I wanted to write to notify you that the Belfast Telegraph article which appeared today (24th March) is factually incorrect. The ETI Report did not state that the School needed "external" or outside support, the ETI Report records that the School has "A high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all learners". Consequently, it was recognised that we did not need external support and the poistive changes made over the last 3 years were to continue.

The ETI will monitor and report on the school's progress in addressing the outcomes of the 2015 inspection.

We raised our objections immediately regarding the article with the editor and the reporter at the Belfast Telegraph pointing out theri mistakes and they have agreed to amend the story online and print a retraction.

As we have stated previously we welcomed the inspection, its rigour and it's outputs. The new inspection structure left no stone unturned and as such provided a thorough overview of what we do well and what we could do better. The areas highlighted as "Outstanding" and "Exemplary" were ones of which we are very proude - namely our boys, our pastoral care, our governance, the overall atmosphere in school and our sense of togetherness.

Areas cited as "needing improvement" were ones we had already identified in our development plan including: quality of planning, further imbedding of target setting and continuing to raise our results against the grammar school benchmark. We were pleased with the acknowledgment that the quality of our teaching was above the Northern Ireland average. We also welcomed the recognition that Campbell has made significant progress over the last three years with our results improving by more than 20%.

We are committed to targeting continued improvements and will continue to work together with the Education Authority, our staff, parents and pupils to improve in every area possible.

Thank you all for your continued support.

RM Robinson

Headmaster

The Belfast Telegraph Apologised for the error in their Friday 25th March paper - page 5, top right column: "In fact, the ETI report made no such recommendation. We apologise for the error, which has since been corrected online."