Integrated Colleges Celebrate Exam Success: Outstanding results for outstanding students
The Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE), Noreen Campbell, welcomed the A level exam successes of students at integrated colleges across Northern Ireland.
Year on year, exam results in integrated colleges are outstanding, this year proving no exception, with students celebrating exceptional A-level results.
All 160 Hazelwood Integrated College A level students achieved 100% success today.
The Principal Mrs Kathleen O’Hare said ‘the results from this diverse group of sixth formers across 27 subjects reflect the hard work of both students and teachers and provide students with the platform to move on to further and higher education as well as employment. These A Levels have afforded students the opportunity to take the next step to university, further education and work.
Drumragh Integrated College is delighted for the many students who have gained entry to exciting university courses and future options; the principal, Mr Nigel Frith, said ‘these young people are building a future and will enrich the worlds they are moving into. This is a rewarding next step for each of them and they deserve their success. The college congratulates them for their exam results, their talents, their values and their months of hard work.’
Students at Oakgrove Integrated College have excelled this year with some outstanding individual results. All have been successful in securing university places and this is due to the hard work and dedication of both staff and students. We congratulate them and wish them well in the next stage of their journey.
The board of directors and all involved in NICIE congratulate these young people on their successes and pay tribute to the dedicated work of staff in their colleges.
Noreen Campbell CEO of NICIE said,
“Integrated colleges are the most popular and most oversubscribed schools in Northern Ireland. These results tell us why: integrated colleges provide a high achieving environment for all students. Integrated Colleges are planned all ability schools which reject the damaging division of children by perceived ability at the age of 11. Parents choosing an integrated college are secure in the knowledge that all of their children, brothers and sisters with their individual talents and abilities will be stretched and developed to their full potential. In addition, these children have the added privilege of learning about different traditions, backgrounds and beliefs, in an inclusive, all-ability environment committed to reconciliation, one which prepares them to play a full role in our increasingly diverse society.
Parents choosing an integrated college do not need to agonise about their children undergoing the stress of selection tests for entry into grammar school. These successful exam results from the integrated sector prove that such invidious selection is not necessary. The all ability character of integrated colleges, the high expectations of students and the positive learning environment provided in integrated schools ensure that all children fulfil their potential.
