Leaving Cert: Just 18 students had marks upgraded on appeal

Following the appeals process, which focused on looking for errors in how students' data was transferred and processed, 18 individual students received 18 increased grades. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Less than 1% of students who appealed a Leaving Cert calculated grade this year saw their grades improve following the process.

A record number of appeals were received this year, with the Calculated Grades executive office reviewing more than 33,300 individual grades belonging to 12,216 students.