Examination Results | Friends' School Lisburn

Examinations

Results

While school is about much more than exam results, we want our pupils to do as well as they can and to be ambitious about their plans for the future.

Over the years, Friends’ pupils have excelled at both GCSE and A-level and almost all of our pupils go to university, or take up higher level apprenticeships. Friends’ has twice been awarded the Sunday Times NI School of the Year award, and was placed second in 2023-24.

Please see our most recent published academic results below.

	Entered	A*	A	B	C	D	E	U
Art & Design	2	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Biology	49	32.65	34.69	22.45	6.12	4.08	0.00	0.00
Business Studies	34	11.76	20.59	44.12	11.76	11.76	0.00	0.00
Chemistry	43	27.91	32.56	25.58	13.95	0.00	0.00	0.00
Economics	12	8.33	41.67	41.67	0.00	8.33	0.00	0.00
English Literature	13	15.38	23.08	53.85	7.69	0.00	0.00	0.00
French	5	20.00	20.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Further Mathematics	10	40.00	20.00	20.00	10.00	10.00	0.00	0.00
Geography	26	7.69	34.62	50.00	7.69	0.00	0.00	0.00
Health & Social Care	13	0.00	38.46	53.85	0.00	7.69	0.00	0.00
History	23	8.70	39.13	43.48	8.70	0.00	0.00	0.00
Mathematics	80	31.25	37.50	18.75	5.00	5.00	2.50	0.00
Moving Image Arts	2	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Music	5	0.00	60.00	0.00	20.00	20.00	0.00	0.00
Nutrition & Food Science	16	0.00	18.75	31.25	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Physical Education	11	54.55	9.09	27.27	9.09	0.00	0.00	0.00
Physics	39	30.77	23.08	25.64	15.38	2.56	2.56	0.00
Politics	26	15.38	46.15	34.62	3.85	0.00	0.00	0.00
Religious Studies	8	0.00	0.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Software Systems Development	12	0.00	41.67	33.33	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Spanish	6	16.67	0.00	83.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Technology & Design	5	40.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Totals	440	21.36	31.14	32.50	10.91	3.41	0.68	0.00
Cumulative %		21.36	52.50	85.00	95.91	99.32	100.00	100.00
2023 Cumulative	416	23.08	65.14	87.74	96.15	99.76	100.00	100.00
2022 Cumulative	426	28.64	68.54	87.56	96.48	99.30	100.00	100.00
2021 Cumulative	404	29.70	71.78	94.06	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2020 Cumulative	401	21.70	55.61	85.04	97.51	100.00	100.00	100.00
2019 Cumulative	421	18.29	46.79	78.38	92.87	97.39	99.29	100.00

Number of pupils in Year 14 – 138

Number of those with a Statement of Special Educational Needs – 1

Percentage achieving 3 or more passes at Grades A*-C – 91.3

Percentage achieving 2 or more passes at Grades A*-E – 100

	Entered	A	B	C	D	E	U
Art & Design	5	40.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Biology	55	52.73	23.64	16.36	1.82	5.45	0.00
Business Studies	20	15.00	45.00	25.00	10.00	5.00	0.00
Chemistry	55	58.18	16.36	7.27	7.27	10.91	0.00
Economics	14	28.57	14.29	14.29	14.29	14.29	14.29
English Literature	20	40.00	35.00	20.00	5.00	0.00	0.00
French	8	75.00	12.50	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
Geography	25	48.00	16.00	20.00	8.00	8.00	0.00
German	3	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Health & Social Care	15	46.67	46.67	0.00	6.67	0.00	0.00
History	28	50.00	21.43	17.86	10.71	0.00	0.00
Mathematics	77	66.23	20.78	7.79	2.60	2.60	0.00
Mathematics – Further	8	75.00	0.00	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
Moving Image Arts	2	0.00	50.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
Music	3	33.33	33.33	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
Nutrition & Food Science	12	66.67	8.33	8.33	16.67	0.00	0.00
Physical Education	11	63.64	18.18	9.09	9.09	0.00	0.00
Physics	30	43.33	33.33	20.00	3.33	0.00	0.00
Politics	15	46.67	20.00	20.00	6.67	6.67	0.00
Religious Studies	7	28.57	28.57	42.86	0.00	0.00	0.00
Software Systems Development	10	60.00	0.00	30.00	10.00	0.00	0.00
Spanish	7	42.86	28.57	28.57	0.00	0.00	0.00
Technology & Design	7	42.86	28.57	28.57	0.00	0.00	0.00

