Mid-IB Summer Review Courses
About the courses
The Mid-IB Summer Review Courses are to provide students who have completed the first year of their IB Diploma with a structured review of the content and skills covered in the subjects they choose to study on the course.
Students will receive 15.5 hours of subject teacher contact time (over three days) as well as the opportunity to sign up for 2 hours of individual subject specific, Internal Assessment, Extended Essay and/or Personal Statement support on day two of a course.
Teaching will be conducted in small groups (max 12 students per subject group) in the school, in comfortable, fully equipped classrooms. The aim is for all Subject Review courses to be taught by current Sevenoaks School teachers.
During the review course the teachers, whom are employed full-time at Sevenoaks School, will:
- Give a written synopsis of the Lower Sixth IB syllabus for their subject to ensure students are fully aware of the necessary ground to cover to be successful
- Cover as much of the Lower Sixth syllabus as the 15.5 hours of contact time per subject allows (for content of History see footnote below).
- Provide suitable written and visual resources to students to inform and help them with their learning.
- Provide intensive tuition in the IB syllabus of the chosen subject;
- Develop the students’ exam techniques to ensure they develop the necessary skills to answer IB exam questions more successfully
- Set and mark written work so that students can improve their exam performance
- Provide individual and collective advice on how to revise more effectively for exams.
The Structure and Range of the Review Course
Applicants are invited to apply for either one or two courses. Each course will include 15.5 hours teaching time as well as the opportunity to sign up for individual subject specific, Internal Assessment, Extended Essay and/or Personal Statement support.
Classes start at 09:00 on each course day and conclude at 16:15 on the first day of the course with ‘sign up’ sessions available 15:00-17:00 on day two, and a 16:00 finish on day 3. There is an hour for lunch (provided as part of the cost) in the middle of each day.
Students are also expected to complete one to two hours of homework/preparation on the two evenings when there are classes the following day.
IB Revision Courses HANDBOOK 2025
We plan to offer teaching and tuition, subject to demand, in the following subjects:
| Biology (HL and SL)* | Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (HL and SL) |
| Chemistry (HL and SL) | Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations (HL and SL) |
| Economics (HL and SL) | Philosophy (HL and SL) |
| English A World Literature (HL and SL) | Physics (HL*** and SL****) |
| French B (HL and SL) | Psychology (HL and SL) |
| Geography (HL and SL) | Russian (HL and SL combined) |
| German B (HL and SL) | Spanish Ab Initio |
| History** | Spanish B (HL and SL combined) |
| Latin (HL and SL combined) |
* Applicants wishing to attend the HL Biology course, please refer to the course structure below.
** Paper 1 (Documents) The Move to Global War; Paper 2 Cold War, Authoritarian States; Paper 3 Russia 1853-1924, Italian and German Unification’
*** Applicants wishing to attend the HL Physics course, please refer to the course structure below.
**** Applicants wishing to attend the SL Physics course, please refer to the course structure below.
Applicants can therefore study a maximum of two subjects/courses over the six days of the courses. Alternatively, they may attend one three day course.
Applicants for two courses should be aware that the order of the courses chosen is not guaranteed.
Course dates
Sunday 17 August - Tuesday 19 August 2025
Wednesday 20 August - Friday 22 August 2025
Use of School Facilities
Whether as a residential or day student, those attending the course(s) will have access to some of the school’s outstanding facilities, including the athletics track, tennis nets, 5-a-side football pitches , volleyball and basketball courts. There is a wide expanse of school playing fields on the main school campus.
The Non-residential Option
Those who live, or can find accommodation, close enough to the school to enable them to attend a course on a non-residential basis may prefer to do so. They will also be given morning and afternoon refreshments, and lunch.
The Residential Option
Those attending either or both residential courses will be asked to arrive at their allocated residence any time between 16.00 and 21.00 on the evening before the course starts and will stay a total of three nights for each course. Students will be accommodated in one of the school’s boarding houses. All residents will be accommodated in single or twin bedrooms where there will be facilities to study in the evening. A member of the school’s academic boarding staff will be on duty during the course and be responsible for residents. Breakfast, morning and afternoon refreshments, lunch and an evening meal will be provided in the school’s central dining room.
Please note that it may be necessary for students to share accommodation although, if a single is requested, these will be offered on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
course fees
Non-residential options 2025
Residential options 2025
In the event of cancellation before 1 July 2025, £100 is non-refundable. If we are informed of cancellation after 1 July 2025, none of the fee will be refunded. Registration after 1 July will be accepted if there is space on the course; please email the course coordinator, Paul Thompson at ibreviewsummer@sevenoaksschool.org
