Cork school celebrates as 13 students receive maximum Leaving Cert points

Thirteen students at Christian Brothers College (CBC) in Cork received the maximum Leaving Certificate points of 625 today with one pupil achieving eight H1 grades.

Seven students were awarded seven H1s and five achieved six H1s.

Principal, David Lordan, said that there was great credit due to the boys at the school as they missed out on physically sitting the Junior Certificate as it coincided with the pandemic.

“It is a really exciting morning. It is a fantastic set of results for the students. About 22 percent of the 151 boys have got over 600 points. We have one boy on eight H1s and another seven on seven H1s.

“It is important to acknowledge that the boys here haven’t done a Junior Cycle set of exams. This is the first State exam for them.

“They had all the challenges around Covid that were part and parcel of those really difficult few years. So their achievements are even more deserving when you consider the challenges they have had to endure.”

Mr Lordan said that whilst…