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International Baccalaureate

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the continued provision of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in state schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
7 Nov 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the continued provision of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in state schools.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The department has made very significant investments into 16-19 education funding. The base rate of funding per student has increased to £5,105 in the 2025/26 academic year, up over 5% on last year. We must make this funding work hard, tilting it towards ...

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