IB Results 2023 – Celebrating the Achievement of International Baccalaureate Schools Across the UAE

IB Results Day 2023 is upon us!

Schools have now received the results for this year’s cohort as of 5 July 2023, and all individual candidates will be able to access their personal results from their IB Diploma (IBDP) and IB Career (IDCP) programme examinations 3pm UAE time on Thursday 6 July 2023.

Find out what you need to prep in order to be able to access your results smoothly, or request a remark, here.

Stay tuned as we celebrate all the amazing successes of the UAE’s IBDP and IBCP results LIVE! on SchoolsCompared.com this week.

As results come in you will find quick links below to all our amazing IB Results Day stories on SchoolsCompared.com.

Editors note: we have been inundated with stories from the UAE’s most outstanding IB schools from educators who wish to celebrate the achievements of their students. We will be leaving this article open over the next few days whilst we continue to publish their remarkable stories.

Friday 7th July 2023

5:00pm – Learn about the exceptional achievement of Bateen Academy students here – including students graduating journeys in Genetics, Game Development, Engineering and Medicine. Read more here. 

4:27pm – Greenfield International School results are in and the school releases extraordinary story of success in the IB Career-related Programme – a qualification it pioneered in the Emirates. Read the inspirational full story here.

3:24pm – Universal American School announces exceptional performance in the International Baccalaureate Diploma as leading US school embarks on significant investment. Read the full story here. 

3:00pm – Deira International School results are outstanding across the IB Diploma and Career-related Programme. Learn more about an amazing day of celebration at the KHDA Outstanding leading not-for-profit school here. 

2:30pm – Raffles World Academy results are in, and mark two years of exceptional achievement by students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Career-related and Courses Programmes. You can read the full story, and meet the extraordinary Raffles students, and teachers, here.

11:47am – Read Shane O’Brien’s comments about the extraordinary, beyond inspirational achievements of JESS Dubai students as they graduate with quite stellar results in both the IB and BTEC. With comments from the whole team at JESS, and some fabulous photos of delighted students and parents at IB and BTEC Results Day at this beautiful school, this is one to read, here.

10:05am – Dwight School Dubai has announced its results for its Dwight Graduating IB Students of ’23 – and David Hutson, Head of School, has marked the year as one of “exceptional achievement.” Dwight students are leaving for some of the world’s best universities – learn more here. 

09:00 am – Learn about the stunning achievement of students at Repton School Dubai in both the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. David Cook, Headmaster at Repton Dubai and Chief Education Officer of the Repton Family of Schools in the UAE, celebrates IB Results Day 2023, with his proud educators and students, here.

Thursday 6th July 2023

11:59pm –Dr Saima Rana, CEO/Principal, GEMS World Academy – Dubai celebrates the students of GEMS World Academy – Dubai – and explains how she sees them as an inspirational showcase for inclusion in the IB Diploma and the capacity of outstanding schools to make big dreams come true for every child. Read our story here.

11:30pm – Dubai International Academy Al Barsha students achieve their dreams as extraordinary child progress defines an exceptional year for one of the Emirate’s best-loved schools. Read our full story here.

11:00pm – Which is the best IB school in the Emirates? Why, if you are seeking the answer in results and league tables, you are asking completely the wrong questions according to the International Baccalaureate. Read the inspirational story here of why the best schools are to be found in the educational journeys of children.

10:30pm – DIA Emirates Hills smashes global average with more than 20% of students scoring 40 Points or above. Read about a year to remember as the Class of 2023 graduate from this amazing school. 

4:33pm – Triumphant GEMS International School Al Khail students set to “shape the world” – see the full story here. 

4:15pm –Ups, downs and handshakes all round at Jumeira Baccalaureate School – see the full story here. 

2:06pm – Dubai teen girls’ exam triumph over adversity are an inspiration at GEMS Wellington Academy Silicon Oasis. See the full story here.

12:18pm – The stunning Dar Al Marefa School students see amazing IB results as stepping stone on the way to creating “a more just a peaceful world”. See the full story here. 

11:30am – GEMS Modern Academy Principal Nargish Khambatta celebrates the school’s success – with headline figures including 16% of candidates receiving a score of 40 or above. Read the story in full here. 

