Belvedere College student's case selected as 'lead' action over Leaving Cert standardisation

Freddy Sherry claims the Minister’s direction not to rely on previous school data or schools' historic records in the standardisation process lead to him being unfairly downgraded by 55 points in his Leaving Cert this year. File image

An action by a Leaving Cert student at Dublin’s Belvedere College has been chosen as the “lead” challenge over the standardisation of 2020 Leaving Cert grades.

The outcome of the case by Freddy Sherry, to be heard on October 21, is expected to impact on other challenges over the standardisation process, all of which have been adjourned to await the outcome.