Leaving Cert results 2007

Congratulations to all our pupils who have today received another outstanding set of Leaving Certificate results. The overall points average of 441 across all subjects has gone up slightly from last year's phenomenal 440.

In English,

• 94% of our pupils took the exam at Higher Level ; nationally, 64% do.
• 20% of Columbans got 'A' (nationally the figure is 6.6%)
• 33% got 'B' (nationally 18.2%)
• 29% got 'C' (nationally 24.2%)

This means that 53% of our candidates achieved A or B at Higher Level, and 82% got A, B or C (49% nationally).