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Letter from Charles Ormiston, Chair of the Board of Governors ...........................................2

Letter from Chris Edwards, Head of College...............................................................................3

UWCSEA guiding statements and learning programme..........................................................5

UWCSEA governance and leadership...........................................................................................9

Board of Governors...................................................................................................................10

Organisational structure.........................................................................................................11

Student achievement.....................................................................................................................13

Academics..................................................................................................................................14

Activities.................................................................................................................................... 27

Outdoor education..................................................................................................................30

Personal and social education...............................................................................................33

Service........................................................................................................................................36

Our community..............................................................................................................................41

Scholars .....................................................................................................................................44

Community feedback..............................................................................................................46

Business report................................................................................................................................51

Human Resources.....................................................................................................................51

Admissions................................................................................................................................54

Finance.......................................................................................................................................56

Statement of financial position............................................................................................58

Statement of comprehensive income.................................................................................60

College Advancement...................................................................................................................63

Foundation................................................................................................................................63

Foundation financial report...................................................................................................64

Statement of financial position............................................................................................66

Statement of comprehensive income................................................................................. 67

Alumni relations.......................................................................................................................69

Donors 2013/2014....................................................................................................................71

CONTENTS

education, consistent with our

“challenging, holistic, values-based”

commitment

4. Overseeing the final phase of the

Dover Campus Master Plan, including

the opening of the new High School

building

5. Ensuring the two campus model is a

source of strength for the College and

that we have unity of purpose within

our diversity of practice

6. Adjusting our stakeholder interaction

model so that we can engage more

members of our community more

closely with the College and with the

Board of Governors

7. Launching a sixth Board Committee

that will focus on the College’s

engagement with key stakeholders

in the school: the UWCSEA

Foundation, the Parents’ Association,

the Student Council, the scholar

programme, UWC International

and the Singapore government and

community (among others)

I am very grateful to every full and

coopted member of the Board of

Governors, who volunteer their time and

expertise to support the school, and have a

real impact on the educational experience

of our students. I would also like to thank

Chris, James, Frazer, all the teachers and

staff, alumni, parents and students, who

contribute so much to the school. I hope

this report provides you with an insight

into another great year at UWCSEA.

I am pleased to introduce the UWC

South East Asia Annual Report, which

highlights aspects of the UWCSEA

learning programme and operations

during the 2013/2014 school year.

Our ambition at UWCSEA is to be a

leader in international education with

a worldwide reputation for providing

a challenging, holistic, values-based

education. As the Board of Governors

sets priorities and allocates resources, we

constantly come back to the ambition.

Identifying those key initiatives that will

improve the quality of our students’

education, while furthering our ambition

to be a leader in education on the world

stage, is our main focus.

The role of the administration is to run the

school; the role of the Board of Governors

is to ensure the school is well run. In

addition to the standard compliance

and fiduciary roles that a Board must

play, we work closely with the school’s

management to ensure excellence. Each

Board committee has a specific focus,

and members leverage this expertise as

appropriate to support the school.

The 2013/2014 year was a significant one

for the Board. Julian Whiteley completed

a highly successful nine-year stint as

Head of College and we welcomed our

new Head of College, Chris Edwards.

The selection process and orientation

programme for Chris reflected the best

of UWCSEA—inclusive of our broader

community (with parents, teachers

and staff involved in each step of the

process), values-based and professional.

The Board oversaw significant progress

in the following areas in 2013/2014:

• A review of school fees. As a result, in

2013/2014 we were the seventh most

expensive premium international school

in Singapore, which, given the quality of

the programme, indicates exceptional

return on investment for parents.

• Auditing the success of the new

admissions policy, which shifted from

waitlists to annual applications and

set clear goals to increase the diversity

and maintain the quality of our

student body.

• Launched an English as an Additional

Language (EAL) pilot programme in

Dover Primary School.

• Launched construction of the High

School building and a solar panel

programme on Dover Campus.

• Maintained the investment in the

curriculum articulation project.

• Significant upgrades to our Board

governance led by the Governance

Committee, touching important topics

like Board member nomination and

selection, how coopted members

are elevated to the full Board, Board

member assessment and feedback,

Chair assessment and feedback, role

of Committee Chairs. Many of these

topics were surfaced in the Heidrick &

Struggles review of Board Effectiveness,

each recommendation from which has

now been fully implemented.

