MYP Overview

Inquiry based learning

Middle Years Programme

Lady Andal School is a candidate school* for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School.

*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.

The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) is tailored for students aged 11 to 16, offering a robust framework that champions creative, critical, and reflective thinking. Emphasizing intellectual challenge, the MYP encourages students to forge meaningful connections between traditional academic disciplines and real-world applications.

At Lady Andal School, we nurture essential competencies in communication, intercultural understanding, and global engagement—core tenets of the IB philosophy—equipping young learners with the qualities needed to thrive as global leaders in an interconnected world.

The MYP requires at least 50 hours of teaching time for each subject group, in each year of the programme. In the final two years of the programme, carefully-defined subject group flexibility allows students to meet local requirements and personal learning goals.

Whilst inquiry is a pedagogical approach, we are committed to develop agency in students which will empower them to co-construct and self-adjust their learning experiences, build self-efficacy, a greater sense of ownership and contribute to their social, emotional and cognitive growth. The learning community plays a vital role in supporting and nurturing student agency in the PYP.

At Lady Andal School, we do not compartmentalize learning by subjects, but rather explore content within the context of inquiry. Our students understand the interconnectedness of subject areas through exploring concepts, ideas, and issues of local and global significance. In doing so, they acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines.

The PYP is underpinned by the six transdisciplinary themes. These themes are globally significant and support the issues that have meaning for and important to, all of us.