Why should I send my child to an IEB school?

The philosophy of the IEB is that assessment drives teaching and learning. Hence good, probing assessment will promote good, quality teaching. To get a good education, you need good teaching, driven and stimulated by an appropriate assessment regime. The IEB believes that it provides assessment that stimulates and encourages teaching that develops the skills needed for success in life — clear thinking, analysis, evaluation, unambiguous communication, substantiation of opinion as well as a strong grounding in the fundamental skills and knowledge that underpin the subject curricula.

For the more able learner, the stimulation provided by an examination that explores understanding and requires learners to develop and substantiate their own views and probes more deeply, militates against boredom that often sets in when a bright learner is unchallenged. For the weaker learner, the focused attention on developing key skills required in life prevents the learner from believing that learning off-by-heart is the only way to success. The exposure of other ways to access and display knowledge, the exposure to multiple ways of seeing an issue encourages them to explore ideas more fully than they might in a classroom that suggests there is only one correct answer and only one correct way to do something. IEB schools generally have focused support for learners who may experience difficulties in specific subject areas. The IEB focuses on assessment that actively encourages the teaching of skills inherent in the subject curricula but in an expanded way so that learners are able to transfer them to application in wider contexts. It is the preparation of leamers for life after school and the development of those skills sets which go beyond subject-specific knowledge that makes an IEB school different.