Extracts from headmaster's address:

"... results at GCSE and A-level were once again excellent. At A-level our pass rate was 100%, unprecedented in the school’s history ... When all the results at GCSE were in it emerged that the year 12 had given a record performance with 53% of our grades as A or A*.  Last year was the first we topped 50%, so it’s onwards and upwards. Twenty-one candidates had straight AA* grades."

"It is always a highlight to see the delight on the faces of the young people who have worked so hard for the success on which I base my report.  There was something special this year; the party atmosphere of the year 12 group as they danced about with their GCSE results contrasted with the obvious delight of the departing sixth formers mixed with sadness as they left for the last time.  Those year 12 students didn’t know that their results placed the school in third place in NI in the Times GCSE tables, behind Lumen Christi and Banbridge Academy, but behind no other.  Watch them in two years time.  Watch out for the results this time next year as a great promise emerged in the AS results of the Year 13 students."

"Our in-service days in August 2007 were focused on the new curriculum.   These were rewarding days and were followed up during the year by a series of joint sessions on developing a joint Learning Policy for all the schools and colleges in the Roe Valley Learning Community.  This partnership of schools is now recognised by the Minister for Education and her department as an exemplar for all other school groupings in the province.  This is a tribute to my colleagues who lead the partner schools.  Our partnership has its testing moments, but we support each other with great fondness and good humour. Thanks to our partners we can now offer a range of vocational subjects including Moving Image, Performing Arts, Engineering, Construction and health and Social Care along with our traditional subjects at A-level."

"The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme continues to be a significant extra-curricular activity I am pleased to report that we gained nineteen gold awards this year and thirty-five silver. For the past two years, our assessment hikes have taken place each in England’s Lake District. I know how much our students and parents appreciate the onerous work undertaken by all the staff involved in these activities."

"Our Governors had a challenging year as they faced up to the challenges presented by our Minister for Education.  Despite her assertions to the contrary, the St Andrews agreement guarantees that selection is here to stay in Northern Ireland.  We have had a series of meetings with the Association for Quality Education, and have committed ourselves to use their Common Entrance Test as part of our selection process for entry to year 8.  While I understand the Minister’s desire to remove the perception of fail and pass which has dogged the 11+ examination for decades, surely the pragmatic answer lies in developing partnerships of equal but different schools with pupils transferring easily between to access courses which suit them. "