As we look to the challenges that face us

in 2014/2015 the seven most important

areas of focus for the Board in the

coming year will be:

1. Establishing a new strategic plan for

the College that will help us to realise

our long term vision and fulfill our

ambition, while taking into account

market forces

2. Upgrading our policies and

procedures regarding child protection

and student safety

3. Prioritising and resourcing the key

initiatives that will continuously

improve the quality of our students’

LETTER FROM CHARLES ORMISTON

CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Charles Ormiston

LETTER FROM CHRIS EDWARDS

HEAD OF COLLEGE

“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if

you do not care who gets the credit.”

Harry S. Truman’s ubiquitous

observation is something of a cliché

these days, but I do hope Julian Whiteley

shares the sentiment. The face staring

out from this page is mine: the year

was Julian’s. He finished with grace and

generosity. During a typically thorough

and self-effacing handover, Julian spoke

repeatedly of how he felt humbled by

those around him. The College was

awash with talent, passion and verve,

he said, and often he watched in awe

as the bold initiatives of gifted students

and staff came to fruition, for the good

of themselves and others. From his

perspective, part of the job was allowing

people to be brilliant.

But the fact is Julian took the helm

when the sea was far from calm, and he

found a way—it seems to me—to steer

between two extremes of leadership.

One is described with characteristic

simplicity by Lao Tzu: “A leader is best

when people barely know he exists.

When his aim is accomplished, people

will say: we did this ourselves.” The

other is vigorously iterated by Norman

Schwarzkopf: “Leadership is a potent

combination of strategy and character.

If you must be without one, be without

the strategy.” Well, Julian had the

character all right, but the ego was as

far away as Lao Tzu would have wished.

Under Julian, the ship sailed into deeper,

calmer waters, but it needed a firm,

quiet authority from the wise figure on

the bridge.

So, just what did Mr. Whiteley and

his crew get up to in his last year?

I believe—first and foremost—they were

honest. Honest in their adherence to

the College mission when it would

have been so very easy to steer

a new course, by reducing the offer

and falling into line with those schools

whose existences are dominated by

a corporate educational world of

identikit heads, graphs, pie charts and

tables. I am thrilled beyond measure to

see the breadth of achievement in these

pages. And for those who think that

service, activities and outdoor education

are merely worms eating away at time

that is rightfully academe’s, I point

to both campuses’ extraordinary IB

results as evidence, and then call on

the Buddha’s wisdom: “Thousands of

candles can be lighted from a single

candle, and the life of that first candle

will not be shortened.”

After the heroic build at East, it was

Dover’s turn to witness construction

on a massive scale. The High School

building forced its way on to the

skyline as if it were in a time-lapse

movie, while around it patient staff

and students went about their business

in good heart. Indeed, I’ve seldom

seen such sense of purpose as I have

at UWCSEA. Yes, we’ve got the

problems one would expect a big school

to have, but goodness me they pale

when set against the whirling optimism

and drive of governors, alumni, staff

and students. May I especially thank

the parents, whose contributions to

the College of time and expertise were

immense last year.

Julian’s school had no flag above its

door. In July, when I first sat down in the

office that was so recently his, one of

the first things I did was watch a video

of Julian’s opening address to new staff.

His quiet pride in the extraordinary

diversity of this great College was

evident not merely in the words and

images he used, but in the smile that

never quite left his face throughout the

Chris Edwards

talk. His was a College where gamelans

and cellos, ballet and bhangra, sarongs

and saris meshed in vibrant harmonies

and created something unique. His

students were taking the mission

beyond Singapore’s borders: many were

taking Gap Years so that they might

further help communities in need.

“Cambridge,” as one famously said, “can

wait a year. This can’t”. Students were

given opportunities to think, plan, act

and fail. And how crucial that last point

is: the College was not a soft focus idyll,

with mistakes blurred by hazy rhetoric.

