IB Diploma Programme (Only select if you are interested in the IBDP pathway)
Knole Academy
Knole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LE
Available start dates
Available start dates
Application Instructions
Applications Open - 10th November 2025
Applications Close - 27th February 2026
Entry Requirements - Please refer to the Sixth Form Course Directory via the website www.knoleacademy.org
Option blocks and detailed subject information can be found in our course directory https://www.knoleacademy.org/3569/information-for-students-applying-for-september-2025
How to Apply - Via Kent Choices
PLEASE NOTE WHEN SELECTING COURSES THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE PATHWAYS
Vocational pathway - Select minimum of 3 vocational subjects
IBCP pathway - Select minimum 1 vocational and minimum 2 IB subjects
IBDP pathway - Select only the IBDP option from Block E. We will contact you about subject options
Level 2 pathway -Select either Culinary Skills or Hairdressing
Course Summary
IB programmes offer students access to a broad and balanced range of academic studies and learning experiences. They promote conceptual learning, create frameworks within which knowledge can be acquired, and focus on powerful organizing ideas that are relevant across subject areas and that help to integrate learning and add coherence to the curriculum.
The programmes emphasize the importance of making connections, exploring the relationships between academic disciplines, and learning about the world in ways that reach beyond the scope of individual subjects. They also focus on offering students authentic opportunities to connect their learning to the world around them.
Course Details
The Diploma Programme (DP) curriculum is made up of six subject groups and the DP core,
The three core elements are:
Theory of knowledge, in which students reflect on the nature of knowledge and on how we know what we claim to know.
The extended essay, which is an independent, self-directed piece of research, finishing with a 4,000-word paper.
Creativity, activity, service, in which students complete a project related to those three concepts.
Students choose courses from the following subject groups: studies in language and literature; language acquisition; individuals and societies; sciences; mathematics; and the arts. Students may opt to study an additional sciences, individuals and societies, or languages course, instead of a course in the arts. We recommend that students select 3 Higher level (HL) and 3 Standard level (SL) courses.
The six subject groups are the subjects offered by Knole Academy are:
Studies in language and literature
Language A Language and Literature English HL and SL
Language acquisition
Language B French SL
Individuals and societies
Business management HL and SL
Geography HL and SL
History HL and SL
IT in a Global Society HL and SL
Psychology HL and SL
Social and cultural anthropology HL and SL
Sciences
Physics HL and SL
Chemistry HL and SL
Biology HL and SL
Mathematics
Mathematics applications and analysis HL and SL
The arts
Visual Arts Hl or SL
Full details of option blocks can be found on our website. On receipt of your application our admissions team will be in contact regarding your subject selection.
How will it be delivered and assessed?
Please see individual subjects
Entry requirements
5 x grades 6-9, including English Language and Maths, an overall grade point average of 7 (calculated from the best 8 subjects)
Additional information
For more courses like this, check our courses page.