‘Gradual return’ to normal Leaving Cert results to be expected

There will be a ‘gradual return’ to normal Leaving Cert results from next year, has announced Minister Norma Foley TD.

Ms Foley has confirmed that the gradual return to normal Leaving Certificate outcomes will begin in 2025. 

The SEC will be liaising with the Department of Education on the review of the 2025 experience to inform future decisions about the Leaving Certificate examinations and results.

Ms Foley also announced the arrangements which will apply in relation to the 2024 Leaving Certificate, confirmed that for 2024 the overall results in the aggregate will be no lower on average than those in 2023.  

The SEC intends that the results of the 2024 Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied examinations will issue to candidates on Friday, August 23.

This is in line with the date of issue of the results in 2023 which was a week earlier than the 2022 results date.  

For 2024, the SEC will again apply a post-marking adjustment after all marking in the Leaving Certificate examinations is completed to ensure that the overall results in the aggregate are no lower on average than last year.   

The Minister also confirmed that the gradual return to normal Leaving Certificate outcomes will begin in 2025.  The SEC will be liaising with the Department of Education on the review of the 2025 experience to inform future decisions about the Leaving Certificate examinations and results.

Some 136,300 candidates are entered to take the certificate examinations this year, a slight increase on last year’s entries at the same point in time

Of the total, 62,700 are entered to sit Leaving Certificate Established or Leaving Certificate Applied examinations.

The 2024 Leaving Certificate Results will issue to candidates through the Candidate Self Service Portal available here.