International Baccalaureate (IB) Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations Diploma

Applications Open: 3rd November 2025

Applications Close: 27th February 2026

Application Details: At Hartsdown Academy we run the International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme https://www.ibo.org/programmes/career-related-programme/ . Prospective students need to choose 1 Vocational Course (BTEC or OCR) and 2 IB Diploma Courses.

Entry Requirements: 5 x Grade 4-9 including Maths & English. A good attendance and behaviour record is also essential.

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices

Mathematics helps students to understand the value of systematic approaches, how to analyse complex real-world contexts, how to communicate this concisely and precisely and understand the implications of conclusions.

Mathematics encourages the development of strong written, verbal, and graphical communication skills; critical and complex thinking; and moral and ethical considerations influenced by mathematics that will assist students in preparing for the future global workplace.

This course recognises the increasing role that mathematics and technology play in a diverse range of fields in a data-rich world. As such, it emphasises the meaning of mathematics in context by focusing on topics that are often used as applications or in mathematical modelling. To give this understanding a firm base, this course also includes topics that are traditionally part of a pre-university mathematics course such as calculus and statistics. The course makes extensive use of technology to allow students to explore and construct mathematical models. Mathematics: applications and interpretation will develop mathematical thinking, often in the context of a practical problem and using technology to justify conjectures.

• Measuring space: accuracy and 2D geometry
• Representing space: non-right angled trigonometry and volumes
• Representing and describing data: descriptive statistics
• Dividing up space: coordinate geometry, lines and voronoi diagrams.
• Modelling consistent rates of change: linear functions
• Modelling relationships: linear correlation of bivariate data
• Quantifying uncertainty: probability, binomial and normal distributions
• Testing for validity: spearmans, hypothesis testing and chi squared test for independence
• Modelling relationships with functions: power functions
• Modelling rates of change: exponential and logarithmic functions
• Modelling periodic phenomena: trigonometric functions
• Analysing rates of change: differential calculus
• Approximating regular spaces: integration

Internal Assessment 20%

Paper 1 40%

Paper 2 40%

Both calculator papers

The qualification carries UCAS points and is recognised by higher education providers as contributing to admission requirements for many courses. It can give context to subjects that would benefit from some sector background and be taken as part of a diverse programme, leaving progression options fully open.

You could progress onto degree courses such as;

UCAS Points
Standard Level

• S7 - 28
• S6 - 24
• S5 - 16
• S4 - 12
• S3 - 6
• S2 - 0
• S1 - 0

Higher Level

• H7 - 56
• H6 - 48
• H5 - 32
• H4 - 24
• H3 - 12
• H2 - 0
• H1 - 0

Potential careers such as;

• Finance
• Planning
• Health care systems or coding,
• Tourism industries
• Technology Industry
• Social informatics
• Urban planning