The principal, pupils, parents and staff of St Patrick’s Grammar School had reason to celebrate last week with the publication of GCSE results for the Armagh school.
Among the top achievers in St Patrick’s were an outstanding group of young men, Cormac McCreesh, Noel George, Tiernan Donnelly and Ewan Kearney,each achieving an impressive ten A*/A grades. A further five students achieved nine A*/A grades including Ciaran Callaghan, Ronan McCrory, Eoin Campbell, Dawid Kuwik and Adone Gijo. Other students achieved seven or eight A*/A grades, among them Louay Dalal, Oisin Gribben and Matthew Donnelly-Hughes.
Of special note are the 30 Year 11 students who achieved A*-C grades in their one-year Fast Track GCSE Mathematics, sixteen of whom achieved an A*/A grade while still in Year 11. The St. Patrick’s community is also proud of the Year 11 students who completed an early GCSE in their community language programme, achieving top grades in Arabic, Russian and Polish.
“It was heartwarming to welcome Year 11 and 12 students and their parents and families into school to collect their GCSE results,” said Mr Clarke, “We are delighted at the achievements of our GCSE and Level 2 students. We are looking forward to working with thee students into Post 16 and wish any leavers well for their future. These results are testament to the superb efforts of our students, our families, and our staff; a real community effort.”
He continued, “I wish to congratulate all our St. Patrick’s students who showed diligence and tenacity throughout Key Stage 4. I am delighted that so many of our GCSE students have opted to return to Post 16 studies at St Patrick’s in September. I am confident that with sustained commitment and application to their studies, our incoming Year 13 cohort can look forward to continued excellence in their AS and A2 examination results.”
Proud parents and staff congratulate Ewan Kearney on an excellent set of GCSE results, comprising 10 A*/A grades! Ewan is looking forward to studying Maths, Geography and Environmental Technology at A Level in St Patrick’s.
High achievers, Matthew Donnelly Hughes, Eoin Campbell and Ronan McCrory, celebrate with Head of Year 12, Mr Connor Devlin, and Head of Key Stage 4, Mrs Noeleen Gillan, as they collect their results. Three fabulous school ambassadors!
Head of Year 12, Mr Connor Devlin, and Head of Key Stage 4, Mrs Noeleen Gillan, congratulate top achievers, Noel George, Ciaran Callaghan and Cormac McCreesh on their excellent GCSE results. They earned 21 A* grades and eight A grades between them!
A very proud family celebrate with Year 11, Advaith Reji, as he receives his A grade in Fast Track Maths GCSE! Advaith is looking forward to completing Further Maths GCSE in a single year
A delighted Head of Maths, Mr Jonathan Denvir, celebrates with some of the Year 11 students who achieved an A* /A grade in GCSE Maths a full year early! Thirty students in Yr 11 completed their early Maths GCSE, with sixteen of these students achieving an A grade or above. These thirty students will now complete Further Maths GCSE in one year.
Noel George, who achieved seven A* grades and 3 A grades at GCSE, is congratulated by his delighted parents, as he prepares to study Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Software Systems Development at A Level in St Patrick’s Grammar School.
Cormac McCreesh, St Patrick’s Grammar School’s top student at GCSE, with his proud parents, as they discover he has achieved eight A * grades and two A grades in his exams. Cormac is very excited to begin studying Maths, Business Studies, Chemistry and Engineering for his A Levels.
Proud mum Siobhan congratulates son, Tom Scowcroft, on his early A grade in Maths GCSE. Well done Tom!
A delighted Head of Year 12, Mr Connor Devlin, and proud Head of Key Stage 4, Mrs Noeleen Gillan, congratulate Ronan McCrory on his wonderful results which included 9 A*/A grades. Ronan is looking forward to studying Biology, Geography and Health and Social Care as his A Level choices.
Smiles all around as Head of Year 12, Mr Connor Devlin, and Head of Key Stage 4, Mrs Noeleen Gillan, congratulate top achievers, Louay Dalal, Oisin Gribben and Tiarnan Donnelly on their excellent GCSE results. These gents earned twelve A* grades and thirteen A grades between them.
A delighted Head of Modern Languages, Miss Emma McErlean, celebrates with just a few of her students who achieved top grades in Irish GCSE. Well done Matthew, Ewan and Oisin.
Smiles all round as Matthew Donnelly-Hughes celebrates with his family! His results include eight A*/A grades and will be a great foundation as he begins his studies of Irish, Maths, Biology and Environmental Technology at A Level.
A very proud Head of Year 11, Mr Alan O’Neill congratulates Calum McCann on his A grade in Fast Track Maths GCSE as a Year 11 student. Calum will begin his studies in Further Maths in September and will complete this GCSE in one year!
Well done to Mohammad Fayed Kaser, a Year 11 student who achieved a top GCSE Grade 9 in Arabic as part of our community languages programme. Our students were successful in Polish, Arabic and Russian GCSEs this year!
Oisin Gribben celebrates with his proud mum as he collects his GCSE results, which included four A* and three A grades! Oisin hopes to study Maths, Engineering and Geography as his A Level subjects.
Louay Dalal is congratulated by proud staff, Head of Year 12, Mr Connor Devlin, and Head of Key Stage 4, Mrs Noeleen Gillan, as he collects his brilliant GCSE results which included four A* and four A grades. Louay hopes to study Biology, Chemistry and Physics for A Level in St Patrick’s Grammar School.
Proud parents celebrate with Ciaran Callaghan as he celebrates his impressive GCSE results- six A* grades, three A grades and one B grade! Ciaran is looking forward to beginning his A Level studies in Maths, Physics and Environmental Technology in September.
