Decision time nears for final CAO course selection – here’s what you need to know
Understanding course requirements and content, and what you really want, should be key priorities before you finalise selections
Leaving Certificate
Discover the latest updates on the Leaving Cert syllabus, with news and adivce on exams, results and your educational journey
Beyond the CAO: Exploring the other educational pathways now open to school leavers
Belief that academic success directly relates to career success in a high status job is under serious question
One week to nail your decision ... how to make the most of the time you have left
Key questions to ask before the CAO change of mind deadline
Awarding extra CAO points for Irish is not the answer
Other subjects would suffer while mediocrity in Irish was promoted
Ten minutes for young people with learning challenges is not enough
Department of Education’s exam pilot scheme is inadequate and inequitable
So your daughter wants to study science at university? First, take a reality check
It will be at least 13-18 years after the Leaving Certificate before there is any possibility of her getting a permanent academic position
Leaving Cert Italian: Students may have been caught out thinking ‘ananas’ meant ‘bananas’
Theme of AI ‘quite topical and definitely something students can relate to’, says teacher
What you need to know about the CAO change-of-mind deadline
You have until July 1st at 5pm to revise your CAO application. Here is what you need to consider
What happens if I choose the ‘wrong’ college course?
What you put on the CAO form is the first decision, not the last
Leaving Cert holidays: ‘If you unwisely decide to get a tattoo, please check all spellings with me first’
Jen Hogan shares parenting tips and tricks she has learned along the Leaving Cert holiday way
Leaving Cert PE: less challenging paper lets students avoid last year’s time crunch
Welcome question on Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry and Róisín Ní Riain, Irish Olympic and Paralympic medalists
Leaving Cert economics: Topical paper tackles Irish and global climate
Wordy questions leave students tight for time in 150-minute exam
Leaving Cert music: Beatles and Mozart strike the right note for well-prepared students
Listening paper had no nasty surprises in questions one to four
Irish and exemptions
If Irish attracted bonus CAO points as higher-level maths does, it might incentivise students to take the subject more seriously
Leaving Cert DCG: Approachable questions for students who thought conceptually
Design and communications graphics test presents several problems, but generally manageable, say experts
Planned closure of Carlow College
Its closure would be a significant loss not just for Carlow but for the wider southeast
More time, extra points: parents of dyslexic children sitting Leaving Cert have their say
Parents suggest extra marks could help level the playing field for dyslexic students
‘I should be revising for exams. Instead I’m working with developers’: Irish teen AI founders set sights on US
Rhycon’s artificial intelligence tool does the heavy lifting on generating sales leads
Leaving Cert accounting: Paper adds up for diligent students
Expected topics appeared but candidates faced time pressure and challenging adjustments
Leaving Cert physics: Tricky questions offset by choice on higher-level paper
Ordinary-level paper also had plenty of choice and some nice topics, say teachers, but ‘there was a lot of English and reading’
Classroom to College: Two weeks into Leaving Cert 2026 and the finish line is in sight
‘I’m surviving. I haven’t cried yet,’ one of our diarists says
Leaving Cert chemistry a ‘fair but testing exam’ with ‘familiar topics’
Higher-level paper had a ‘few fresh angles that required students to think’, says teacher
Leaving Cert Spanish paper had ‘something for everyone’
Majority of questions were approachable to students of all levels, says teacher
Irish should be taught as a language not a subject
How is it that students at Leaving Certificate level cannot string together a simple conversation as Gaeilge?
Leaving Cert agricultural science leaves teachers divided
Students either knew the answer or did not, as ‘no room for reasoning’
‘What can we do to help our anxious son through his last exams?’
Ask the Expert: ‘He knows the stuff, but he can panic on the day of exams’
Leaving Cert week three: How to stay motivated for the final hurdle
‘It takes resilience. Keep going, the finish line is in sight’
A new approach to Irish-language exemptions
Why not acknowledge that many exemptions are being granted to students newly arrived in Ireland, and provide an alternative qualification?
‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far
Students found history and maths particularly challenging
Classroom to College: A tough Leaving Cert week as core subjects finish
Higher level papers in both French and history were particularly tricky
Leaving Cert art: State Examinations Commission listens to criticism of last year’s paper
‘This paper gave students a lot of opportunities to show their knowledge of the subject’
Leaving Cert German: The fairest paper so far this year
Teachers report accessible questions, familiar vocabulary and manageable grammar
Leaving Cert construction studies paper praised for accessibility
‘Paper contained questions on household extensions and adapting them for ... disabled or elderly people’
Leaving Cert business: Largely fair paper with a tough compulsory question
‘A good, balanced paper allowing students to display their knowledge’
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