Staff at the Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) are pleased to have raised £2,208 for Cancer Focus NI in celebration of the memory of Pearse McCormick, former Head of Corporate Services for the organisation.

The June meeting of Council took place in Kilkeel Nursery School, hosted by Principal and Council representative Grace Trimble.

Council members commented on the fantastic artwork by pupils that decorated all the walls.

“With the GCSE, AS and A level exams behind them, College pupils are looking forward rounding off a very successful year in the life of the school both inside and outside the classroom with a number of trips around the globe”, Trevor Robinson, Principal of Lurgan College has revealed.

Girls at Killicomaine Junior High School in Portadown are taking charge of promoting sport in school to increase girls’ participation in physical activity and have recently been awarded the ‘Best GLAMS Group’ Northern Ireland 2019.

Tandragee Junior High School, the smallest junior high school in the Dickson Plan, continues to excel across the curriculum, in sport and in other extracurricular and charitable areas, writes Wayne Brown, Principal.

Seaview Primary School and Nursery Unit in north Belfast has been shortlisted for a TES Schools Award for the Innovative Use of Technology to Improve Outcomes.

As pupils from across Northern Ireland receive their A level results, CSSC Chief Executive Barry Mulholland today, Thursday 15 August, said “Results day is a big day for pupils and their families.  I’d like to acknowledge the hard work undertaken by students and their teachers not just while studying for A levels, but since they began school some 14 years ago.

Sixth Form pupils at Antrim Grammar School celebrated another year of outstanding results at A level.

Banbridge Academy once again achieved outstanding A Level results with an impressive 85% of pupils achieving 3 grades A*- C and 46% of all entries were A*/A grades.

Results day is a big day for pupils and their families. I hope that young people have achieved the grades they need to move to the next stage in their life, whether that’s further study, work or something else, writes Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive of the Controlled Schools' Support Council.