“…There are over 4500 independent and state schools in nearly 150 countries authorised to teach one or more of the programmes, many of them claiming to be an international school (IB, 2016b). The IB has had a significant influence on the development of international schools since the 1960s, and is commonly seen today as a leading and innovative player in international education (Cambridge & Thompson, 2004;MacKenzie, 2010), although it by no means has global domination over other programmes that espouse arguably similar overarching beliefs and philosophies (Bunnell, 2011;.…”