In a rare double triumph, the private St Gabriel’s School has secured both the top male and female positions in this year’s Common Entrance Examination, marking a historic first for the institution and underscoring its academic dominance.

The island’s top-performing boy was identified as Benjamin Enzo Luciene, whilst Xiomara Alexis Lascaris secured the title of top-performing girl. In a double victory for the prestigious St Gabriel’s School, both scholars have secured places at Harrison College, where they will begin their secondary education in September.

It was not immediately clear how the taxpayer-funded public schools fared in terms of the total number of placements and their distribution among the schools.