Wexford student opens up about ‘insane’ challenge of sitting Leaving Cert just two years after moving from Ukraine

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Students at St John of God Special School in Islandbridge gathered to find out their marks this Leaving Cert results day.

The students were the first set to begin secondary school in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kemoy Blake, the technical drawing teacher at Winston Jones High School in Manchester, is used to his students achieving high passes in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination. But in his eight years at the school, this was the first time all his students scored grade ones in the subject area,