Summer School 2024 May

Vanessa and Suzanne Marton graduated from BISS in 2012, and both went on to study Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science and University of Oxford, respectively. We've caught up with them to see how they're getting on as successful lawyers, and asked seven questions reflecting on what made BISS special to them.

Years 5 and 6 students at BISS participated in the online FOBISIA Maths Codebreaking Challenge. The event gave our students an exciting opportunity to put their mathematical knowledge to work in a setting that felt like a puzzle to solve.

The cohort’s highest score was 44 points, and students achieved 38 subject grades of 7 (the maximum available for each subject). Among the students awarded the IB Diploma, the average score was 35. More than half of our students achieved 35 points or above and 27% reached the highly demanding 40-point threshold.

The halls of the Primary School came alive with excitement, creativity and entrepreneurship as our Years 4, 5, and 6 students proudly hosted a new initiative: BISS-ness Day. What began six weeks ago as a mathematics project centred around financial literacy transformed into a vibrant marketplace filled with innovation, determination and student agency.