Everything Leaving Cert students need to know before exams begin this week
Leaving Cert exams begin this week — here are the key dates, grade changes and deadlines.
Around 70,000 students will sit their Leaving Certificate examinations this week. Here is everything you need to know about this year's exams.
The written examinations for this year's Leaving Certificate begin on Wednesday, June 3, with English Paper 1.
The examinations will conclude on Tuesday, June 23.
All morning examinations will begin at 9.30am, while afternoon examinations will begin at 2pm. However, the Music listening examination on June 18 will begin at 1.30pm.
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Two new Leaving Certificate subjects have been introduced as part of the Senior Cycle Redevelopment programme.
Climate Action and Sustainable Development and Drama, Film and Theatre Studies have been rolled out to 100 pilot schools.
This year's Leaving Certificate results are expected to be lower on average and more closely aligned with those issued before 2020, as efforts to tackle grade inflation continue.
Education minister Helen McEntee has confirmed that the gradual removal of the post-marking adjustment process, which began in 2025, will continue this year.
This is expected to bring overall results closer to pre-2020 levels, before changes were first made to the State examinations in response to the covid-19 pandemic.
Authorities first moved to address grade inflation in 2025, following several years of elevated grades linked to changes in the traditional examination system during the pandemic.
Students typically receive their results in mid-to-late August. This year's date has yet to be confirmed.
The State Examinations Commission will deliver results to more than 730 second-level schools. They will also be available online through examinations.ie.
July 1 is the deadline for students to amend their course choices and order of preference on CAO applications.
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