Instead, it looked upon failure and

disappointment as learning experiences,

as valuable as joy and success. Diversity

of experience, triumphant or otherwise,

mattered. And when Julian spoke to

those new staff, he invariably iterated

these crucial mantras in the context of

Kurt Hahn and the UWC movement.

He was intentional. He understood the

genesis of UWCSEA and why we act

as we do. There were easier schools to

run—and easier schools to attend—than

Julian’s, but the easy and the obvious

were never his style. We are all the

stronger for that.

And now, having written so effusively

about that in which I played no part,

I must live up to the past. Thank you

Julian for the year—and years—gone.

This annual report is testament to a

legacy that burns with benevolent

ferocity. And that’s no oxymoron:

that’s UWCSEA.

UWCSEA GUIDING STATEMENTS

AND LEARNING PROGRAMME

UWC MISSION

The UWC movement makes

education a force to unite people,

nations and cultures for peace and

a sustainable future.

UWCSEA EDUCATIONAL GOAL

The UWCSEA goal is to educate

individuals to embrace challenge

and take responsibility for shaping

a better world.

UWCSEA AMBITION

UWCSEA will be a leader in

international education. We will

have a worldwide reputation for

providing a challenging, holistic,

values-based education with

an emphasis upon academic

achievement, service to others,

environmental stewardship,

teamwork and leadership.

UWCSEA LEARNING

PROGRAMME

The diagram on the right explains how

the elements of the UWCSEA learning

programme fit together, with the

mission as both the starting point

and the goal.

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nations and cultures

for peace and a

sustainable future

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Learning is a life-long process in which

the learner engages with and reflects

upon information and experiences

to construct new or modify existing

understanding as well as develop and

apply skills and qualities

We know learning is effective when:

• learners construct new

understanding by activating prior

knowledge and experiences

Therefore, it is important that new

learning is connected to what the

learner has previously experienced or

understood.

• learners use timely and goal

directed feedback

Therefore, ongoing assessment

should be regular and structured

in a manner that allows for specific

feedback to guide the learner in

constructing meaning.

• learners collaborate

Therefore, learners must have

opportunities to interact with

others in a variety of situations and

groupings.

• learners are challenged

Therefore, learners need to be

challenged in developmentally

appropriate ways.

• learners feel secure and supported

Therefore, learners need a safe and

respectful learning environment.

• learners construct meaning

by seeing patterns and making

connections

Therefore, learning needs to be

organised around core concepts.

• learners actively process

and reflect

Therefore, time is required for

learners to practise, reflect and

consolidate learning.

• learners apply metacognitive skills

Therefore, learners should develop

an awareness of their own thinking

processes to develop intellectual

habits.

• learners understand the purpose of

the learning

Therefore, learning should occur in

context with clear connections to

real world.

• learners have ownership of their

learning

Therefore, opportunities for self-

directed learning are needed to

sustain and motivate learning.

UWCSEA PROFILE

Our goal is to educate individuals to embrace challenge and take responsibility for shaping a better world. Our community achieves

this goal by developing knowledge and understanding, qualities and skills through the five elements of the UWCSEA learning

programme: academics, activities, outdoor education, personal and social education and service.

SKILLS

Critical thinker

Reason in an informed and fair-minded manner.

Related concepts: inquiry, questioning,

connection, analysis, synthesis, evaluation,

problem solving

Creative

Imagine and generate new possibilities or

alternatives.

Related concepts: originality, imagination,

curiosity, adaptability, connection, innovation,

improvisation, risk-taking

Collaborative

Participate collaboratively in diverse settings.

Related concepts: cooperation, participation,

leadership, flexibility, adaptability, responsibility,

trust

Communicator

Communicate effectively according to audience

and purpose.

Related concepts: communication,

interpretation, perspective, intent

Self-manager

Take responsibility for directing

one’s learning.

Related concepts: metacognition,

independence, diligence, organisation,

responsibility

QUALITIES

Commitment to care

Initiate actions and make a commitment to

shaping a better world.

Related concepts: stewardship, caring, empathy,

compassion, open-minded, service, sustainability

Principled

Act with integrity and respect for self and the

dignity of others.

Related concepts: integrity, honesty,

responsibility, respect, fairness

Resilient

Anticipate, persevere and confront challenge.

