Students
Academic results
The Graduating Class of 2020 performed very well under the challenging times. Our externalised standardised testing scores indicated that our students performed well above the worldwide American and international norms.
94%
Class of 2020 IB Diploma pass rate
PYP DRA reading results 2019/20
The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) is an individually administered assessment of a child’s reading capabilities. It is a tool used by teachers to identify a student’s reading level, accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. Once levels are identified, teachers use this information for instructional planning purposes. This is not a test compared to other students around the world, it is an assessment that helps us track individualised growth within the same student over time which allows us to determine the effectiveness of our instructional strategies.
28%
(42 students)
were below grade level in September 2019
These students were tested again in December 2019
57%
(24 students)
of these students are identified as EAL or LS
67%
of students performing below grade level in fall showed growth on their winter assessment.
PYP ISA writing results 2019/20
The International School’s Assessment (created by ACER, Australia) is a writing assessment evaluating our students’ narrative and expository writing abilities. We use ISA in the primary school to determine our students’ growth and abilities in writing. ISA is compared to like-international schools (schools with similar demographics), regional schools (Asia) and all schools (the world).
Narrative/Reflective task
For this task students write a story or a reflective piece in response to a prompt, which is usually a picture. Students’ writing is assessed according to three criteria:
- Content – ideas generated and quality of thinking and reflection
- Language – sentence and paragraph structure, vocabulary and punctuation, and writer’s voice
- Spelling – accuracy and range of vocabulary.
Exposition/Argument task
For this task students write a piece setting out ideas about a proposition.
A few sentences or a short dialogue are usually provided as a prompt. Students may take an explanatory approach (exposition) or a persuasive approach (argument). Students’ writing is assessed according to three criteria:
- Content – the ideas generated and the quality of thinking demonstrated about the issue
- ESOL language – grammatical correctness and command of English syntax, sentence fluency and variation, and vocabulary (applied to all students’ writing regardless of language background)
- Structure and organisation – the overall structure of the writing and its internal coherence.
Measures of Academic Progress
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is an external standardised test that provides us with a data point to learn how
our students are doing in Maths and Reading in comparison to students in our like-international schools counterparts
(NESA schools), all schools in the USA, and all schools in the world.
MAP achievement status and growth summary – Grades 2-5
MAP achievement status and growth summary – Grades 6-10
PYP/MYP MAP reading results
PYP/MYP MAP maths results
The primary school (PYP) exhibition
All our students in Grade 5 engage in one unit of inquiry entitled “The Exhibition” as part of their six units of inquiry throughout the year. The PYP exhibition provides the culminating experience of the learner’s engagement with the PYP. It unites the teachers, learners, and parents of the class in an activity that captures the essence of the PYP transdisciplinary inquiry conducted in a spirit of personal and shared responsibility. The Exhibition represents a significant event in the life of a school, encapsulating the essence of the PYP and encouraging younger students to look forward to their final year in the programme.
Our students and teachers created a Virtual Museum for students to organise and showcase their work. The exhibition falls under the Sharing the Planet Unit, with the central idea, “Explorations of issues and opportunities inspires learning and action.” Our students inquired into pollution, sustainability, animal welfare, well-being, COVID-19, and equality.
Students held weekly Zoom meetings with their mentors, making connections to subject areas like maths, writing, and the arts. Students wrote blog posts, created song lyrics, and crunched numbers in graphs to present their research findings.
Students also took action by asking people to pay it forward with their reusable bag campaign. Students asked people to pledge to give reusable bags to others in the checkout line and to repeat the process. They created visual graphics, and songs to spread their message and promote their action. They also met with administrators to gather and share data on costs and benefits of OSC adding solar panels to the new sports complex.
Our PYP Virtual Exhibition Museum has been posted as an example by the IB and was showcased through many different online international platforms gaining much attention. Now, our teachers are mentoring others around the world through the same process.
