About IB Demystified

We teach how the IB awards marks.

Most IB help explains the content. Very few people can explain the mark scheme — what a 7 actually looks like on paper, where marks quietly disappear, and the exact wording an examiner is trained to reward. That gap is the whole reason IB Demystified exists.

Run by a team of practicing IB EXAMINERS, MODERATORS and AUTHORS.

2,300+ Students taught
120+ Tutors and examiners
46k+ Hours taught
58+ Countries

How we started

IB Demystified began with a simple observation made inside the examining room: the students losing marks were rarely the students who did not know the subject. They were the students who had never been shown what the mark scheme was actually asking for.

What started as one teacher explaining that difference has grown into a team of practicing IB examiners, moderators and textbook authors who teach the same way — from the marking side of the paper.

Why an examiner’s view matters

Our team does not only teach the IB. They sit on the other side of it — marking real scripts, standardising other markers, and writing the material students study from. That is three different views of the same exam, and each one changes how a lesson is taught.

Examiners

They mark the real papers

An examiner has read thousands of answers to the same question. They know exactly which sentence earns the mark and which one looks right but earns nothing.

Moderators

They check other markers

Moderators make sure marking is consistent across the world. They can tell you where teachers themselves most often mark too generously.

Authors

They write the material

Authors build the resources students revise from, so they know the syllabus command terms down to the word, not just the topic.

Content gets you a 5. The mark scheme gets you a 7.

How we teach, in one line

What we do

Four things, built around the same idea — show students the marking side of the paper.

One-to-one tutoring

Matched to your programme, year and subjects, with examiners and experienced IB teachers. You see who you are getting before you book.

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IB resources

Revision notes, past-paper practice and worked solutions for IBDP and MYP, written by the same people who mark and author IB material.

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IB Virtual Labs

DP · MYP coming soon

Interactive science practicals students can run from a browser, so internal assessment work is not limited by lab time.

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IB Demystified Assessor

Coming soon

Upload an answer and see it marked against the criteria, with the marks explained line by line.

Coming soon

How we work

We would rather be clear than impressive. A few things we hold to:

  • No anonymous tutors. You see the profile, subjects and rate before anything is booked.
  • Marking first. Every lesson ties back to the criteria, not just the content.
  • Honest prices. Rates are listed on the site. Nothing is quoted privately.
  • We say when we are not the right fit. If a subject is outside the team, we say so.
  • Students, parents, teachers and schools. Each gets a different conversation, because each needs one.
  • Real IB experience only. Tutors are examiners, moderators or experienced IB teachers — not generalists.

Talk to us before you decide

Book a free meeting and tell us where the marks are going missing. If we can help, we will say how. If we cannot, we will say that too.