Related concepts: optimism, confidence,

courage, diligence, perseverance

Self-aware

Develop intellectual, physical, spiritual and

emotional well-being.

Related concepts: self-discipline, self-

esteem, self-confidence, reflection, balance,

contentment

GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP

UWC MOVEMENT

UWC South East Asia is a member of the

UWC movement, which was founded in

1962 by Kurt Hahn, the great German

educationalist. UWC South East Asia

was the second member of the UWC

movement, opened by Lee Kuan Yew as

Singapore International School in 1971.

Since then, UWCSEA has expanded to

become a K-12 school of more than 5,000

students, making it the largest UWC in the

movement, and one of only three who take

students before the IB Diploma in Grade 11.

The UWC movement now has 14 schools

and colleges, and is supported by the

National Committees, a network of

volunteers in more than 145 countries

worldwide, who help to find and select

many of the Grade 11 and 12 scholars in the

colleges around the world.

School

Country

Age

Number of students 2013/2014

UWC Adriatic

Italy

16–19

200

UWC Atlantic

United Kingdom

16–19

350

UWC Costa Rica

Costa Rica

16–19

200

UWC Dilijan

Armenia

16–18

100

Li Po Chun UWC

Hong Kong SAR, China

16–19

250

UWC Maastricht

Netherlands

2–18

525

UWC Mahindra

India

16–19

200

UWC in Mostar

Bosnia and Herzegovina

16–19

154

Pearson College UWC

Canada

16–19

200

UWC Red Cross Nordic

Norway

16–19

200

UWC Robert Bosch College

Germany

16–19

200

UWC South East Asia

Singapore

4–19

5225

UWC-USA

New Mexico

16–19

200

Waterford Kamhlaba UWC

Swaziland

11–20

600

Pearson College UWC

Victoria, Canada

UWC-USA

Montezuma, New Mexico, USA

UWC Costa Rica

Santa Ana, Costa Rica

UWC Robert Bosch College

Freiburg, Germany

UWC Atlantic College

Llantwit Major, UK

UWC Maastricht

Maastricht, Netherlands

UWC Red Cross Nordic

Flekke, Norway

UWC Dilijan

Dilijan, Armenia

UWC Mahindra College

Pune, India

Li Po Chun UWC

Hong Kong SAR, China

UWC South East Asia

Singapore

UWC in Mostar

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

UWC Adriatic

Duino, Italy

Waterford Kamhlaba UWC

Mbabane, Swaziland

A breakdown of the other schools and colleges can be seen in the table below

UWCSEA uses the Hobo-Dyer Projection

for our maps which, as a cylindrical equal

area projection, more accurately reflects

the relative size of the continents.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

UWCSEA is a non-profit organisation.

Our legal status is as a public company

limited by guarantee, registered

with the Accounting and Corporate

Regulatory Authority (ACRA).

UWCSEA is also a registered charity

with the Commissioner of Charities,

and a foreign system school, registered

with the Ministry of Education and

the Council for Private Education. As

a member of the UWC movement,

UWCSEA is overseen by the UWC

International Board.

UWCSEA benefits from a highly

experienced Board of Governors,

made up of both elected and selected

(co-opted) members. There are five

Board committees: Audit, Education,

Finance, Governance and Management.

UWCSEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2013/2014

Charles

Ormiston

(Chair)

Driek Desmet

(Chair,

Education

Committee—

retired 30

January 2014)

Will Kennedy-

Cooke (Chair,

Facilities

Committee)

Wayne Yang

(Chair, Finance

Committee)

Alexander

Krefft (Chair,

Governance

Committee)

Anna Lord

(Chair, Audit

Committee)

Miles Beasley

Doris Sohmen-

Pao (Chair,

Education

Committee

from 30

January 2014)

Thierry Brezac

Nicholas Chan

Ho Seng Chee

Elaine Teale

Barry Daniels

(retired 30

January 2014)

Katherine

Davies

Dale Fisher

Davy Lau

David Maxwell

Alexandra De

Mello

Julian Whiteley

Co-opted members

Lily Fang (retired 20 February 2014)

Vivek Kalra

Surinder Kathpalia

Shelly Maneth

Eric Sandlund (retired 22 May 2014)