MYP overview
93% |
of Grade 10 students (26/28) were registered as IB MYP5 Course Candidates and received the OSC Middle years Certificate |
100% |
of students participating in the Personal Project achieved a passing mark of 3 or above |
5.8/7 |
The average end of year grade for all Grade 10 students |
Longitudinal OSC subject results (2016-2020)
| MYP Subjects | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
| L and L | 5.9 | 5.69 | 5.47 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| L and L other | 7* | 6.25* | 6.67* | ||
| French B | 5.94 | 5.08 | 5.5 | 5.11 | 5.8 |
| Spanish B | 5 | 5.57 | 5.5 | 5.55 | 5.5 |
| Sinhala | 5.86* | 5.67* | |||
| I and S | 6 | 6.22 | 5.89 | 5.6 | 5.24 |
| Science | 5.93 | 5.74 | 5.79 | 5.48 | 5.3 |
| Ext. Mathematics | 6.36 | 5.33 | 5.91 | 6 | 5.16 |
| Mathematics | 4.53 | 5.27 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Drama | 6.07 | 6.27 | 6.46 | 6 | 5.9 |
| Music | 6 | 6.11 | 6.46 | ||
| Visual Arts | 6.28 | 6 | 7 | 6.83 | 6.43 |
| PHE | 5.59 | 5.67 | 5.63 | 5.68 | 5.6 |
| Design | 6.5 | 5.65 | 6.5 | 6.44 | 5.56 |
| Personal Project | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.56 | 4.86 | 5.33 |
MYP mother tongue
Our mother tongue programme in MYP has been growing over the last three years. Last year we had students studying French, Korean, Norwegian, Japanese, Mandarin, German, Sinhala, and Hindi.
MYP overview: Personal project
| Subject: Personal project | Number of candi- dates | Grade | Average grade (school) | Average grade (world wide) | Highest grade | Lowest grade | ||||||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| IB moderation | 29 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 3.86 | 7 | 4 |
| OSC internal assessment |
29 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | 7 | 4 | |
Some personal project topics submitted by the class of 2022 include:
- A video on using sports to prevent and treat depression in teens.
- An informative journalism piece on racism in football, with the purpose of convincing fans not to perform racist acts towards players.
- A deck of cards, featuring ideas and inspiration for teens, of activities that they can do to increase both their physical and mental well-being.
- A photo-book documenting endemic animals in Sri Lanka.
- Warli-styled artworks used to depict the culture and lifestyle of the people of the Warli tribe from different villages.
- A unit plan for the 4th and 5th graders educating students on Women’s Empowerment, through an interactive series of lessons using creativity and performance.
IBDP 2020
18
students
16
Diploma programme candidates (89% of cohort)
2
Students took IB courses with an average grade of 5.1
15
Students achieved the requirements for an IB Diploma (94% of full Diploma candidates)
Averages by subject (2016-2020)
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | Percen- tage of classes above average | |||||||||||
| Number of candi- dates | Average grade (school) | Average grade (world- wide) | Number of candi- dates | Average grade (school) | Average grade (world- wide) | Number of candi- dates | Average grade (school) | Average grade (world- wide) | Number of candi- dates | Average grade (school) | Average grade (world- wide) | Number of candi- dates | Average grade (school) | Average grade (world- wide) | ||
| Subject Group 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| English A: Land and Literature HL | 8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 16 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 12 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 80 |
| English A: Land and Literature SL | 4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | |
| English A: Literature HL | 3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | |
| English A: Literature SL | 2 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | |
| Subject Group 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| French AB. SL | 5 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 78 |
| French B HL | 1 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 1 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 2 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | |
| French B SL | 5 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | |
| Spanish B HL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 0 | |||||||
| Spanish B SL | 1 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | |
| Subject Group 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Economics HL English | 3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 12 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 55 |
| Economics SL English | 2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 4.6 | |||||
| Env. and Soc. SL English | 2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5 | 5.2 | 4.2 | |
| Geography HL English | 7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | |
| Geography SL English | 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | |||
| History SL English | 1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | |||
| History Asia and Oceania HL English | 3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 8 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 8 | 4.9 | 5.1 | |
| Subject Group 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Biology HL Englsih | 6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 10 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 72 |
| Biology SL Englsih | 4 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 8 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | |
| Chemistry HL English | 5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | |
| Chemistry SL English | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | |||
| Physics HL English | 3 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | |
| Physics SL English | 3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | |
| Subject Group 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Math. Studies SL English | 3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 67 |
| Mathematics HL English | 1 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
| Mathematics SL English | 14 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 12 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 19 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 11 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 16 | 5.3 | 4.4 | |
| Subject Group 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Music HL English | 1 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 91 |
| Music Creating SL English | 1 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | |||
| Theatre HL English | 4 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 3 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 11 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | |
| Theatre SL English | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Visual Arts HL English | 3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 6 | 5.5 | 4.8 | |
| Visual Arts SL English | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | |||||
| Percentage of classes above average | 81 | 86 | 46 | 77 | 66 | |||||||||||
TOK, EE and additional points
Notable class of 2020 extended essays |
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|
Economic Security |
Using machine learning to predict volatile vegetable prices and improve |
|
King of Thorns (English) |
Mark Lawrence's characterisation of Jorg Ancrath as a Byronic hero in King of Thorns (English) |
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Women of |
Oppressed women of the media (English) |
|
The Effectiveness |
The effectiveness of the introduction of reusable bags in reducing the negative externality of consumption caused by plastic bags at the Arpico shops in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Economics) |
Bilingual diplomas:
1 attempted, 1 awarded.
