St Edward's IB Guide 2026

For both HL and SL, there is an Internal Assessment which contributes to 20% of the final grade.

Entry requirements

STANDARD LEVEL

GRADE AT IGCSE

HIGHER LEVEL

GRADE AT IGCSE

Analysis and Approaches Applications and Interpretation

Analysis and Approaches Applications and Interpretation

8 or higher

9

Accessible to all

n/a

Assessments

COMPONENT

STANDARD LEVEL

HIGHER LEVEL

CONTENT

Paper 1

1½ hr Weighting: 40% 1½ hr Weighting: 40% n/a Weighting: n/a 30 hrs Weighting: 20%

2 hrs Weighting: 30% 2 hrs Weighting: 30% 1 hr Weighting: 20% 30 hrs Weighting: 20%

Paper 2

Paper 3

Internal assessment

Investigative, problem solving and modelling skills development leading to one written exploration.

Total

100%

100%

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