This year's Leaving Certificate appeals process has resulted in upgrades for 3,935 individual subject results.
Just over 10,000, or 16% of Leaving Cert Established candidates, appealed some of their grades this year, compared to 12.8% last year.
In all, they queried almost 20,800 individual subject results. That is 43% more than in 2024 and represents 4.7% of all grades awarded this year.
A total of 19% of appeals resulted in upgrades, and no marks were downgraded.
The results of this year’s Leaving Certificate Appeals will be available to candidates online from 11am.
In all, 42 candidates who did not appeal their results are in for a pleasant surprise. Every year the State Examinations Commission conducts its own quality assurance checks and this year those checks have resulted in upgrades for 42 candidates who did not lodge any appeal.
These unexpected changes in grades will be notified to the candidate's school, as well as to the CAO and on the candidate’s SEC self-service portal.
The CAO is due to issue its Round 5 college offers next Tuesday and the outcome of this year's appeals has already been sent to it.
The final number of upgrades, 3,935, represents less than 1% of all Leaving Certificate results awarded this year.
In the processing of appeals, the marking of each candidate’s work is fully reviewed question by question using the original marking scheme. The review is carried out by a different examiner to the one who originally marked the work.
While the appeals marking process took place as in any normal year, the process this year also had to allow for the reapplication of the post-marking adjustment to marks following the appeal marking.
When candidates access their appeal results they will see whether their examination mark changed on appeal and, if so, their new post-mark adjustment mark as well as their final grade.
Candidates who appealed examination results and wish to view their remarked scripts should apply to do so by 5pm on Monday 29 September.
Candidates may also refer their examination appeal to the Independent Appeal Scrutineers (IAS). Their function is to ensure that all of the examinations appeals processes outlined by the SEC have been carried out correctly.
