Copenhagen International School
School Profile
“CIS will develop the potential of each
student by offering excellent education
in a stimulating environment of cultural
diversity and mutual respect.”
-- CIS Mission Statement
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It is a mobile community; the
majority of students attend CIS
for between 4 and 5 years.
Parents of our students are employed by
large companies and government agencies
with a minority being self-employed.
CIS
CIS is fully authorized by the International Baccalaureate
1 Organization (IBO) to deliver the PYP, MYP and DP programmes.
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CIS is accredited by the New English Association of Schools and
Colleges Commission on International Education (NEASC/CIE).
3 CIS s a member of the Council of International Schools.
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CIS serves local and expatriate
families from 84 different countries.
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Our largest national groups are
American (20%),
British (13%),
Danish (20%).
HS Diploma/ Grading policy and scale
IB Diploma CIS awards achievement grades once every semester using the 1 – 7 grading system of the
IB. Assessment is criterion referenced using either MYP grade descriptors in Grades 6 – 10, or
CIS is proud to be one of the original IB member schools IB Diploma descriptors in Grades 11 & 12. In both cases, a grade of 3 is considered to be the
which started the programme in 1968. minimum satisfactory grade. Student rankings are not used in our grading policy.

To obtain the full IB Diploma, students pursue studies

Grading System Grading System
in six academic subjects, at least three of which must
Grade 11 and 12: IBDP Grade 16 and 10: IBDP
be studied at Higher Level (HL), the remainder being
studied at Standard Level (SL).
Standard GPA Standard GPA Higher Achievement
GPA
Level Level (SL) Level (HL) Grade

7 4.25 4.5 7 4
The six areas of study, or academic subject areas, form
6 4 4.25 6 3.75
a circle, surrounding the three unique core components
5 3.75 4 5 3.5
of the IB Diploma Programme:
4 3 3.25 4 2.75
3 2.25 2.5 3 2
Theory of Knowledge, a two-year course, 2 1.25 1.5 2 1
where students learn how to reflect critically 1 0 0 1 0
on diverse ways of knowing and areas of
knowledge.

Extended Essay, where students have to

Results
write a research-based essay of up to 4000 Mean
Max number
words in length. Diploma Diplomas number of
Year Pass rate of points per
Candidates awared points per
student
student
CAS, a balanced programme of Creativity, 2022 70 63 90 36 45
Action and Service (students are required 2021 68 64 94 36 45
to engage in a wide range of CAS 2020 61 55 90 34 45
experiences over the two years of the 2019 68 61 90 33 44
IB Diploma Programme). 2018 50 44 88 35 43
Courses offered
Group 1: (Language and Literature)
• English A HL/SL Language & Literature
• Danish A HL/SL Literature
• Self-taught Literature SL
Group 4: (Sciences)
• Biology HL/SL
• Chemistry HL/SL
• Computer Science HL/SL
• Physics HL/SL
• Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS)
People
Director
Timothy Veale - tim.veale@cis.dk University Offers
Secondary School principal
Stephen McIlroy - stephen.mcilroy@cis.dk
Deputy principal
Katie Ham - katie.ham@cis.dk
IBDP coordinator
Mary Donnellan - mary.donnellan@cis.dk
Careers Counsellor
Matthew Akitani - matthew.akitani@cis.dk
Secondary School Counselor
Victoria Butcher - victoria.butcher@cis.dk
COVID-19
Class of 2022 and 2023 implications:
Report cards serve the purpose of providing
documented evidence of a student’s
achievement level at the end of the
Group 2: (Language Acquisition) Group 3: (Individuals & Societies) semester. We believe it was problematic
• Danish B HL/SL • Economics HL/SL to ensure the validity and reliability of
• French B HL/SL • Geography HL/SL assessment grades, recognising that the
• German Ab Initio SL • History HL/SL complexity of the final grade calculation on
• German B HL/SL all criteria was not straightforward in the
• Spanish B HL/SL remote learning environment. For some
subjects, not all criteria was possible to
assess in the same ways remotely. Also,
in anticipation of returning to school, we
wanted students to have the opportunity to
Group 5: (Mathematics) Group 6: (The Arts)
reconnect with teachers and revisit learning
• Mathematics Analysis • Music HL/SL
that might not have been fully understood,
and Approaches HL/SL • Theatre HL/SL
without the pressure of completing multiple
• Mathematics • Visual Arts HL/SL
assessment tasks in order to provide
Applications and
information for the report card.
Interpretations HL/SL
These changes where made during the 2019-2020
School year, second semester only
Therefore, the Class of 2022 and 2023
Semester 2 report card included:
1 Subject / course description
Each year roughly two-thirds of our graduating students choose to continue
Approaches to Learning
their formal education at universities around the world, while nearly one- 2
skills feedback
third choose to continue their educational and personal growth through
3 Complete/Incomplete credit
a gap year. Since 2011, our students have attended universities located in
for the subject
Australia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
A comment on achievements and
Japan, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, The United 4
goals for next steps from each
Kingdom, and The United States. subject teacher