Nilanjan Sen (retired 20 November 2014)

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EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Driek Desmet

(Chair to 30 January 2014)

Doris Sohmen-Pao

(Chair from 30 January 2014)

Frazer Cairns

James Dalziel

Alexandra De Mello

Dale Fisher

Julian Whiteley

FACILITIES COMMITTEE

Will Kennedy-Cooke (Chair)

Miles Beasley

Thierry Brezac

Frazer Cairns

Chegne How Poon

David Maxwell

Simon Thomas

Julian Whiteley

UWCSEA

Board of Governors

Head of College

UWC

International Board

UWCSEA

Foundation Board

Director of

IT

Director of

Admissions

Director of

Administration

Director of

College

Advancement

Head of

Dover Campus

Head of

East Campus

Deputy Head

of Dover Campus

Director of

College Staffing

and Development

Director of

Facilities and

Operations

Director of

Communications

and Marketing

Director of

Boarding

Infant School

Principal

Junior School

Principal

Middle School

Principal

High School

Principal

Primary School

Principal

Middle School

Principal

High School

Principal

Director of

Boarding

Director of

Curriculum

The College is a complex organisation, requiring a network of individuals and teams working together to ensure that students have the

best possible educational experience each day. The leadership structure is below.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Wayne Yang (Chair)

Chegne How Poon

Katherine Davies

Lily Fang

Vivek Kalra

Anna Lord

Eric Sandlund

Nilanjan Sen

Cecilia Teo

Julian Whiteley

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Charles Ormiston (Chair)

Driek Desmet

Will Kennedy-Cooke

Alexander Krefft

Doris Sohmen-Pao

Wayne Yang

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Alexander Krefft (Chair)

Nicholas Chan

Ho Seng Chee

Chegne How Poon

Barry Daniels

Davy Lau

Elaine Teale

Julian Whiteley

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Anna Lord (Chair)

Surinder Kathpalia

Shelly Maneth

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

The learning programme at UWCSEA

consists of five interlinking elements:

academics, activities, outdoor

education, personal and social

education and service. These elements

combine to provide our students with a

values-based education that develops

them as individuals and as members of

a global society.

Our goal is to educate individuals

to embrace challenge and take

responsibility for shaping a better

world. Through the learning

programme, students develop the

knowledge and understanding, and

skills and qualities, that will help them

to fulfill this goal.

Each of the five elements of the

programme complements each other

to create a whole that is greater than

the sum of the parts. This is a carefully

planned and purposeful process,

where outdoor education is connected

to subject areas in the academic

curriculum, where the Personal and

Social Education programme supports

students in the Activities programme,

where students can use the Service

programme to address social questions

identified in their academic learning,

and so on. The skills and qualities

identified in the UWCSEA profile are

embedded in all five elements of the

programme.

This section of the Annual Report is

an overview of the main highlights of

the 2013/2014 year in each of the five

elements.

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The academic learning programme

allows students to experience the

challenge of intellectual pursuit and

the joy of scholarly engagement. They

gain a deep understanding of individual

disciplines, while investigating the

connections between these disciplines

and how to solve complex problems

using different approaches. Learning

goals for individual subject areas

build logically through each grade so

that students grow in knowledge and

understanding and are prepared for the

next academic challenge.

In 2013/2014, UWCSEA students from

K1 to Grade 8 followed a UWCSEA-

designed curriculum, based on

standards and benchmarks defined

through our curriculum articulation

project. Students in Grades 9 and 10

followed the (I)GCSE programme,

with students entering in Grade

10 following a UWCSEA-designed

Foundation IB (FIB) programme.

Grade 11 and 12 students took the

IB Diploma programme.

LEARNING PROGRAMME: ACADEMIC

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IB DIPLOMA RESULTS

In May/June 2014, 465 UWCSEA students took the IB Diploma exams. A full breakdown of

their achievement by College and by each campus can be seen in the following pages.