OSC high school diplomas
100% (18)students were awarded the OSC Diploma |
61% (11)students were awarded the OSC Diploma with Distinction |
OSC college and university offers 2015-2020
UK
|
| Aberystwyth University |
| Anglia Ruskin University |
| Bangor University |
| Bournemouth University (2) |
| Brunel University (3) |
| Cardiff University |
| City University, London (3) |
| Coventry University |
| Durham University (2) |
|
Goldsmiths College, University of London (2) |
| Hull York Medical School |
| King's College London (4) |
| Kingston University (3) |
| Lancaster University |
| Leeds Beckett University |
| Leeds College of Art and Design |
| London School of Economics |
| London Southbank University |
| Manchester University |
| Middlesex University (3) |
| Newcastle University (2) |
| Nottingham Trent University (2) |
| Plymouth University (2) |
|
Queen Mary, University of London (5) |
| Swansea University |
| St George's, University of London |
| Thames Valley University-London College of Music |
| The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford |
| University of Aberdeen (3) |
| University of Bath (2) |
| University of Birmingham |
| University of Bradford |
| University of Brighton (3) |
| University of Bristol (2) |
| University of Chester |
| University College London |
| University of Creative Arts |
| University of Dundee |
| University of East Anglia (2) |
| University of East London (4) |
| University of Edinburgh (7) |
| University of Edinburgh Napier |
| University of Essex (4) |
| University of Exeter |
| University of Glasgow |
| University of Greenwich (2) |
| University of Hull |
| University of Kent (8) |
| University of Keele |
| University of Leeds (5) |
| University of Leicester |
| University of Limerick |
| University of Lincoln (2) |
| University of London (2) |
| University of Loughborough (5) |
| University of Manchester (5) |
| University of Nottingham (7) |
| University of Portsmouth |
| University of Reading |
| University of Roehampton |
| University of Sheffield (3) |
| University of Southampton (5) |
| University of St Andrew's (2) |
| University of Stirling (3) |
| University of Surrey (2) |
| University of the Arts London (2) |
| University of Warwick (3) |
| University of West London |
| University of Westminster (3) |
| University of York (2) |
USA
|
| Adelphi University |
| Amherst College |
| Bard College |
| Beloit College |
| Bennington College |
| Boston University (9) |
| Bowie State University |
| Brown University |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
| California Polytechnic State University |
| Carleton College |
| Claremont McKenna College |
| Clark University (5) |
| College of William & Mary (3) |
| College of Wooster |
| Columbia College |
| Cornell College |
| Denison University |
| Dickinson College |
| Drexel University (3) |
| Eckerd College |
| Emerson College (2) |
| Emory & Henry College |
| Endicott College |
| Eugene Lang College |
| Florida Atlantic University |
| Florida International University (2) |
| Florida Institute of Technology (2) |
| Florida State University |
| Fordham University (5) |
| Georgetown University |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
| George Washington University (3) |
| Goucher College |
| Hampshire College |
| Hanover College |
| Hawaii Pacific University (2) |
| Hofstra University (2) |
| Ithaca College (2) |
| Iowa State University |
| James Madison University (2) |
| Juniata College |
| Knox College (2) |
| Lewis & Clark College |
| Lesley University |
| Lynn University (2) |
|
Marymount Manhattan College (2) |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science (2) |
| Merrimack College |
| Montgomery College |
| New York University (9) |
| North Carolina State University |
| Northern Arizona University |
| North-Eastern University (2) |
| North-Western University (2) |
| Occidental College |
| Oregon Institute of Technology |
| Pace University |
| Parsons NYC |
| Pepperdine University |
| Penn State University (3) |
| Pratt Institute, NY (2) |
| Purdue University (2) |
| Randolph-Macon College |
| Reed College |
| Saint Louis University |
| Sarah Lawrence College |
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Savannah College of Art and Design (2) |
|
School of the Museum of Fine Arts |
| Seattle University |
| Suffolk University (2) |
| Syracuse University (4) |
|
Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi |
| The New School, NY |
| The University of Iowa |
| The University of Wisconsin – Madison (2) |
| Tufts University |
| University of Arizona |
|
University of California, Berkeley (4) |
| University of California, Davis (6) |
| University of California, Irvine |
|
University of California, Los Angeles |
