Headmistress of the high-achieving Hampton School, Heather Murray, is hailing the success of students, who scored high in the 2009 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exami-nations (CAPE).

Delivering the school report at the annual prize-giving ceremony held on Sunday, November 15, she informed that the all-girls school recorded its highest pass rate of 96 per cent in the CSEC examinations.

She said that of the 177 students who sat the exam, 158, or 89 per cent, passed seven or more subjects, inclusive of mathematics and English. Forty-five per cent of the papers written received grade ones, with 63 students receiving five or more grade ones.

In addition, two students passed 11 subjects; eight students got 10 subjects; 46 received nine; 78 got eight; and 24 got seven. Murray stated that the most improved result was in mathematics, with an 89-per cent pass rate. "Of the I77 who sat mathematics, 158 have passed," she said.

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There was a 100 per cent pass rate for agricultural science, chemistry, economics, home management, information technology, religious education and the visual arts.

For CAPE, the school obtained 100 per cent passes in 24 of the 33 subjects sat. A 90-per cent pass rate was recorded for seven subjects, while the pass rate for geography and mathematics were 88 per cent and 67 per cent, respectively.