Hugh Boyd Secondary is the only school in Richmond that offers the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme.

Hugh Boyd offers sports programs such as Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Ultimate (Co-ed), Track & Field, Golf, and Cross-country Running.

Students must be independent thinkers and risk- takers in their approach to learning and possess critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

Students must be capable of writing all required provincial exams and complete learning outcomes in a smaller class grouping.

Students are all educated using the IB Learner Profile tenets which has been “designed to develop internationally-minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world".

Learners in this program strive to be: Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-Takers, Balanced and Reflective.

"[4]Hugh Boyd's core curricular areas include Mathematics, Sciences, Language arts, Social studies, Physical education (P.E.

MacNeill, Richmond secondary schools)[11] September 2022 – Hugh Boyd re-establishes Block Rotation (ABCD to BADC) which occurs every Wednesday, Thursday and every other week on Friday.

PLT is also re-established (Personal Learning Time) into its schedule occurring every Tuesday and Thursday starting at 8:30–9:25 am June 2023 – The Trojan moniker of Hugh Boyd sets to change to provide a more neutral, appropriate name.