Honours at Sydney Academy is calculated on an overall average of 80 or above, in at least 7 courses for grade 11 and 8 courses for grade 10, and 6 courses for grade 9. English must be an 80 or higher and no mark in the entire year, regardless of using the course for calculating averages or not, can be below 70.
Grade 12 Honours
All high schools in the Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education calculate honours in grade 12 using the following formula:
English
Global Studies
8 Other Courses
No Mark Below 50%
Only 1 course may be classified as open
* if a student has a failure(s) on their transcript they still can receive scholarship money, but will not be considered for honours.