Press Release
Date: Wednesday 19 December 2001 (NR/37/01)
TOP STUDENTS GET THEIR REWARD
Young people who achieved highest marks in last Summer’s A Level examinations will today receive official recognition of their efforts at a lunchtime reception and award ceremony hosted by Northern Ireland’s exams body, the CCEA.
Northern Ireland’s top students were joined at CCEA’s headquarters in Clarendon Dock by their families, former teachers and educationalists. Each student received a specially produced certificate marking their exceptional achievement.
Commenting on the ceremony CCEA Chief Executive Gavin Boyd said:
Today we honour some of our finest young people who have attained the highest levels of performance in CCEA GCE A level examinations. In doing so we will be recognising, not just our talented students, but also the very dedicated people who have helped them achieve so much - their teachers and their parents.
Well done to all our award winners and on behalf of CCEA I wish you success and happiness in your future careers.
Once again in Summer 2001 students taking CCEA examinations outperformed their peers in the rest of the UK. Today’s award winners are among the 27.9% of the province’s GCE examinations entry achieving an A grade, some 9% ahead of the UK figure. A truly remarkable performance.
In the New Year CCEA will be running a series of events recognising the top performers at GCSE level.
CCEA's GCE TOP CANDIDATES 2001 are:
| Accounting | Alice Mackin, Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry |
| Art and Design |
Mary Callan, St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel Fiona Diamond, St Louise's Comprehensive College, Belfast Fiona Lowe, Our Lady's Grammar School, Newry Gayle McCabrey, Wallace High School, Lisburn John Maguire, St Michael's Grammar School, Enniskillen Frances Peel, Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch |
| Art and Design Historical and Critical Studies |
Emily Hawke, Latymer Upper School, London |
| Biology | Carmel Duffin, Our Lady's and St Patrick's College, Knock |
| Business Studies | Stephen Kelly, Rathmore Grammar School, Belfast |
| Chemistry | Graeme Staples, Ballymena Academy |
| Computing | Antony Forte, St Mary's Christian Brother's Grammar School, Belfast |
| Design and Technology | Martin McMullan, St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt |
| Economics | Harry Cornish, Latymer Upper School, London |
| English Lit Syllabus A | Gareth Wilson, Ballymena Academy |
| English Lit Syllabus B | Eimear Ballard, Strathearn School, Belfast |
| English Lit Syllabus C | Carolyn McRobert, Larne Grammar School |
| French | Alison Kennedy, Ballyclare High School |
| Further Maths | Peter Tovey, Ballymena Academy |
| Geography | Deirdre McCourt, Dominican College, Belfast |
| Geology | Claire O'Kane, Methodist College, Belfast |
| German | Michael Pyper, Aquinas Grammar School, Belfast |
| Government & Politics | Briege Nugent, St Ciaran's High School, Ballygawley |
| History | Charles Kitson, Wallace High School, Lisburn |
| Home Economics | Jayne Williamson, Omagh Academy |
| Irish | Conor McGahan, St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| Italian | Judith King, St Dominic's High School, Belfast |
| Mathematics |
Gareth Morton, Ballyclare High School Peter Tovey, Ballymena Academy |
| Music | Laura Kernohan, Sullivan Upper School, Holywood |
| Physics | Brian Williams, St Columb's College, Derry |
| Religious Studies | Aisling Hagan, Loreto Grammar School, Omagh |
| Spanish | Selena Quinn, Mount Lourdes Grammar School, Enniskillen |
Media enquiries to Ruth Maguire on (028) 9026 1216, Mobile 07796947993. E mail rhmaguire@ccea.org.uk
ENDS
Note to Editors
CCEA is the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.
CCEA places learners and those who have a concern for their educational and personal development at the forefront of its thinking. CCEA's mission is:
"To enable the full potential of all learners to be achieved and recognised"
What we do
CCEA is a unique educational body in the UK , bringing together the three areas of curriculum, examinations and assessment.
Advising Government – on what should be taught in Northern Ireland ’s schools and colleges.
Monitoring Standards – ensuring that the qualifications and examinations offered by awarding bodies in Northern Ireland are of an appropriate quality and standard.
Awarding Qualifications
– as Northern Ireland’s leading awarding body we offer a diverse range of qualifications, such as GCSEs, including the new GCSE Double Award specifications in vocational subjects, GCE A and AS levels, Entry Level Qualifications, and Graded Objectives in Modern Languages.
- CCEA also offers a range of Awards and Certificates in Education, Training and Skills (ACETS) targeted at learners who want to get
the knowledge, understanding and skills needed
to hit the ground running in the world of work.
