Anxious wait almost over for 55,000 Leaving Certs

AROUND 55,000 students will receive their Leaving Certificate results tomorrow ahead of the nervous wait for college places next week.

The numbers awaiting results are around the same as last year’s school leavers, but the 44,441 students who have applied for places through the Central Applications Office (CAO) is just over 2,000 more than last year.

Some colleges have already offered more places than in the past to mature students and other applicants, meaning Leaving Certificate points could be pushed up for access to some courses when the CAO makes its first round of offers to school leavers on Monday.