Edmund Rice College to appeal grades

Bradley Todd, Jack Millar, Peter McKierna, Christopher McAuley and Mr Berne.

Praising this year’s cohort, Mr Berne said: “Once again, our pupils have excelled with the vast

majority of pupils receiving three or more A Levels at grades A*-C.

“Many received three A* grades with seven different subjects achieving 100 per cent pass rate for all pupils. This is testimony to the hard work and dedication of our pupils, teachers and parents.”

Ciaran McCullough, Bradley Todd, Jack Millar and Conor McWilliams.

The school has confirmed it is to appeal a number of grades with CCEA due to the algorithm and statistical modelling used to determine the results.

Mr Berne stated: “There are a number of pupils who we feel were disadvantaged by the pandemic and we were assured that wasn’t going to happen.

“CCEA lowered 74 per cent of teacher calculated grades by one and even two grades. There is one subject in particular that has an 80 per cent three-year average pass rate in Edmund Rice College.

“Pupils have an extremely high success rate in this subject, yet due to the algorithm and statistical modelling, none of the pupils achieved A*-C. That is a huge anomaly in terms of teacher professional judgement and previous success rate and outlines

the fundamental flaws in the modelling process.

“Many of these students are university bound dependent on that grade and they have not received what they deserved. We have contacted CCEA and will challenge this through appeal and hope that our pupils receive the grade they fully deserve.”

Meanwhile, Education Minister Peter Weir has praised this year’s students. For more on this, read here

Brendan McCambridge, Leo McNally, Mark Thompson, Michael Thompson, Declan Madden Tomás Gilmore and AJ McKeown.

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