On top on doing his A-levels, Lucas Todd, 18, is a head prefect at Carrickfergus Academy, County Antrim.
As an assistant principal for the post-16 age group in a rural County Down grammar school, Linda McMenamin understands the pressure. "I think they are happy to be in school as it offers security and familiarity, and a return to some sort of normality."Anecdotally, the pupils are telling me they want to sit formal exams, although understandably there is some trepidation.
It's been utterly horrible for them and that 2 year spell will have a lastiing effect.
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