These days, the B.B. Coke High School in Junction, St Elizabeth, no longer faces repeated requests for the transfer of students placed there through the Grade Six Achievement Test. That reflects brighter days for the school, which has been turning around its performance and image since receiving a rating of 'unsatisfactory' from the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) in January 2015.

Nothing will daunt the fervour of principal Patrick Phillips and the academic staff at Bog Walk High School in their quest to add value to the approximately 2,000 students. Phillips and his team are faced with the seemingly uphill task of pulling the school from near the bottom of the ranking for effective schools.