# leaving-certificate - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Students facing a return to school are worried about their health and the health of their loved ones with Covid-19 rampant in the community.
# leaving-certificate - Monday 16 November, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Candidates were given the option earlier this year to receive Calculated Grades and/or to sit written exams.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 16 October, 2020
# Review
# Review
The new results were given to students at 12pm today.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 14 October, 2020
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
Over 6,000 students received new grades following an error with the system.
# leaving-certificate - Saturday 3 October, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The results of the review were announced this evening by the Department of Education.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
Education Minister Norma Foley has apologised to students again after errors in the calculated grades system were revealed.
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
To date, €163,000 has been paid to Polymetrika for the calculated grades system.
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The cost of the calculated grades system is €160,000.
# leaving-certificate - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 16 September, 2020
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
The action is being taken by a student who missed out on a place to study medicine at Trinity College by two points.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Round One
# Round One
This afternoon’s Round One offers is official confirmation of whether students got their preferred course.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# The Institute
# The Institute
The Institute of Education wrote to the Taoiseach today claiming its students had been penalised by “the bias” within the process.
# leaving-certificate - Sunday 6 September, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
Leaving Cert calculated grade results are due to be released tomorrow morning at 9am.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 4 September, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
With the Leaving Certificate results out on Monday, the minister said an apprenticeship is a great way to get the career you want.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# Podcast
# Podcast
We take a look at how the calculated grades system will work.
# leaving-certificate - Tuesday 25 August, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
The High Court last week quashed a decision to prevent Elijah Burke availing of the calculated grade system.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 17 July, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
The publication of this year’s results will not be available until 7 September.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
It comes weeks later than the traditional August results day for the Leaving Cert exams.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 28 May, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
The deadline to register has been extended until midday tomorrow.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 8 May, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Teachers will provide an estimate of the percentage mark each student is likely to have achieved.
# Exams
# Exams
Speculation that the exams would be cancelled has been growing since reports last night.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
However, concerns have been raised about the legality of predicted grades.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
# leaving-certificate - Saturday 2 May, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
The party’s education spokesperson says the uncertainty is causing stress for students and parents.
# leaving-certificate - Friday 1 May, 2020
# Education
# Education
It is expected that the Leaving Certificate exams will still go ahead from 29 July.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
71% of parents in one survey were not in favour of deferring the exams to July/August.
# State Exams
# State Exams
29 July has been pencilled in as the most likely date by which the Leaving Cert would start.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Appeal applications were made by 9,049 candidates against 16,965 individual results.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 15 August, 2019
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Thousands of students received offers for college places today.
# leaving-certificate - Tuesday 13 August, 2019
# Exams
# Exams
Everyone has got their results, so here are the most important statistics from today.
# CAO
# CAO
The CAO timeline has changed quite drastically this year.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 5 June, 2019
# We've All Been There
# We've All Been There
The exams commission has introduced new measures to safeguard the wellbeing of Leaving Certificate students.
# leaving-certificate - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
As the Leaving Cert begins tomorrow, teachers and education experts are warning of growing anxiety among students.
# leaving-certificate - Monday 25 February, 2019
# Extra Curricular
# Extra Curricular
“It would especially benefit children from public schools around the country and level the playing pitch for them.”
# leaving-certificate - Friday 15 February, 2019
# Rebecca Carter
# Rebecca Carter
The changes confirmed by the government come after Rebecca Carter secured a place at UCD following a High Court battle.
# leaving-certificate - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Education
# Education
The Economic and Social Research has carried out an early analysis of the grading scheme.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
# Changes
# Changes
The two new days bring the total examination to 15 days in June.
# leaving-certificate - Saturday 15 September, 2018
# Human Error
# Human Error
The mistake was only discovered six days before the students started their exams this year.
# leaving-certificate - Wednesday 15 August, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
Students around the country will be finding out their results this morning.