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again. English reached a high of 76% in 2016 but slipped in 2017, but is generally considered to
be on an upward trajectory.

Forty-two of the 65 students (64.6%) who wrote 5 or more subjects, obtained passes in at least 5
subject areas, with 46.1% of them gaining passes in 5 or more subjects including English and
Math. 80% of this group of students gained passes in at least 4 subject areas.

Boys performed exceptionally well in the technical areas of Industrial Technology, Building and
Electrical, Technical Drawing and Visual Arts as well as in PE and Sport, gaining 100% passes
in these areas. In the other areas, the performance of the girls was better than that of the boys.
The narrowest performance gap was observed in the Math and English, with a 2.9 and 2.8
percentage difference in performance.

Grade Is achieved over a four-year period
Year Male Female Total
2014 21 11 32

2015 24 23 47
2016 25 45 75

2017 44 59 103

There has been steady improvement in the quality of passes over the years. The number of Grade
1 passes across the various subject areas increased from 32 in 2014 to 103 in 2017. The recorded
increase could be attributable to the positive response of students to the high expectations of their
teachers. The school was keen to maintain this trend.

The Principal indicated that currently the school had a programme of targeted intervention. The
expected outcome of this strategy was an increase in the number of students who would
successfully write exams in at least five subjects at the CXC CSEC level annually for the next
five years in the first instance. She noted that the quality of the passes mattered; therefore the
school was aiming to have the majority of its students passed with at least Grade II in the subject
entries.

CCSLC Performance

Mrs. Hogan reported that the MSS continued to enter students for exams at the CCSLC level.
Although Social Studies and Science gained a 100% pass rate, the best performing subjects at
CCSLC this year were English and Social Studies. Social Studies achieved 22.7 % of the passes
at the Mastery level, while English achieved a pass rate of 88.8% with 44.4 % of the passes at the
Mastery level.