Totals	437	51.26	23.57	14.65	6.18	3.89	0.46
Cumulative %		51.26	74.83	89.47	95.65	99.54	100.00
2023 Cumulative	479	58.39	80.75	93.58	97.31	98.76	100.00
2022 Cumulative	456	62.94	87.82	96.49	99.12	100.00	100.00
2021 Cumulative	467	61.46	90.36	97.86	100.00	100.00	100.00
2020 Cumulative	411	47.69	77.37	93.43	100.00	100.00	100.00
2019 Cumulative	445	40.67	69.66	88.54	97.53	99.10	100.00

Number of pupils in Year 13 – 132

Number of those with a Statement of Special Educational Needs – 4

Percentage achieving 3 or more passes at Grades A-C – 78.0

Percentage achieving 2 or more passes at Grades A-E – 100

	Entered	A*	A	B	C*	C	D	E	F	G	U
Art & Design	19	26.32	57.89	15.79	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Biology	53	45.28	35.85	16.98	1.89	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Business Studies	41	19.51	26.83	21.95	19.51	7.32	2.44	2.44	0.00	0.00	0.00
Chemistry	53	37.74	45.28	5.66	3.77	7.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Digital Technology	18	27.78	38.89	22.22	0.00	0.00	11.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
English	144	31.94	47.22	16.67	4.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
English Literature	143	41.96	36.36	13.99	6.99	0.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
French	64	32.81	39.06	15.63	9.38	1.56	0.00	1.56	0.00	0.00	0.00
Further Mathematics	87	52.87	36.78	8.05	1.15	1.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Geography	54	9.26	51.85	25.93	3.70	7.41	1.85	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
German	24	12.50	20.83	33.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
History	66	19.70	42.42	21.21	9.09	3.03	4.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Home Economics F&N	17	29.41	41.18	17.65	11.76	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Mathematics	143	48.25	47.55	4.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Music	21	33.33	47.62	9.52	4.76	4.76	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Physical Education	27	44.44	33.33	22.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Physics	54	37.04	46.30	12.96	1.85	1.85	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Religious Studies	137	27.01	37.96	20.44	6.57	4.38	3.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Science (Double Award)	152	36.84	35.53	11.84	13.82	1.32	0.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Spanish	56	48.21	39.29	10.71	0.00	0.00	1.79	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Technology & Design	35	14.29	45.71	34.29	2.86	2.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Totals	1410	35.11	40.71	15.11	5.60	2.06	1.13	0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00
Cumulative %		35.11	75.82	90.92	96.52	98.58	99.72	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2023 Cumulative	1397	37.94	76.95	92.27	97.42	99.50	99.93	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2022 Cumulative	1406	40.11	79.94	95.02	99.22	99.93	99.93	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2021 Cumulative	1414	38.54	76.17	91.44	95.97	98.94	99.93	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2020 Cumulative	1427	30.97	73.79	90.12	95.94	99.09	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2019 Cumulative	1399	26.95	66.19	84.63	93.35	97.14	99.36	99.79	99.79	99.93	100.00

Number of pupils in Year 12 – 144

Number of those with a Statement of Special Educational Needs – 9

Percentage entered for 7 or more subjects – 98.6

Percentage achieving 7 or more passes at Grades A*-C – 98.6

Percentage entered for 5 or more subjects – 100

Percentage achieving 5 or more passes at Grades A*-C – 100