Home-schooled Leaving Cert student wins case over her exclusion from calculated grades

A high court judge has overturned the exclusion of a home-schooled Leaving Cert student from the calculated grades process. File Picture.

A High Court judge has overturned the Minister for Education's refusal to consider a home-schooled Leaving Cert student for calculated grades on the basis none of those involved in her schooling were registered teachers.

The refusal to provide a calculated grade in any circumstances where the applicant is home schooled by a teacher or teachers who are not registered is "irrational, arbitrary, unfair and unlawful", Mr Justice Charles Meenan held.