College places on offer after upgrades

HUNDREDS of students could get offers of college places tomorrow after getting upgrades in Leaving Certificate results following appeals.

The State Examinations Commission has awarded improved grades in respect of 2,110 individual results appealed by almost 6,000 students who got their provisional results in August. The success rate is just over one-in-five of the 10,333 grades that were appealed and the outcomes have also been notified to the Central Applications Office (CAO) which has already logged acceptances by more than 45,500 of those who sought entry to third-level courses this year.

More than 400 students were given an offer of college places arising from upgrades this time last year, although in many instances students may decide to continue a course they have already started or to defer entry until the following autumn.