ECP’s IB Average Tops World Average by 5 Points

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IB results

We are pleased to report another year of excellent IB results at the English College. Our students achieved the second-highest IB average in ECP’s history. This continues a very impressive trend. Over the past seven years, our graduates have delivered the top six best-ever IB averages since the College opened in 1994. We offer our warm congratulations to the students and our thanks to everyone who helped deliver these outstanding results. 

ECP’s IB average 5 points higher than the world average

As usual, our full cohort of around 70 students sat the IB exams in May, not just those expected to do well. They achieved an impressive average score of 36 points. This is five points more than the world average of 31, out of a maximum of 45. Notably, 37% of the cohort scored 38 points or more. This is a significant achievement because it is usually the minimum entry requirement for many top universities worldwide. Our average Core points for Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) also rose and we scored an average 1.9 out of 3 points.

Maximum points for the third consecutive year 

Two of our students achieved the maximum score of 45 points. This is exceptional. Fewer than 1% of all IB Diploma candidates worldwide score the maximum points. This brings our total number of ECP students with maximum points to six in the past three years. This year we congratulate Tadeaš Daduliak and Elsa Sršňová on joining this elite group.

Tadeaš consistently excelled during his time at the English College. He seems to have been an almost permanent fixture on stage at our Founders’ Day and Prize Giving ceremonies, a testament to his sustained excellence. While he no doubt regards himself primarily as a scientist, he also deserves recognition for his strong skills in mathematics, the humanities student and languages. He is truly the very model of a well-rounded IB student.

University of Cambridge

Elsa has shown superb dedication to English Literature throughout the two-year IB course. She also excelled in Biology and Visual Arts, where her work has demonstrated intellect, intrigue and technical skills. Like Tadeaš, Elsa has proved that her academic ability is not limited to just one discipline.

Elsa’s impressive achievements at ECP has earned her an offer to read English at the University of Cambridge. Tadeaš will be reading Biochemistry at University College London (UCL).

Top University Destinations

Our graduates’ IB scores and the experiences they take with them are important. Even more important, however, is their success in being accepted by their chosen universities. Currently, 87% of our graduates have met their first-choice university’s conditions. This excellent headline figure will increase as we receive more application updates.

They will be attending a variety of outstanding universities across Europe and North America. No fewer than four more ECP students will be joining Tadeaš at UCL, all pursuing a range of excellent degrees. A further two students have offers from the London School of Economics and one has been accepted by City University.

Beyond London, ECP graduates this year have secured offers from diverse, prestigious universities. These include:

  • UK: St Andrews, Bath, and Durham
  • USA: UCLA and Pepperdine
  • Scandinavia: Copenhagen Business School, BI Oslo, and the Karolinska Institute
  • Netherlands: Amsterdam, Vrije, Erasmus, Leiden, and Groningen

A few students have also chosen to stay in Prague and will be attending Charles University. This is an outstanding set of university destinations.

Ability, hard work and commitment

These strong outcomes reflect our students’ ability and hard work. They also highlight the extraordinary commitment of our teachers, tutors, and Upper School team. Their dedication is especially commendable this year. We have been operating in temporary, split-site accommodation during the complete renovation and extension of our Sokolovská building. These results reaffirm ECP’s standing as a leading academic choice for families in Prague. They also provide an excellent springboard for our return to Sokolovská in the Autumn.

IB results

Czech Faculty activities at ECP

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Czech literature teaching

If you have an interest in the teaching of Czech literature and how the College is helping modernise and shape the way it could be taught in schools across the country, you might be curious to here we’ve just published new online teaching materials for Czech language and literature, developed by the Head of Czech, Dr. Josef Švéda. These resources offer a deep dive into key Czech literary works from the late 19th and 20th centuries, including Milan Kundera’s Žert and Bohumil Hrabal’s Ostře sledované vlaky.

These materials are designed for teachers of Czech in progressive gymnazia and aim to promote IB teaching and learning methods that we use here at ECP. The resources include engaging worksheets, lesson plans, creative writing exercises, and even educational videos with leading literary scholars (see below). This is a major initiative that the school is proud to be leading.

 

Krysař:

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Romance pro křídlovku:

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Analýza literárního textu:

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Žert:

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New ECP Governors

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Exam results

The Rt Hon Greg Hands

Greg Hands - new EP Governor

Johana’s passion for education led her into teaching. She taught philosophy at the Lauder School of Prague and interpretation and analysis of literary texts at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and College.  Johana then became involved in developing in-service training for philosophy teachers at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She is currently on maternity leave from Post Bellum, where she has further focused on the normalisation period, as well as the dark 1950s, as an editor of the project Memory of Nations and its journal.

Research Programme

A strong believer in the value of collaboration between academia and schools, Johana founded Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students, a research programme for upper secondary school students, based at CERGE-EI (the Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Studies – Economics Institute). She has also focused on educational policy, strategy, and pedagogy, which led her to study Educational Sciences, specialising in Educational Leadership, at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. 

A strong believer in the value of collaboration between academia and schools, Johana founded Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students. This is a research programme for upper secondary students, based at CERGE-EI (the Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Studies). Her focus on educational policy, strategy, and pedagogy also led her to study Educational Sciences, specialising in Educational Leadership, at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.

Johana was appointed a Governor of the English College in May 2025. With her experience of both the Czech and Nordic education systems, she aims to contribute to ECP’s discussions on academic matters and to supporting its mission of providing a first-class, British-style academic education in the Czech Republic.

New issue of the ECP Newsletter (Issue 45)

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Newsletter

The English College in Prague has published a new issue of The ECP Newsletter.

Read the latest issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about the Graduation Ceremony, student successes, end-of-year trips, sports competitions, 30th anniversary celebration and so much more. You can access the newsletter via this link.

Summary:

  • HM’s message
  • News
  • Student successes
  • Graduation Ceremony
  • Sports at ECP
  • Trips
  • DofE expeditions
  • Arts
  • Book Talk
  • ECPN

You can look at the archive of ECP newsletters here.

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