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A DP student wants an IB subject you can't staff this year. A single learner needs a specific course for their university pathway. A transfer student arrives mid-programme. Every IB school knows these moments... the ones where you want to say yes, but the timetable, cohort size or staffing makes it hard. New research with 2,001 parents shows just how much families now expect schools to find a way. See what it means for subject access in the Diploma Programme.

62% of parents believe children learn best in smaller teaching groups. Over half feel schools struggle to support individual learning needs. For IB World Schools, these are structural realities of class sizes, staffing and timetables that every leader knows. Our new research with 2,001 parents explores what families expect now, and how flexible online provision can help schools meet individual needs without stretching resources.

92% of parents find flexible learning appealing. Nearly 79% are comfortable with online learning as part of their child's education. And the skills they most want their children to build - problem solving, communication, critical thinking - are the very habits the IB Diploma Programme already develops. New research with 2,001 parents reveals where family expectations and the spirit of the IB now align, and what it means for schools planning ahead.

94% of parents now expect their child's school to provide alternative ways to study subjects it can't offer in-house. For IB World Schools, that expectation reflects a real and familiar pressure: recruiting trained IBDP teachers across every subject group is genuinely hard. But it's also an opportunity. Pamoja Online Courses let DP students study a subject they're passionate about online, taught by an experienced IB teacher, while staying fully enrolled in their own school. For schools, that's a way to protect subject choice and stand out. New research with 2,001 parents reveals how family expectations around flexibility, subject choice and support are shifting, and what it means for how schools deliver the Diploma Programme. Download the full report ↓

When your school is small by design, Pamoja can help Subject clashes, low-enrolment courses, mid-Diploma transfers, specialist interests, courses you can't deliver in-house: every IB school faces these challenges, and small-by-design schools feel them most. Pamoja gives schools a flexible way to keep more subject combinations open while maintaining a structured, supported IB learning experience. More choice for students, more capacity for schools. Download our programme overview to learn more about our flexible online IB course delivery.

Extending subject access for IB schools. 27 courses today, with more in development from Pamoja for 2026.