Leaving Cert Results: No major changes to grades but maths failure rate rises

There are no significant changes to grades in most subjects since last year but analysis of Leaving Certificate subject choices and and levels show some contrasting trends.

The 27% of students examined in maths who took higher-level papers is the same proportion as last year. But the 14,691 getting results in honours papers this morning is nearly 3,500 fewer than those who indicated earlier this year they would do so.

Each year, several thousand drop to ordinary level on or before exam day, but the proportion signalling they would take higher-level maths had been up from 32% to 34% since last year.