Values and Policies

IB Mission Statement

»The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.«

– Extract from the IB Mission Statement.

Rules of conduct

The Rules of Conduct at Hasseris Gymnasium apply to all stx and IB students and is confirmed by the school’s Board of Governers.

Assessment and Exams

Assessment outline for PreIB 

As the PreIB course follows the levels and regulations for the Danish stx 1g course, PreIB students will be tested in a similar number of subjects as an average stx 1g student. The Danish grading system (-03 to 12) is used. 

All exams are internally assessed by teachers from Hasseris Gymnasium & IB World School. 

During the first term of PreIB students have exams in 

• General Science
• General Linguistics

By the end of the school year PreIB students have written and oral mock exams in some of the PreIB subjects. Which subjects will be tested by an exam will not be announced until the middle of May when the Danish stx exam schedule is released. In PreIB students also write a “PreIB Historical Investigation” as part of the preparation for the academic methods used in the IB Diploma Programme. In Music the mock exam consists of active participation in a concert performed at the IB2-End-of-Exam celebration in May, and in Visual Arts the mock exam is an exhibition based on a Spring Project. 

Assessment outline for the IB Programme 

The final IB examinations conclude a two-year teaching period, during which a variety of assessment methods have been used to acknowledge both the content and the process of academic achievement and to take into account different learning styles. Thus, during IB1 and IB2 exams are both internally assessed by IB subject teachers from Hasseris Gymnasium and externally assessed by an international board of examiners, both of which measure student performance rigorously according to established IB standards and criteria that are consistent from place to place and year to year.  

The assessment follows this outline: 

• Throughout IB1 & IB2: Oral and written External and Internal Assessments (EAs and IAs), projects and portfolios
• By the end of IB1: written mock exams in all subjects in most papers
• Winter IB2: written mock exams in all subjects in all papers
• April/May in IB2: written exams in all subjects (over 3 weeks, 2 to 3 papers in each subject)

The IB grading system 

In the IB Diploma Programme a student’s examination performance in individual subjects is scored on a scale of 1–7 points with a further 3 points available based on a matrix of performance in Theory of Knowledge (ToK) and the Extended Essay (EE). In order to achieve the IB Diploma a candidate must fulfil certain requirements; at its most basic level students must achieve at least 24 points from their combined grades in six subjects, together with their grades for ToK, the EE, and also complete the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) element. However, to ensure that a diploma reflects sufficient breadth in achievement across subjects and the core there are particular requirements which are failing conditions when not met. Detailed information about IB assessment methods on the school’s webpage and the IBO webpage.

Access and Inclusion Policy

Some of the central core values of Hasseris Gymnasium & IB World School are  

• students committing themselves to the demands of academic work 
• students developing a positive view of themselves and skills for taking action 
• students being constantly challenged to expand their knowledge individually and collectively. 

We would like to assist in helping as many young people as possible to take a course of higher education in Denmark and or abroad. 

Academic Integrity

In our approaches to teaching and learning, academic integrity is a core value at Hasseris Gymnasium.

Digital School Policy

Admission Policy

Hasseris Gymnasium & IB World School welcomes applications from all applicants who qualify for admission into the IB Diploma programme with good academic skills and dedication.