The IBCP Core consists of four subjects:

Personal and Professional Skills (PPS) are a series of abilities needed in order to be most successful after secondary school, whether it’s at university, apprenticeship, or employment. You will explore, develop, and reflect upon these skills both in a discrete lesson and in bespoke career-related study groups.

Service Learning is a structured way of making a positive, systematic, contribution to your community by recognising a real need. You will learn teamwork, problem solving skills, effective communication, leadership and social responsibility. You will be supported every step of the way, but you will also develop independence and confidence in yourself.

Language Development is an incredibly exciting opportunity to discover a new culture through exploring its art, history, government, architecture, food, sports, values, behaviours, and yes, language - all to gain a thorough insight into a new culture, to gain a better understanding of what makes us similar and how our differences can enrich us.

The Reflective Project (RP) is the culmination of all you’ve learned in the IBCP. It builds on the skills of the Personal and Professional Skills (ethical debate, effective organisation), the experiences of Service Learning (real job scenarios, applied ethics) with the cultural sensitivity learned in Language Development. The ethical question that frames your project is directly derivative of your Career-based study (your BTEC/ Applied General course), and is actually created with the skills learned in your academic subjects (research, analysis, independent questioning). The RP is the only graded element of the Core, and is worth UCAS points.