Academic Achievement

We encourage students to become partners in their education with teachers and parents. Your child will learn how to participate actively in the present while acquiring skills for the future.   

Highlights of our academic success:

• Our Class of 2020 cohort achieved an IB Average Score of 34 points – this is 13% above the IB global average of 29.9
• 75% of students achieved above the Global Average of 29.63 
• Within the Class of 2020 15% of students achieved a point score of over 40 points 
• The highest IB score for the cohort was 43
• Our average point score per subject is 5.4 out of 7
• $2.6 million dollars in scholarships collectively awarded to the BIS Houston class of 2020 
• We offer the IB Diploma, IB Career-Related and IB Courses programmes
• We are the first school in North America to introduce the BTEC Level 3 Diploma and Extended Diploma
• Our BTEC diploma outcomes illustrate students consistently achieve the highest accolade of Distinction *
• Our students are accepted at some of the world's top universities and colleges, from West Point to Cornell, Imperial College London, and Oxford University
• The size of our IB Diploma cohort has grown to nearly 4 times the size of the 2015 cohort

IB Past Results

Overall our 2018 and 2019 students achieved average points of 35 and 34.3 respectively, making our students among the highest scoring in the world yet again. In 2017, 48% students had offers to study at the world’s top 25 universities, 92% students had offers to study at the world’s top 100 universities, and 28% students had offers to study medicine. Collectively they were offered $1.3million in academic scholarships.

IGCSE Results

The GCSE and IGCSE are internationally-respected qualifications studied by students aged 14-16 years old. Respected by employers and universities, they cover a broad range of core subjects including maths, English and Science, as well as world languages, humanities, social sciences, ,Art, Drama and Music. They are the most academically challenging qualifications currently on offer to 14-16 year old students worldwide and many candidates go on to study the International Baccalaureate.

Our students' results for 2020 exceed the UK average for GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and IGCSEs (International GCSE).  In 2020 98% of students  achieved 5A*- C grades. 

The continued success in GCSE and IGCSE results is a testament of BISH’s high academic standards, excellent teaching and the hard work and dedication of students. Students continue to significantly outperform UK national averages, with attainment levels increasing year-on-year.

Our 3 year trend illustrates:

• Over 50% of all GCSE and IGCSE grades achieved by BISH students were at the highest levels of A* or A. This is 30% higher than the 2017 UK average of 20%.
• The percentage of students achieving 5 A*-C including English and Maths is consistently over 90%