St. Colman's College, Newry, Results Booklet 2023

EXAMINATION RESULTS 2023 2023 Examination Results | 1

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Examinations The College appreciates the importance of examination success and makes every effort to ensure that students achieve their academic potential.

At the end of Year 12 students are entered for GCSE Examinations with the following Examination Boards:

CCEA

AQA

OCR

WJEC

PEARSON

In Year 13 students are entered for AS Examinations and, on completion of Year 14, students are entered for A-Level Examinations. Seventeen of the subject options take NICCEA Examinations.

Students taking the remaining subjects are entered for examinations with the following boards:

CCEA

PEARSON

WJEC

OCR

PEARSON BTEC

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GCSE 2023 Overview Number of Students in Year 12

Students entered for 7 or more subjects

Overall percentage of A*/A/B grades

128

126

69.7

Number of A* grades obtained

Number of A Grades obtained

Students who achieved Grades A* - C in 7 or more subjects

118

360

121

Students entered for Students who 5 or more subjects achieved Grades A* - C in 5 or more subjects

Students who achieved A*/A in 10 (or more) GCSE subjects

127

125

11

Number of B grades obtained

Overall percentage of A*/A grades

Students who achieved A*/A in 8 (or more) GCSE subjects

396

38.08

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A-Level 2023 Overview Number of Students in Year 14

Overall percentage of A* - C Grades

116

93.71

Students who achieved 3 Grades A* - C

Students who achieved A*/A grades in 4 A level subjects

100

9

Students who achieved 3 Grades A* - E

Students who achieved A grades in 3 A level subjects

115

27

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A2 Summer Grades 2023 Subject

Entries

A*

A

Accounting

16

2

5

Biology

18

4

6

BTEC Construction

39

17

13

BTEC Sport

46

36

10

Business Studies

56

2

18

Chemistry

14

4

1

Design & Technology

8

0

2

Environmental Science

44

2

14

English Literature

1

0

0

French

3

0

2

Geography

19

1

4

Government & Politics

6

0

5

Health & Social Care

5

0

1

History

9

0

4

Irish

3

1

1

Mathematics

39

8

15

Mathematics Further

2

0

0

Music

1

0

0

Moving Image Art

1

0

0

Nutrition & Food Science

2

0

0

Physics

9

1

2

Polish

1

0

0

Religious Studies

6

0

3

Sports Science

3

0

0

Software Systems Development

6

0

1

Sociology

6

1

3

Spanish

1

0

1

Totals

364

79

111

21.71

29.95

Grade Percentage 6 | St. Colman’s College, Violet Hill

B

C

D

E

U

5

2

2

0

0

4

2

2

0

0

4

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

27

6

2

0

1

3

2

1

3

0

5

1

0

0

0

17

5

3

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

7

5

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

0

0

3

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

10

5

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

2

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

4

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

105

47

14

5

3

29.13

12.92

4.12

1.37

0.80

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GCSE Summer Grades 2023 Subject

Entries

A*

A

B

C*

Art & Design

8

0

2

0

1

Biology

41

9

12

13

3

Business Studies

72

6

17

27

12

Chemistry

31

7

13

8

2

Computer Science

15

0

5

4

1

Construction Studies

38

1

12

17

4

Design & Technology

34

1

13

16

3

Digital Technology

13

0

4

5

3

Double Award Science

140

13

30

49

32

8

1

3

2

2

English Language

128

4

45

41

24

English Literature

124

11

43

47

18

French

47

3

1

14

9

Geography

40

2

3

13

8

History

29

4

13

11

1

Irish

25

1

3

3

11

Food & Nutrition

5

0

0

2

2

Mathematics Further

51

9

17

10

5

Mathematics

128

23

42

49

10

Motor Vehicle Studies

13

0

4

4

3

Music

3

0

1

2

0

Physics

42

7

11

11

10

Religious Studies

125

7

37

33

26

Spanish

43

4

7

5

6

Physical Education

48

5

22

10

5

1251

118

360

396

201

9.43

28.78

31.65

16.07

Drama

TOTAL Grade Percentage

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C

D

E

F

G

U

A* - C

A* - G

4

1

0

0

0

0

7

8

0

3

1

0

0

0

37

41

7

2

1

0

0

0

69

72

1

0

0

0

0

0

31

31

3

1

1

0

0

0

13

15

1

2

1

0

0

0

35

38

0

1

0

0

0

0

33

34

0

0

1

0

0

0

12

13

15

1

0

0

0

0

139

140

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

8

13

0

1

0

0

0

127

128

2

2

0

1

0

0

121

124

8

7

4

1

0

0

35

47

13

1

0

0

0

0

39

40

0

0

0

0

0

0

29

29

7

0

0

0

0

0

25

25

1

0

0

0

0

0

5

5

4

5

1

0

0

0

45

51

3

0

0

1

0

0

127

128

0

1

0

0

1

0

11

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

42

42

12

5

3

0

1

1

115

124

10

8

2

1

0

0

32

43

5

1

0

0

0

0

47

48

112

41

16

4

2

1

1187

1250

8.95

3.28

1.28

0.32

0.16

0.08

95.00

99.92

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Destinations of A Level Students 2023 Ulster University 56 Southern Regional College 22 Employment 3 Irish Army 1 University of Glasgow 1 St Andrews University 1 University of Southampton 1 University of Edinburgh 1 Dundalk Institute of Technology 1

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Queen’s University, Belfast 27 Gap Year 5 St Mary’s University College, Belfast 2 Plymouth Marjon University 1 University of Liverpool 1 Apprenticeship 1 University of Dundee 1 University of Lancaster 1

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