St Clare's is unique. It offers students from all over the world the opportunity to pursue a first-class education in Oxford, one of the most vibrant and interesting cities in the UK. St Clare's was founded in 1953 with a mission to promote international education and understanding and has been doing so ever since.
St Clare's is a co-educational day and boarding college located in the elegant residential area of North Oxford. Over 40 different nationalities are represented of which about 15 per cent are from Britain. The atmosphere at the college is informal and friendly, encouraging personal responsibility and international friendships. Our students live in comfortable college houses under the care of a resident warden and all meals are served in the college dining room.
There has been a lot of publicity in the newspapers and other media recently about how difficult it is for good schools to be graded as Outstanding. Not so at St. Clare’s. The College had been awarded the highest rating for the quality of its boarding after a recent Ofsted inspection, something that fewer than 10% of boarding schools achieve in the UK.
This highly regarded inspection confirms the exceptionally high quality of provision in the following areas; helping students to be healthy, protecting students from harm or neglect and helping them stay safe, helping students achieve well and enjoy what they do and helping students make a positive contribution.
The IB Diploma is a very well established and highly regarded international qualification and students are choosing to study for the IB rather than traditional British A' levels. St. Clare's has a worldwide reputation as experts in providing the IB Diploma. No other school or college in England has been teaching the IB longer than St. Clare's and there are only 13 other institutions in the world who have taught the IB longer than us.
Our results also reflect our exceptional teaching and student dedication. This year only 68 of 45,132 students worldwide (0.15% of candidates) gained the magical 45 points meaning that they had gained full marks in every component. Two of those delighted students were from St Clare’s, Oxford.
This year St. Clare’s students achieved an average score of 34.40 which is the equivalent of 4 grades A’s at A Level and 16 students attained the elite category of 40+ points putting them in the top 5% around the world.
Our students regularly win places at Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and other leading UK universities as well as Harvard, Yale and Stanford in the USA. We also offer a Pre-IB course which provides excellent preparation for the full IB Diploma.
Subjects offered - www.stclares.ac.uk/ib/ibsubjects
Term dates - www.stclares.ac.uk/ib/ibdates
Open days - www.stclares.ac.uk/ib/ibopendays
