Twin Sisters Receive Identical GCSE Grades

TWIN sisters from Derry have received the same marks in all of their GCSE examinations.

Cait and Oonagh Grant are pupils at Lumen Christi College.

The two girls sat their GCSE exams earlier this year and were amazed to find out they had received identical grades in all their subjects when they opened their results’ envelopes on Thursday morning.

Cait and Oonagh were just two of the hundreds of local students for whom the nervous wait for their results ended on Thursday.

All local schools reported excellent results for their pupils, with some enjoying a record year.

There were extra special celebrations at Bogside based primary school, Gaelscoil Éadain Mhóir.

The youngsters at the Lecky Road school sat the GCSE Irish test earlier this year at the age of 10 or 11 at the same time as 16-year-olds from secondary and grammar schools across the North.

The 13 Gaelscoil Éadain Mhóir pupils’ results ranged from A to C, and they achieved a remarkable 100 per cent pass rate in the rest for their written and oral skills.

School principal, Alicia O’Kane, congratulated the pupils on their achievement.

She said: “Once again everyone at Gaelscoil Éadain Mhóir are celebrating the remarkable GCSE success of our primary seven children.”