from IB Coordinator and UK College Counsellor David Wynne-Jones and Academic Dean & US College Counsellor Gary Davis

The offices of the IB Coordinator and Academic Dean assist with both academic and academically related issues – from before a student joins us until long after they have transferred or graduated. Families often contact us before they apply to discuss our academic programs and college placement record. We also maintain contact with former students: at informal gatherings, on college visits, and return visits to campus, as well as through the Alumni Association, at alumni meetings, and when they need records for university transfers, job applications, visas, and other paperwork.

The main part of our job, of course, revolves around our current students. Along the way, we monitor closely a student's academic progress, processing his/her progress reports and quarterly report cards. We also resolve the inevitable scheduling conflicts in their educational timetables. At the same time we take students through a number of activities and programs related to career and college planning, including external examinations. We know all of our students, and all of our students know us. They are welcome to discuss their present and future aspirations with us at any time.

ACS Hillingdon is fortunate to offer all its students the choice between an excellent college preparatory program, the International Baccalaureate (IB), and the Advanced Placement (AP) programs. The attractions of this flexibility are obvious – around 45 per cent of our students opt for the full IB Diploma while another 40 per cent choose strong mixed AP / IB programs. The results gained by our students in the external examinations for these programs are proof of the benefits: they are consistently outstanding.

Students receive individualized college guidance and our college placement record is impressive. Our graduates have gone on to top universities and colleges in all the countries where they have chosen to study. The list includes Duke and Brown, McGill and Queen's, Oxford and Cambridge, Edinburgh and St Andrews, Tokyo and Waseda, to name a few. We are mindful that university may not necessarily be the right 'next step' for everyone; the list also includes a variety of specialized institutions concentrating on art, business, catering, drama, and music, which celebrate the multitude of talents and interests among our students.

We hope that the information provided in this website will be useful to you. Let us know if there is anything else that you would like to see. We welcome personal contact, so drop by to see us, or let us hear from you by email, phone, or fax.

David Wynne-Jones
IB Coordinator
Email: dwynne-jones@acs-england.co.uk

Gary Davis
Academic Dean
Email: gdavis@acs-england.co.uk

ACS Hillingdon International School
Hillingdon Court
108 Vine Lane
Hillingdon, Middlesex
UB10 0BE England
Telephone: +44 (0) 1895 259711
Fax: +44 (0) 1895 818411