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Leaving Certificate 2020
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Registration for the Leaving Certificate examinations will be open from 9am Monday 28 September here
The On-Line Appeals Application service is now closed.
The Calculated Grades appeals process was open from 9am on 14 September 2020 to 5pm on 16 September 2020.
Some of the more common questions about the appeals process are answered here.
Your Calculated Grades will be available through the student portal from 9am on Monday 7 September.
A Student Information Guide on the Leaving Certificate 2020, Results of Calculated Grades has been published. This document provides a brief guide to the calculated grades process and how it applies to the 2020 cohort of Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme and Leaving Certificate Applied students. The Guide is available here.
Some of the more common questions that students and parents have about Calculated Grades, the process involved and Leaving Certificate 2020 are answered here.
A Student Information Guide on the Leaving Certificate 2020, Results of Calculated Grades is available here.
Some common questions that students and parents have about Calculated Grades, the process involved and Leaving Certificate 2020 are answered here.
More information about the Calculated Grades system, standards and quality assurance is available here.
Information and guidance documents published prior to September 2020 in relation to the calculated grades process are available here.
All schools have been asked to make arrangements to support students around results time. Please contact your school for further information.
First round CAO offers will issue to applicants on Friday 11 September. You can see more on the CAO website.
Even if you opted to receive Calculated Grades, you still have an opportunity to sit the written Leaving Certificate examinations in one or more subjects. The examinations will be held in November 2020.
This page will be updated as further information becomes available.
If you sit the Leaving Certificate examination, your final Leaving Certificate will reflect the best results for you.
For example:
- if you sit the later examinations and you receive a grade lower than the Calculated Grade that you received in the subject, your certificate will display the Calculated Grade, as this is higher
- if you receive a higher grade in the later examination, then this is the grade that will appear on your certificate
However, it is important to note that grades from the later examinations will not be available in time for CAO and UCAS in the 2020/2021 academic year.
Information and guidance documents published prior to September 2020 in relation to the calculated grades process are available here.
