30-07-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Excellent IB results confirm strengths of an ESF education
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The English Schools Foundation (ESF) network can take understandable pride in the exceptional results achieved in this year's International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) exams.
Most notably, 18 students were awarded the maximum score of 45 points, while 31 achieved 44 points, and a further 68 attained a final total of 43 was, though, a consistently strong performance across the board, with 97.8 per cent, or 915 of the 936 candidates, earning their diploma. In the process, the average point score recorded was 36.3 which compares very favourably with the global average of 30.3 reported for 2024.
Other highlights of this year's ESF results include the fact that 78 students were awarded the bilingual diploma, while another 62 successfully completed the alternative path offered by the IB Careers Related Programme (IBCP), which has more directly vocational elements in the curriculum.
The 18 perfect scorers came from six different schools and, besides celebrating with family and friends, all are now finalising their plans for university choices and courses.
In preparing for that next big step, they can benefit from the support of
ESF's Future Ready campaign . Its basic aim is to show how these exceptional students were given a platform to be the best they can be, not only in academic subjects, but also because of the transformational opportunities offered throughout their learning journey. And that support is still available as they begin to pursue new goals and look to make a positive impact in the wider world.A good example is Kelly Chak Hoi-lam, a member of the Island School's class of 2025, who has her sights set on studying medicine in Hong Kong. She sees this as a field where it is possible to effect meaningful change as a doctor who not only cures with the help of new advances in science and technology, but also cares for patients.