Analysis: Top grades increase across the board in new normal for Leaving Cert

Across Irish, English, and maths, 12,539 more students received a grade between H1 and H4  this year than in 2019. Picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Much like so many other aspects of life this year, today marks a very different Leaving Cert results day for thousands of young adults around the country. A far cry from previous years, when students were allowed to celebrate in crowds at their schools, many will have, this morning, learned of their results sitting at their kitchen tables.

Their Leaving Cert grades will be the strongest on record in this country, following the extraordinary measures taken back in May.