The Times :)

I can't actually read the whole article because I don't subscribe to The Times, but in case someone does:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3571442.ece

The International Baccalaureate: IB or not IB, that is the question

Shaped in Wales, the International Baccalaureate may prove the saviour of the English education system

It is the middle of the school day yet there are no books to be seen. Young people in wetsuits busy themselves around a lifeboat next to a long slipway on a rocky seashore. They will spend the afternoon crewing the boat, on call in case a yacht or windsurfer puts out a distress call in the Bristol Channel; at other times they will act as local lifeguards or cliff-rescue teams.

It is an education in the broadest sense: outdoor activity, speacialty skills and voluntary service.