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University of California, San Diego (2) |
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University of California, Santa Cruz |
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University of California, Santa Barbara |
| University of Cincinnati |
| University of Colorado |
| University of Connecticut |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Denver (2) |
| University of Idaho |
| University of Illinios at Urban-Campaign |
| University of Maryland |
| University of Massachusetts, Boston (4) |
| University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth |
| University of Massachusetts, Lowell (2) |
| University of Miami |
| University of Michigan |
| University of New Hampshire |
| University of New Heaven |
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| University of Oregon |
| University of the Pacific |
| University of Pennsylvania (2) |
| University of Pittsburgh (2) |
| University of San Diego (3) |
| University of San Francisco (2) |
| University of South Florida |
| University of Southern California |
| University of the Pacific |
| University of Tampa, Florida (2) |
| University of Washington (2) |
| University of West Lafayette |
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University of Wisconsin, Madison (3) |
| Ursinus College |
| Utah State University |
| Vassar College |
| Virginia Tech (2) |
| Wake Forest University |
| Washington University in St Louis |
| Wesleyan University |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Canada
|
| Brock University |
| Carleton University (2) |
| Concordia University (4) |
| Dalhousie University (3) |
| HEC Montréal |
| Lakehead University |
| Laurentian University |
| Ryerson University |
| McGill University (8) |
| McMaster University |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland(3) |
| Ontario Tech University |
| Saint Mary’s University |
| Simon Fraser University |
| Trent University |
| University of Alberta |
| University of Calgary |
| University of British Columbia (8) |
| University of Ottawa |
| University of Newfoundland (3) |
| University of Toronto (10) |
| University of Victoria |
| University of Waterloo |
| University of Western Ontario |
| Western University |
| York University |
Others |
Australia
|
| Australian National University |
| La Trobe University |
| Macquarie University |
| RMIT University |
| University of Melbourne (4) |
| University of New South Wales |
| University of Sydney (4) |
| Western Sydney University |
Czech Republic
|
| Charles University |
China
|
| New York University, Shanghai |
Finland
|
| Helsinki School of Economics |
France
|
| American University of Paris (3) |
| Universite Toulouse |
| UTC, France |
Germany
|
| Jacobs University |
| University of Communication Studies |
Hong Kong
|
| Poly University of Hong Kong |
| University of Hong Kong |
Hungary
|
| Corvinus University of Budapest |
India
|
| Christ University, Bangalore |
| ISDI Parsons, Mumbai |
| Nirma University |
| NIS Allahabad (2) |
| Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology |
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Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi |
| Manipal University |
Indonesia
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| Binus University - Anggrek |
Japan
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| International Christian University |
| Tokyo International University |
| Temple University |
| Waseda University |
Korea
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| Yonsei University |
Netherlands
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| Amsterdam University College |
| University of Amsterdam (2) |
| Fontys Hogescholen |
| Leiden University (4) |
| University of Groningen |
| Utrecht University (2) |
| University College Maastricht |
| Technische Universiteit Eindhoven |
New Zealand
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| University of Auckland |
Philippines
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| Ateneo de Manila |
Singapore
|
| National University of Singapore |
| LaSalle College of the Arts |
| Yale-NUS College |
Spain
|
| EU Business School, Barcelona |
Sri Lanka
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|
South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (3) |
| Aquainas College |
| American National College |
Switzerland
|
| Les Roches School of Hospitality |
UAE
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| New York University, Abu Dhabi |
| University of Birmingham, Dubai |
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Listed = Acceptances
Bold = Matriculated
() = Number of Students Accepted
* Due to the pandemic some students are taking a gap year.
