Hazelwood College is celebrating an outstanding set of GCSE results today with 82% of students achieving 5 subjects at A* – C. The figure including English & Maths is up 15% on last year.

For the first time in five years there has been a gender shift with 52% of those achieving 5A*-C being boys. This is an extremely pleasing statistic as the College has dedicated considerable resources over the past number of years to raising boys’ achievement.

STEM subjects have excelled this year with almost two thirds of students achieving a grade A* or grade A in Additional Science,100% C+ in Electronics, 91% of students achieving a C+ in Engineering and 63% of students achieving C+ in Maths. Our ICT teachers are to be commended for an amazing set of results with130 A* or A grades.

Among other top achieving subjects are Drama, English Literature, History, Spanish, Art & Design and Music. Congratulations are due to all our year 12 students and a huge thank-you to all their parents for their support.

The Principal, Mrs Kathleen Gormley said, “These tremendous results mean Hazelwood will welcome back its largest ever sixth form. This coincides with the opening, in September 2013, of our new post 16 centre which has been jointly funded by the Integrated Education Fund and The Belfast Trust for Integrated Education. We will now be offering three different pathways at Post 16 which will ensure that all of our students are ready for University, Further Education or Employment”.