Dundalk Grammar School celebrate record number of perfect results in the Leaving Certificate

placeholder image — Dundalk Grammar School celebrate record number of perfect results in the Leaving Certificate | Ken Finegan/Newspics Photography

Dundalk Grammar School celebrated a record number of 625 point results in the Class of 2026 Graduation Tea.

Dundalk Grammar School’s 2026 Graduation Tea took place on Wednesday.

The school achieved a record number of students achieving full marks with 5 students scoring 625.

Four of these students achieved eight H1’s and were presented with an academic achievement medal along with 27 other students who scored between one and seven H1’s in their Leaving Certificate.

Eight students scored over 600 with the school recording an average points score of 448.

The students are studying in all the major universities in Ireland, including Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University.

A small number of students are travelling across the water to Britain.

Principal, Jonathan Graham (centre) and Year Head, Declan Hynes (left) with Ruby Moss, Mickey Chung, Joseph Liscoe, Kian Blanchet and Cian Cassidy (absent from picture is Nick Kuzmin) who all achieved over 600 points in this year's Leaving Certicate | Ken Finegan/Newspics Photography

Headmaster, Mr Jonathan Graham congratulated all the students on their Leaving Certificate result and thanked teaching and learning support staff on behalf of the students as well as their parents/guardians who supported them throughout their time in Dundalk Grammar School.

The evening concluded with the Class of 2026 cutting their cake and signing out.