebrate student 18% Management, Marketing
admissions and their majors or degree programmes as a progression that Computer Science,
Business Administration,
will support them in their future career endeavors beyond Island School International Business, Information Technology
Science, 14% Engineering
and in which their particular talents will be recognized and developed. Management, Marketing
25% Law
Medicine,
Veterinary Medicine, Medicine,
Computer Science,
Parmacy, Physiotherapy, Information Technology, Veterinary Medicine,
ISLAND SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT Kinesiology
8% Law,
3% Parmacy, Physiotherapy,
Kinesiology
Engineering,
6%
Island School's Mid-levels campus is being redeveloped and a new 16% Science
state-of-the-art facility is due to open in August 2022. Until the campus Social Sciences, Humanities
reopens the senior students (Years 12 &13) are on a temporary campus in
Sha Tin Wai.
An information pack for university visitors can be downloaded from
the following website.
h p://island.edu.hk/
higher-education-and-careers/
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University Application Acceptances - Class of 2021
AUSTRALIA University of Amsterdam University for Creative Arts
Blue Mountains Hotel Management School University of Groningen University of Bath
Holmesglen Institute University of Twente University of Brighton
International College of Management Syndey Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam University of Bristol
International College of Hotel Management SINGAPORE University of East Anglia
RMIT University Yale-NUS College University of East London
University of South Australia University of Exeter
SPAIN University of Glasgow
CANADA
UCAM Catholic University of Murcia University of Leeds
Carleton University
McGill University UNITED KINGDOM University of Leicester
McMaster University Aston University University of Lincoln
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Bournemouth University University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sheridan College Brunel University University of Southampton
Simon Fraser University Cardiff University University of St Andrews
University of Alberta City University University of Surrey
University of British Columbia Durham University University of Sussex
University of Guelph Goldsmiths, University of London University of the Arts London
University of O awa Imperial College London (University of London) University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Toronto Istituto Marangoni London University of Westminster
University of Toronto, Mississauga Keele University
UNITED STATES
University of Toronto, Scarborough King's College London (University of London)
Amherst College
University of Toronto, St. George Kingston University
Babson College
University of Waterloo Lancaster University
Berklee College of Music
University of Western Ontario Leeds Arts University
Boston University
York University Leeds Becke University
Butler University
Leeds College of Art & Design
CZECH REPUBLIC Chapman University
London College of Fashion
University of New York in Prague Cornell University
London School of Economics and Political Science
Drexel University
HONG KONG Loughborough University
Emory University
City University of Hong Kong New College of the Humanities
Northeastern University
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Newcastle University
Occidental College
The Chinese University of Hong Kong No ingham Trent University
Pepperdine University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Oxford Brookes University
Purdue University
University of Hong Kong Queen Mary, University of London
Rochester Institute of Technology
INDONESIA Regents Business School London
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
BINUS Northumbria School of Design Royal Holloway, University of London
San Diego State University
Royal Veterinary College (University of London)
IRELAND Santa Clara University
SOAS University of London
Trinity College Skidmore College
Southampton Solent University
The Pennsylvania State University
ITALY Swansea University
The State University of New York at Stony Brook
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
The University of Oklahoma
KOREA The Manchester Metropolitan University
Trinity University
Korea University The Norwich School of Art and Design
Tus University
Yonsei University The University of Birmingham
University of California - Berkeley
The University of Edinburgh
University of California - Davis
THE NETHERLANDS The University of Essex
University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
Del University of Technology The University of Liverpool
University of California - San Diego
Erasmus University Ro erdam The University of Manchester
University of California - Santa Barbara
Hotel School of the Hague The University of No ingham
University of California, Irvine
Inholland University of Applied Sciences The University of Reading
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
Leiden University (The Hague Campus) The University of Sheffield
University of Denver
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences The University of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Saxion University of Applied Sciences The University of Warwick
University of Rochester
The Hague University of Applied Sciences The University of York
University of Southern California
Tilburg University UCL-HKU Dual Degree Programme
University College Utrecht University College London (University of London) Island School | School Profile 2021-2022
Published: September 2021
CONTACT US
Principal HIGHER EDUCATION TEAM CONTACT ADDRESS
Mr Stephen Loggie Head of Higher Education & Careers Guidance, IBCP Coordinator Island School – Sha Tin Wai Campus
stephen.loggie@online.island.edu.hk Mr Roger Wilkinson Area 5A, Pok Hong Estate, Sha Tin Wai,
roger.wilkinson@online.island.edu.hk Hong Kong
Vice Principal, IB Coordinator
Ms Beth Hall Higher Education Guidance Counsellor Tel.: (852) 2524 7135
beth.hall@online.island.edu.hk Mr Orteg Dakaj Email: careers@online.island.edu.hk
orteg.dakaj@online.island.edu.hk Website: www.island.edu.hk
Higher Education Guidance Counsellor
Mr Chris Whitehead
chris.whitehead@online.island.edu.hk
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