Leaving Cert 2025: Everything you need to know about this year's results
Applications to appeal can only be made through the CSSP between 10am on Sunday, August 31, and 5pm Monday, September 1. File picture: Denis Minihane.
From 10am today, Leaving Certificate students will be able access their results through the State Examinations Commission’s Candidate Self Service Portal (CSSP) at www.examinations.ie.
Schools have been asked to make arrangements to support the students receiving results today.
Next week, offers for college courses will be out. The first round of offers for college courses will go to students next Wednesday, August 27, at 2pm.
They’ll be available from 2pm online and also issued by email and SMS text. The SEC will provide the CAO with your results directly.
Next Tuesday, students will be able to log onto the SEC’s Candidate Self Service Portal (CSSP) to access additional information about their exam results. Here, you will be able to view your component marks, and how the post-marking adjustment applied to you, as well as the final graded mark for each subject.
If you are very unhappy, it may be worth applying to check your exam scripts to see how you were marked in more detail. There are two different processes this year for viewing of scripts depending on how the script was marked: Online, and in your school.
It's important to note there is a very tight deadline to apply to view your scripts: From Tuesday, August 26 at 5pm to 8pm on Wednesday August 27. The SEC will not accept any late applications. Exam marking schemes will be available online from noon on August 26 on www.examinations.ie
Most script viewing will take place through the CSSP, with a few exceptions, so check these carefully. Students will have time-limited access to their scripts online, with viewings available from Saturday, August 30 at 9am to Sunday, August 31. During this time, students will be able to download or print their scripts.
Viewing of scripts in schools will take place across two sessions on August 30 from 9.30am to 12.30, and again from 2pm to 5pm.
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Applications to appeal can only be made through the CSSP between 10am on Sunday, August 31, and 5pm Monday, September 1. Applications are subject to a fee of €40 per subject, and €15.50 in the case of Leaving Certificate Applied.
The appeal fee will be refunded if an upgrade is awarded.
The SEC intends to issue the results of the appeals on Friday, September 26. It says this date is provisional, until it knows how many appeals it has received but has pledged that every effort will be made to process the appeals "as quickly as possible".
Mistakes with grading can and do happen so it is wise to double check here. You have two options; To have the incorrect marking reviewed through the usual appeals process, or outside of that process.
However, the SEC will only process certain mistakes outside of the appeals process. These include cases where overall marks have been transcribed incorrectly, errors inputting marks into the exam database, and in cases where material belonging to a student has been matched incorrectly to the examination number of a different candidate.
As the turnaround times are so tight, the SEC also recommends applying through the usual appeals process route as well.
The cut-off points for entry through the CAO system is determined by a number of factors, but it mainly comes down to supply and demand.
Consecutive years of bumper grades have increased competition for popular courses, but at the same time, additional places have been created. Predicting how CAO points will fluctuate is not an exact science.
It is likely that entry to a number of courses again this year is determined by random selection, which has increased since 2020.
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