Over 4000 young people from across North Ayrshire opened their exam results today.
Among those receiving their results were Megan Armstrong and Adam Shannon from Irvine’s Greenwood Academy.
Both teenagers achieved five As in their Highers.
Megan’s subjects were Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry and French, while Adam studied Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry and Computing.
Early analysis of the overall results in North Ayrshire shows continued success at a range of levels, say the local authority.
They say that a higher proportion of S4 pupils who sat National 5 qualifications in 2019 achieved success than in 2018.
Similarly, at Higher level, the number of pupils who gained at least one Higher award at grades A-D in 2019 was up on the same figure in previous years.
Indeed, the proportion of overall Higher entries that resulted in an award increase in 2019.
In addition to this, pupils achieved success in a whole range of other academic and vocational qualifications.
Further analysis will be undertaken in the coming weeks and months within and across schools and departments to establish the key highlights and areas for further focused improvement.
Councillor John Bell, cabinet member for education and employment, said:
“It’s great to see the continued success of our young people through these results and a huge well done to all of them.
“A big congratulations to all the hard-working staff across North Ayrshire who I know work incredibly hard and take great pride in the achievements of the young people.”
Councillor Joe Cullinane, leader of North Ayrshire Council, added: “Young people across North Ayrshire have worked extremely hard over the last year and that is reflected in today’s results.
“While this is a day of celebration for many, there will be some who might not get the results they had hoped for.
“Clearly that is going to be disappointing but, please remember, that this is just the start and there are options available that will allow you to pursue your chosen career – there is really is no wrong path.
“If you need to talk to someone about your results there are numerous groups and people out there who can listen and provide really good advice and support.
“The Skills Development Scotland national exam result helpline, 0808 100 8000, is free to contact and staff at your school are there to help too.”
● Other helpful numbers for parents and young people are:
ChildLine0800 11 11
Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87
Samaritans 116 123
www.samaritans.org.uk
Parentline 0808 028 22 33.
● For more on this see this week's Irvine Herald, out tomorrow. Coverage will also continue in next week's paper.