Average IB Diploma Score

30.1

Worldwide

36.8

UWCSEA

465

Students

Pass rate

99.8%

UWCSEA

79%

Worldwide

Percentage receiving bilingual diploma

22.6%

UWCSEA

28.2%

Worldwide

Percentage receiving 40+ points

27.4%

UWCSEA

6.4%

Worldwide

IB Diploma score comparison

43.2%

18.1%

35–39

23.7%

28.3%

30–34

4.3%

31.6%

25–29

0.2%

15.2%

<25

28.6%

40–45

6.8%

UWCSEA

Worldwide

Year

Number of

candidates

Percent

passed

Worldwide

average

percent

passed

UWCSEA

average

diploma

score

Wordwide

average

diploma

score

2014

465*

99.8

79.3

36.8

30.1

2013

317

99.4

79.1

36.4

29.9

2012

311

99.7

78.5

35.8

29.8

2011

300

100

77.9

36.9

28.8

2010

295

98.9

78.1

36.0

29.5

*This number includes the first cohort from East. There were 323 students on Dover and 142 on East.

COLLEGE

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Average IB Diploma Score

30.1

Worldwide

37.0

UWCSEA

Pass rate

100%

UWCSEA

79%

Worldwide

IB Diploma score comparison

42.4%

18.1%

35–39

23.2%

28.3%

30–34

4.9%

31.6%

25–29

0%

15.2%

<25

29.4%

40–45

6.8%

UWCSEA

Worldwide

UWCSEA Dover students

received a bilingual diploma

Complete IB course listing for the Class of 2014

Courses are offered at either Higher or Standard Level unless noted below.

1.

Language A: Literature

Taught

English; French; Hindi (SL); Indonesian; Japanese;

Korean; Chinese

School Supported

Self-Taught (SL)

Afrikaans; Bosnian; Czech; Danish; Hebrew;

Hungarian; Khmer; Kinyarwanda; Lao; Norwegian;

Portuguese; Serbian; Siswati; Swahili; Swedish; Thai;

Vietnamese

Language A:

Language and Literature

Dutch; English; German; Chinese; Spanish

2.

Language B or ab initio

English B (HL); French B; French ab initio; German B;

Mandarin B; Mandarin ab initio; Spanish B;

Spanish ab initio

3.

Individuals and Societies

Business and Management; Environmental Systems

and Societies (SL); Economics; Geography; History;

Information Technology in a Global Society;

Philosophy; Psychology; Science, Technology and

Society (SL)

4.

Experimental Sciences

Biology; Chemistry; Computer Science; Design

Technology; Environmental Systems and Societies

(SL); Physics; Science, Technology and Society (SL);

Sports, Exercise and Health Science (SL)

5.

Mathematics

Further Mathematics (HL); Mathematics;

Mathematical Studies (SL)

6.

The Arts

Film (SL); Music; Theatre Arts; Visual Arts

Range of middle 50%

Mean

580

680

620

Critical reading

630

770

690

Mathematics

600

720

648

Writing

SAT scores

The SAT was administrated to 197 members of the Class of 2014. All scores, including

those from non-native speakers are included.

21.7%

DOVER

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IBDP average score by subject

