Cullybackey High celebrates ‘headline’ exam results

THE governors, headmaster and staff of Cullybackey High School are delighted with the A2 achievements of their students who have now come to the end of seven years positive engagement with the School.

The headline figures are that 84% of our students achieved three A2 grades at A* - C, while every student achieved three A2 grades between A* - E.

“While congratulating all our students we feel it fitting to draw attention to a few outstanding successes,” a school spokesperson said.

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Hannah Gillespie achieved an A* and two As; Jeremy Leung an A*, an A and a B; Thomas Toner and Sarah Coulter each achieved two As and a B; Danielle Kinkaid an A, B and C, while Charlotte Scullion and Kathryn McKeown each received 3 Bs. A further eight students received 2Bs and a C.

One of our students David Reid achieved a Distinction* (equivalent to a A2 A*) in the Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Sport and we would like to register our thanks to the staff of St. Patrick’s College who facilitated David as he undertook this programme of study and to the NRC and other schools which form part of the Ballymena Learning Together consortium.

On a departmental basis all subjects achieved 100% success at grades A* - E, while success at A* - C has been recorded as 100% in Accounting, 100% in Biology, 88% in Health and Social Care and 94% in Information Technology.

AS results have also been most encouraging with Jessica McCombe achieving 3As and a B; Andrew Atcheson 2As and a B; Andrew Wallace an A, B and C, Thomas Gordon and Emma Gregg 3 Bs.

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“This level of success is the result of a partnership involving school, parents and young people and we cannot stress strongly enough that this shared responsibility, positive engagement and strong pastoral support (considered ‘outstanding’ in a recent ETI inspection) have created the ethos which allows us to stand by our stated aim of ‘Creating Opportunities for Success’”.

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