The International Baccalaureate was founded in Geneva in 1968, and Switzerland remains home to a dense concentration of IB World Schools, from the international school networks around Lake Geneva to schools in Zurich, Basel, Lausanne, and Zug. Many Swiss-based IB students are part of internationally mobile families, often transitioning between countries and curricula multiple times during their secondary education — making consistency of academic support unusually valuable.

Despite Switzerland’s deep historical connection to the IB, access to tutors with genuine IB Examiner credentials is limited locally, with most tutoring agencies built around general international school support rather than IB-specific assessment expertise. PrepSeven fills this gap precisely, with every tutor on the platform being a certified or former IB Examiner who has personally marked Physics scripts at the international level.

A distinct challenge facing many Swiss-based IB families is mobility — students who may have started their IB journey in another country, or who anticipate relocating again before graduation. This creates a specific need: tutoring support that remains consistent regardless of location, school transitions, or time zone changes.

• PrepSeven’s fully online model means a student can continue working with the same tutor before, during, and after an international relocation
• Our tutors are familiar with multiple IB World School contexts, having worked with students across 39 countries, and can quickly adapt to a new school’s pacing or expectations
• Session records and progress notes carry over seamlessly, meaning no loss of continuity when a family moves mid-academic-year

For Swiss-based international families who may relocate again before their child completes the Diploma, this continuity is often as valuable as the tutoring itself.

Whether delivered in English, French, or German at Swiss IB World Schools, the underlying Physics syllabus content is identical and centrally set by the IB. The current syllabus (first assessed 2025) spans five themes.

Swiss IB students applying to universities in Switzerland, the UK, the US, or elsewhere benefit from the IB’s globally consistent assessment structure — a strong Physics result is interpreted identically by admissions teams regardless of which country a student ultimately applies to, a particular advantage for internationally mobile Swiss-based families.

Most Swiss IB World Schools run the full continuum, including the MYP from Year 1 through Year 5. The Year 5 eAssessment is assessed against four equally weighted criteria.

Switzerland’s international schools attract highly motivated, academically strong students — yet even strong students consistently underperform their potential without examiner-level guidance on the specific conventions the IB rewards.

• Examiner tutors recognise immediately when a student’s calculation is correct but the written justification does not meet mark scheme wording requirements
• They understand exactly how IA evaluation sections are graded, helping Swiss students avoid vague, unscored limitation statements
• They bring consistent standards regardless of which Swiss school or language stream a student is in, since the IB Physics syllabus itself does not vary by instructional language
• They can quickly diagnose whether underperformance stems from conceptual gaps, language-related expression issues (common among multilingual Swiss students), or pure exam technique

Special Relativity (HL)

The abstract nature of time dilation and length contraction challenges students regardless of academic strength, requiring careful conceptual scaffolding before formula application.

Quantum Physics (HL)

Wave-particle duality and the photoelectric effect require students to abandon classical intuition — a genuinely difficult cognitive shift even for strong students.

Electromagnetic Induction

Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws applied to transformers and generators challenge students to connect abstract flux concepts with concrete circuit outcomes.

Paper 1B Data Analysis

Graphical linearisation and uncertainty propagation are tested throughout the syllabus and consistently rank among the most under-practised skill areas.

• Cambridge (Tsokos) and Oxford IB Physics textbooks for full theoretical coverage
• Official IB Question Bank for topic-specific, difficulty-graded practice
• Multi-year past papers across both examination time zones, including all post-2025 papers
• Revision Village for supplementary video-based self-study
• PrepSeven custom worksheets targeting each student’s specific gap profile