Many international schools use curricula specially designed for global families , notably the highly respected International Baccalaureate programme (IB). According to the latest figures from IB World School statistics , the IB programme is available in more than 3,500 schools globally , including locations in the UK and USA , as well as Europe . In this context , Education Secretary Michael Gove’s backtracking over plans to introduce an IB-style qualification in 2015 has been described as a “humiliating climbdown” by Labour . The fear was that grade inflation in GCSEs and A-levels were devaluing the qualifications – and that IB could offer a rigorous curricula as well as practical skills , logic and reasoning .(source The Telegraph)