One-in-three who appealed Leaving result gets upgrade

ALMOST one-in-three students who appealed a Leaving Certificate result will receive the good news that they have had their marks upgraded.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) received appeals in relation to 10,398 grades in individual subjects from 6,127 people who got their results in August, with thousands of people appealing more than one result.

According to statistics relating to the outcomes being made available today, 2,076 upgrades have resulted from the remarking of the subjects concerned over the past month. The overall success rate of 20% is a slight increase on the 19.5% of appealed results which were upgraded on appeal last year.