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Bursary Fund Lunch

BOYS’ MODEL SCHOOL SUCCESSES


These figures and comments were included in a speech given by Mary Montgomery the Principal at the  Fund’s   10th Anniversary Lunch in October 2025 and are presented by the Bursary Fund as further evidence of the excellence of the teaching and learning at the Boys’ Model . Everyone involved with the Bursary Fund is proud to be associated with the school and would wish all the boys and the staff continuing success in the future.

School profile


  • 1200 boys

  • Non-selective

  • High Free School Meals Entitlement – almost 60%, NI non-grammar average is 32%

  • High levels of SEN – 15% compared to NI average of 8%

 

Pupil attainment far exceeds what is expected.




SEN Data


GCSE

If an SEN pupil in NI, irrespective of sector, 5 GCSEs A*-C Inc Eng & Maths = 32%

SEN pupil at BBMS achieving 5 GCSEs A*-C Inc Eng & Maths =83%


A Level

If an SEN pupil in NI, irrespective of sector, 3 A Levels A*-C = 12%

SEN pupil at BBMS achieving 3 A Levels A*-C =100% this year but averages in high 80s usually.

 

Leavers Destinations




Benefits of the Bursary Fund


  • Financial support for books, equipment etc

  • Incentivises boys who might not otherwise have gone to University

  • Seen by boys as an endorsement/validation of them

  • Head Boys in speech at Senior School Prize Giving had commented…’thank you for believing in us’..

 

Example


  • Boy from single parent family, for whom the school had to provide clothing and travel fare to attend University interview ,subsequently successful and awarded Bursary for STEM, so will receive £1200 for each of his first 3 years.  

 

November 2025

 
 
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