No. of candidates

Worldwide

UWCSEA

English A: Lang and Literature HL

6.18

5.10

English A: Lang and Literature SL

6.05

5.19

English A: Literature HL

5.87

4.78

English A: Literature SL

5.84

5.08

Chinese A HL

5.20

6.29

Chinese B: Mandarin SL

5.91

6.11

English B HL

6.00

5.70

French B HL

6.43

5.31

French B SL

5.29

4.92

Spanish B SL

5.59

5.05

Business and Management HL

5.55

4.66

Economics HL

5.94

5.18

Geography HL

5.89

5.25

Economics SL

6.32

4.71

Geography SL

6.71

4.67

History HL

5.67

5.02

History SL

5.67

4.57

IT in a Global Society HL

5.40

4.28

Philosophy HL

6.00

4.78

Philosophy SL

5.33

4.70

Psychology HL

5.62

4.65

Psychology SL

6.32

4.41

Biology HL

6.12

4.32

Biology SL

5.63

4.27

Chemistry HL

5.89

4.53

Chemistry SL

6.16

4.01

Computer Science HL

5.57

4.51

Design Technology HL

5.90

4.45

Physics HL

6.03

4.65

Physics SL

5.67

4.16

Sports, Exercise and Health Science SL

6.38

4.40

Mathematics HL

5.59

4.42

Further Mathematics HL

6.25

4.65

Mathematics SL

5.46

4.48

Mathematical Studies SL

5.68

4.52

Film HL

6.57

4.67

Music HL

5.32

4.38

Theatre HL

6.52

4.78

Visual Arts HL

6.56

4.88

Science, Technology and Society SL

5.47

5.47

Eviron. Systems and Societies SL

5.50

4.19

60

128

63

57

10

86

16

42

54

31

116

38

20

37

43

21

81

19

19

101

43

110

32

14

10

89

30

97

137

90

19

21

16

323

Students

18

Average IB Diploma Score

30.1

Worldwide

36.5

UWCSEA

Pass rate

99.3%

UWCSEA

79%

Worldwide

IB Diploma score comparison

45%

18.1%

35–39

24.7%

28.3%

30–34

2.8%

31.6%

25–29

0.7%

15.2%

<25

26.8%

40–45

6.8%

UWCSEA

Worldwide

26.1%

UWCSEA East students

received a bilingual diploma

Complete IB course listing for the Class of 2014

Courses are offered at either Higher or Standard Level unless noted below.

1.

Language A: Literature

Taught

English; Hindi (SL); Japanese; Korean; Spanish

School Supported

Self-Taught (SL)

Albanian; Croatian; Dutch; French; German;

Indonesian; Khmer; Norwegian; Portuguese; Russian;

Thai; Urdu

Language A:

Language and Literature

English; Chinese

2.

Language B or ab initio

English B (HL); French B; French ab initio (SL);

Chinese B; Chinese ab initio (SL); Spanish B;

Spanish ab initio (SL)

3.

Individuals and Societies

Economics; Environmental Systems and Societies

(SL); Geography; History; Philosophy (SL);

Psychology

4.

Experimental Sciences

Biology; Chemistry; Design Technology;

Environmental Systems and Societies (SL); Physics

5.

Mathematics

Further Mathematics (HL); Mathematics;

Mathematical Studies (SL)

6.

The Arts

Music; Theatre; Visual Arts

Range of middle 50%

Mean

Critical reading

Mathematics

Writing

SAT scores

The SAT was administrated to 101 members of the Class of 2014. All scores, including

those from non-native speakers of English, are included.

610

700

653

570

670

618

540

660

601

EAST

19

IBDP average score by subject

5.81

No. of candidates

Worldwide

UWCSEA

5.10

5.39

5.18

5.58

4.78

5.52

5.08

6.50

5.83

5.50

5.61

6.20

5.05

6.22

6.26

6.63

6.11

6.15

5.70

5.85

5.03

5.91

5.08

6.14

5.31

6.56

5.05

6.00

5.18

5.95

4.71

4.91

4.19

5.71

5.25

6.33

4.67

5.78

5.02

6.11

5.76

4.57

6.05

6.05

5.80

4.32

5.50

4.27

6.05

4.53

5.85

4.01

6.33

4.45

5.67

3.72

5.42

5.36

4.65

4.16

4.95

4.42

5.14

4.48

5.30

4.52

6.00

6.50

6.07

4.38

4.78

4.88

4.65

5.58

4.92

Music HL

Visual Arts HL

Theatre HL

Mathematical Studies SL

Mathematics SL

Mathematics HL

Physics SL

Physics HL

Design Technology SL

Design Technology HL

Chemistry SL

Chemistry HL

Biology SL

Biology HL

Psychology SL

Psychology HL

History SL

History HL

Geography SL

Geography HL

Environ. Systems and Societies SL

Economics SL

Economics HL

Spanish B SL

Spanish ab initio SL

French B SL

French B HL

French B ab initio SL

English B HL

Chinese B - Mandarin SL

Chinese B - Mandarin HL

Chinese B ab initio SL

Chinese A - Lang and Literature SL

Chinese A - Lang and Literature HL

English A: Literature SL

English A: Literature HL

English A: Lang and Literature SL

English A: Lang and Literature HL

26

54

26

23

16

13

20

12

32

66

21

20

23

33

19

41

24

43

26

36

11

56

63

23

10

15

142

Students