British schools outside of the UK are performing just as well, if not better, than many schools in the UK.

Following the announcement of GCSE and A-Level exam results for 2007 the Council of British International Schools (COBIS) did a survey of its member schools to see how British Schools outside of the UK were performing in comparison with schools back home. The results were impressive. Of the COBIS schools that responded, an average 87% of students achieved 5 ‘good GCSEs’ (A*-C). This is compared with a national average of 61.5%. The A*-C pass rate was 85%, compared with a national average of 63.3%. A-Level results were no less impressive, with many schools reporting a pass rate of 99% or 100%. And schools offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) scored an average of 32 points (the mean IB score worldwide from November 2006 was 30). Considering the fact that many of the responding schools are non-selective, these results are even more remarkable.