Jess Casey: Focus now turns to CAO results and the class of 2021

Many students who completed the Leaving Cert Vocational Programme and Leaving Cert Applied saw their scores increase, writes Jess Casey

Clive Byrne, the director of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD), said next year's Leaving Cert students have an equal or even greater challenge. File Picture.

As the dust begins to settle on two major educational milestones, the results and the reopening of schools, attention now turns to the first round of CAO offers, due to be issued to students this Friday. 

Some are concerned that so much emphasis was put on ensuring the system was fair for this year's students, that maybe students in other years were overlooked.