Fivemiletown College named leading non-selective school

FIVEMILETOWN College has been named the leading non-selective secondary school in the North.

This is based on GCSE data of percentage of year 12 students achieving at least five A* to C grades, including English and Maths.

Open Data NI annual school examination statistics reveal that 96.9 per-cent of Year 12 Fivemiletown College students achieved at least five A* to C grades including English and Maths.

That is over six percentage points ahead of the number two non-selective school and ranks Fivemiletown College higher than 16 NI grammar schools.

Principal Janice Allen, spoke about how this title was successfully achieved.

“Here at school we have been focused on raising standards to the highest possible level for a number of years and we have seen our GCSE results continue to rise,” Ms Allen said.

“We have a study skills programme which is introduced in Year 8, as part of our life skills programme, so our pupils are taught the best way to study as soon as they enter the college and that progresses through Year 9 and Year 10.

“Pastoral support has been a whole school priority, and we have an excellent pastoral support team, including form teachers, year heads and a full time pastoral support worker, students, whose worries and concerns are listened to and supported on a daily basis.”

She added that these achievements wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the school community.

“We have a wonderful school community who all work together to support our pupils, socially, emotionally and academically, our pupils are given so many opportunities to enhance themselves both inside and outside the classroom, whether that be music, drama, sport, art or otherwise,” she said.

“We have all the key ingredients here in Fivemiletown for success, offering pupils top quality, highly-committed staff, teachers and wonderfully-supportive parents, and we are so delighted our students have reached their full potential and we applaud everyone in our school community who have contributed to help us receive this significant achievement.”