Method to estimate Leaving Cert grades did not discriminate against schools, court told

Counsel said the standardisation process used to assess and award calculated A-Level grades in Scotland and England this year came in for much criticism.

08/12/20 Freddie Sherry, of Newtown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, leaving the High Court after the first day of his case. Picture:: Collins Courts

The standardisation process used to estimate Leaving Certificate grades would not have discriminated against students attending disadvantaged schools even if data about schools' past performances in the exam had been included, the High Court has heard.

Feichín McDonagh SC for student Freddie Sherry, said the system envisaged by the authorities to estimate the award grades to students due to sit the Leaving Cert exam in 2020 was "highly sophisticated" and was not comparable to models that were used in England and Scotland.