ESF schools in Hong Kong continue to outperform schools worldwide in their seventh year of adopting the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. ESF entered 934 students for the IB Diploma.

This year, 17 ESF students achieved the maximum 45 points. They include:

Island School: Jane WRIGHT, Claudia TAM and Brian WONG;
King George V School: Narumi WONG and Priyanshi Ajesh SHAH;
Renaissance College: Sharon CHENG;
Sha Tin College: Justin CHENG, Stephanie CHEUNG, Ellen HAO and Jamie WONG;
South Island School: Ka Chun LOUIE, Daniel MONTEIRO and MingYu Yang;
West Island School: Kylie CHEUNG, Grace CHIN, Venice LUK and Glenda XU.

According to the results announced by the International Baccalaureate Organisation, only 160 students worldwide achieved the perfect score in the 2015 examinations of which 17 students are from ESF. The average score worldwide was 29.9 points compared to an average score of 35.5 for ESF students.

“The results for 2015 are exceptional, with high levels of achievement across all of our schools. 97.3% of eligible students achieved the full IB Diploma with 224 students achieving 40 IB points or more and 120 students achieving the Bilingual Diploma. I congratulate both students and staff for their hard work,” said Chief Executive Officer Belinda Greer. “Everyone should be very proud of their achievement.”