Press Release
Date: 21st December 2006 (NR-33-06)
CCEA celebrates A Level of Excellence
Northern Ireland's top A Level students have been honoured at a special awards ceremony organised by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA).
CCEA's 'Celebrating Excellence' awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of thirty-nine young people who achieved overall first place in their subject in CCEA's summer 2006 A level examinations.
Alan Lennon, Chairman of CCEA, commented:
"At a time when education in Northern Ireland is facing more change, challenge and uncertainty than ever before, our students seamlessly continue to deliver outstanding achievements.
I am very proud to welcome these young people, their parents and teachers to CCEA to celebrate their remarkable accomplishments. The students honoured today are the top-performing A Level students in the highest-performing region of the UK. This is an outstanding achievement, on which they are to be thoroughly congratulated.
To be among the top-performing students in an A level subject is no mean feat and is testament to the hard work of the young people and all the support they have received both inside and outside of school. They should be extremely proud of everything they have accomplished and CCEA wishes them well for the future."
CCEA's Celebrating Excellence Award Ceremonies took place at CCEA, 29 Clarendon Road, Clarendon Dock, Belfast, on Thursday 21st December 2006 at 10.00am and 1.00pm.
Programme for Morning Ceremony
Refreshments |
10.00am |
|
Opening Remarks |
10.30am |
Dr Alan Lennon, Chairman, CCEA |
Award Ceremony |
10.40am |
Dr Alan Lennon, Chairman, CCEA |
History Award |
11.50am |
Presentation of the Tim McCall History Award |
| Closing Remarks | 11.55am | Gavin Boyd , Chief Executive , CCEA |
| Tea/Coffee | 12 noon | Top Candidate photographs will be taken during this time |
Programme for Afternoon Ceremony
Refreshments |
1.00pm |
|
Opening Remarks |
1.30pm |
Dr Alan Lennon, Chairman, CCEA |
Award Ceremony |
1.40pm |
Dr Alan Lennon, Chairman, CCEA |
| Closing Remarks | 1.50pm | Gavin Boyd , Chief Executive , CCEA |
| Tea/Coffee | 2.00pm | Top Candidate photographs will be taken during this time |
Top Candidates - Celebrating Excellence Award Winners Morning Ceremony
SUBJECT |
NAME |
CENTRE |
Applied Health & Social Care (Single Award) |
Christine Sloan |
Bangor Academy |
Art & Design |
Claire Hardy Laura Harriott Brendan Hughes Jonathan McKee Nicola Malcolmson Padriag Mulholland Joanne Smyth |
St Louis Grammar School , Kilkeel Rathmore Grammar School , Belfast St Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon Wellington College , Belfast Banbridge Academy St Colman’s College, Newry Down High School |
Biology |
Stephen Begley |
Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Newry |
Business Studies |
Emily Bailie Conor Kane |
Rathmore Grammar School , Belfast Rathmore Grammar School , Belfast |
Economics |
Mark Rogers |
Banbridge Academy |
Further Mathematics |
Kyle McLoughlin |
Banbridge Academy |
Government & Politics |
Christopher Woods |
Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Newry |
History |
Donal Kane |
Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Newry |
Information Communication Technology |
Marie-Therese Lee Daniel McCallion |
St Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon Lumen Christi College , Derry |
Mathematics |
Andrew Lyttle Alan McKee Kyle McLoughlin |
Royal Belfast Academical Institution Campbell College , Belfast Banbridge Academy |
Physics |
Alan McKee Colin Maguire Aaron Stirling |
Campbell College , Belfast The Royal School Dungannon Regent House School , Newtownards |
Top Candidates - Celebrating Excellence Award Winners Afternoon Ceremony
SUBJECT |
NAME |
CENTRE |
Applied Business (Double Award) |
Martin McAuley |
St Colm's High School, Draperstown |
Applied Business (Single Award) |
Patrick McLaughlin |
Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh |
Applied Health & Social Care (Single Award) |
Fionnuala Canavan |
St Pius X High School, Magherafelt |
Applied ICT (Double Award) |
Jody Doherty Rosemary Loughran |
St Pius X High School, Magherafelt St Pius X High School, Magherafelt |
Applied ICT (Single Award) |
Mark Gormley |
Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh |
Chemistry |
Andrew Hardeman |
Limavady Grammar School |
English Literature |
Amy Finch |
Strathearn School , Belfast |
French |
Aimee Campbell |
Grosvenor Grammar School , Belfast |
Geography |
Amy Finch |
Strathearn School , Belfast |
German |
Johanna Finnemann |
Grosvenor Grammar School , Belfast |
History of Art & Design |
Giles Maffett |
Latymer Upper School , London |
Home Economics |
Lynsey McCluskey |
Sullivan Upper School , Holywood |
Irish |
Daithi Murray |
St Mary’s Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Belfast |
Moving Image Arts |
Helen Murray |
Thornhill College , Derry |
Music |
Ruth McKeown |
Fivemiletown High School & Community College |
Religious Studies |
Naiomh Murphy |
Sacred Heart Grammar School , Newry |
Spanish |
Sara-Louise Cooper |
Sacred Heart Grammar School , Newry |
Technology & Design |
Kevin McCullagh |
St Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt |
*** The following additional award will also be made:
Donal Kane, Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School – Tim McCall Award for History
The Tim McCall History Award
The Tim McCall History Award is presented annually to the top candidate in the CCEA GCE A Level History examination. This is the seventh year of the award.
The award is dedicated to the memory of Tim McCall, who inspired the development of history syllabuses and guided examiners in the annual conduct of the examinations from 1983 until his untimely death in 1999.
Media enquiries to Ruth Maguire on (028) 9026 1216, Mobile 07796947993. E mail rhmaguire@ccea.org.uk
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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.
