Written question asked by Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 November 2025. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Friday, 21 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

International Baccalaureate

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state school students took the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those students were female.

Answer

The data requested is below. Data relating to 2024/25 will be available in February 2026.

The number and proportion of state-funded student entries for international baccalaureate by sex

Time Period	Sex	Number of State-Funded Students	Proportion (%)
2023/24	Female	764	55.9
2023/24	Male	602	44.1
2022/23	Female	661	55.8
2022/23	Male	524	44.2
2021/22	Female	772	57.3
2021/22	Male	574	42.6
2020/21	Female	763	59.5
2020/21	Male	519	40.5
2019/20	Female	737	58.5
2019/20	Male	522	41.5

*Source: A level and other 16 to 18 results

*Coverage: All institutions, England

To note regarding the data:

Includes entries from students at state-funded schools and colleges who ended 16-18 study in the reported year (for example, 2023/24).
Discounting rules apply (in other words, where students have multiples entries in the same subject, the best result is included).
The sex of one of the 21/22 entrants was unknown and has not been captured by the data.

Secondary information