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Over 84% of Leaving Certificate students in The Avondhu area progressed to third-level education in 2014.

Over 84% of Leaving Certificate students in The Avondhu area progressed to third-level education in 2014. Of the 607 students who completed secondary education in the 10 schools in the area this year, 510 went on to college education.

The results of the third-level feeder school list, released last week, show that 100% of the 43 students who completed their education in CBS Mitchelstown this past year progressed to third-level education. The three most popular college choices for CBS students were University College Cork (11), University of Limerick (10) and Cork Institute of Technology (9).

Scoil Pol in Kilfinane, had 94% student progression to third-level education. Of its 34 students, 19 went to colleges in Limerick, including UL (9), Limerick Institute of Technology (4) and Mary Immaculate College (4).

Two further schools with less than 50 students completing their secondary education – Nagle Rice Secondary, Doneraile and Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown - achieved a similarly high figure. 90% of the 20 students in Nagle Rice Secondary progressed to third-level education, along with 89% of the 45 students in Presentation Secondary School.

In Fermoy, over 81% of its 241 sixth-year students began third-level education this year. Loreto Secondary School boasted an 89% progression rate, of 98 students, with over one third now studying in UCC (36).

In St Colman’s College, the figure is 88% of 72 students, again with UCC (30) the most popular choice, followed by CIT (15), UCD (4) and Mary Immaculate (4). 68% of Coláiste an Chraoibhin’s 71 Leaving Certificate students from 2014 are now in third-level education, with 25 studying in CIT, followed by UCC as the second most popular choice with 8.

The largest school in the area is Blackwater Community School in Lismore, where 112 students completed sixth-year in 2014. 89% of its students are now attending third-level education. 32 are in UCC, 28 in CIT, with the third most popular choice being Waterford Institute of Technology, with 17.

11 of the 18 students who completed the Leaving Certificate this year in St Fanahan’s College, Mitchelstown, just over 61%, progressed to third-level education. Of the 92 students in Coláiste an Chroi Naofa, Carrignavar, 73% moved on to college education last September.

Its should be noted that these figures do not include those students who went into further education, such as Post-Leaving Certificate courses, and others, such as apprentices. It also does not include those students who have elected to continue their education in Britain or elsewhere.

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