10:15am – Tension mounts as UAE school students await their all-important IB results today – made all the more stressful by the news that this year’s pass rate has plummeted by a staggering 7% since last year. We take a look at how UAE IB Schools are choosing to pay tribute to their amazing students as they wait nervously to discover their fate. See which UAE schools are paying tribute to their IB students, and how, here.

09:00am – Official IB Results Day statement including full facts on this years IB qualifications; global average DP score; Global average Pass Rate; Average IB Course grade – and confirmation of this year’s exam thresholds and grade boundaries. Read the full official facts here.

07:35am – GEMS Education IB results sparkle as IB Career-related Programme students set benchmarks in 2023, Diploma students achieve exceptionally with university destinations – and Advanced Placement student achievement across GEMS US schools amaze. Read the full story of what made GEMS Education parents, teachers and students so proud this year – and deservedly so.

07:00am – Discover how Fairgreen International School graduating IB students absolutely “wow!” school leadership, teachers and proud families as school’s first graduating IB cohort mark 2023 as a year of extraordinary achievement. Read the full story of the Class of 2023 here.

Wednesday 5th July 2023

19:01pm – Learn what grades you need in the International Baccalaureate Diploma to have the best chance of securing a First at Cambridge University. Read the full research here.

18:04pm – Results shock. In a year we hoped there would be more understanding from the IB, it seems that this year’s exams have been marked with the full force of pre-Covid marking boundaries. Full story about the drop in Grades worldwide here.

17:09pm – Read our exclusive interview with Poonam Bhojani, CEO of Innoventures Education and learn about how the opportunities opened up for students are absolutely everything on this extraordinarily special day of the year. Discover the Innoventures Education IB story here.

16:32pm – Read about IB Results Day 2023 in our brief introduction to the most important day of the year for the IB’s graduating students in 2023. Discover IB Results Day here.

16:11pm – Read our review of one IB-British school that has inverted the usual way the IB is delivered here in. Explore our review of Ajman Academy – a school that introduces children to the wonders of learning through the IB Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes. 

15:32pm – Learn about how to access IB Results this year – and what to do if all goes wrong. Should you resit? Discover the technical side of learning about IB Results in 2023 here.

14:27pm – Learn about the amazing resilience and courage of this year’s IB students. Read the special report from Richard Drew, Principal of Jumeira Baccalaureate School, and Chair of the IB Heads Association for the UAE, here.

Ephemera, facts and background to IB Results Day 2023

For now, here are some facts and stats about the IB results from 2022.

There were 173,880 candidates from across the world who took the May 2022 IB exams.

Diploma Programme Results

The pass rate was 86.11%, the mean grade was 5.13 (out of a possible 7), and the mean total points was 32 (out of a possible 45). There were 772 candidates from across the world who achieved the maximum number of 45 points.

Career Programme Results

The pass rate was 81.39%, and the mean grade was 4.10.

Top Schools Awards

Read about our favourite pure IB Schools in 2023 here, and pick of this year’s blended IB schools here.

Guides

Read our Guide to the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme here.

Read our Guide to the International Baccalaureate Diploma here.

UAE schools offering the International Baccalaureate

Below is a table of all the schools (60+) across the UAE that offer the IB, according to Edstatica.com.

However, not all of these are officially IB World schools, which requires accreditation from the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) itself. Some only offer a limited number of programmes. There are 50 IB World schools in the UAE – see these here.

Comparing the IB results between Schools

Despite our name, SchoolsCompared.com does not provide comparative tables comparing the performance of schools in examinations. This is a choice. As a general tool for parents, we believe that “league tables” are not helpful to understand how good schools are, or whether a particular school is the best school for any individual child. However, the data is useful for some purposes. If you would like to explore tables clearly showcasing the performance of schools, and comparing the results achieved by different schools, you can find this on our sister site WhichSchoolAdvisor. One use for this sort of data is to understand how well our schools comparatively and collectively achieve against schools in other countries. Cover you eyes if you do not want to know the answer – our schools collectively are outstanding in what they achieve for students. WhichSchoolAdvisor results are, as far as humanly possible, verified and accurate. For example, to take two particularly outstanding examples, all GEMS Education schools, and Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS), are creditably transparent in sharing primary sources with us. Some schools do not release their information at all, or manipulate it. These schools are not included in WhichSchoolAvisor data. Produced in association with EDSTATICA^TM, WhichSchoolAdvisor is also the only place you will find this information. You can find this data at the end of the article here.

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