Schools in south Dublin among the most oversubscribed in the countryHigh-achieving schools forced to turn away hundreds of applicants each yearSat Oct 03 2020 - 02:50
Parents voice fears over end to sibling-first school admissionsThe archdiocese of Dublin says the policy is aimed at making schools more inclusiveSat Oct 03 2020 - 01:52
Waiting game for students as review into grading gets under wayAbout 6,500 students awarded grades lower than they should have received, says MinisterFri Oct 02 2020 - 21:13
Firm linked to errors in Leaving Cert results paid €163,000Department of Education made payment to Canadian company without tendering processFri Oct 02 2020 - 02:03
Leaving Cert Q&A: Could there be further errors in coding process?Independent firm currently conducting rechecks of calculated grades systemThu Oct 01 2020 - 21:11
Colleges may have to create 1,000 extra places after Leaving Cert errorsNumber affected by coding mistake in grade calculations will not be known for daysThu Oct 01 2020 - 01:06
Leaving Cert Q&A: How did the errors happen and will students get new CAO offers?Anywhere from a few hundred to 1,000 new college places may be needed, writes Carl O’BrienWed Sept 30 2020 - 20:55
Leaving Cert: 6,500 students awarded lower grade due to code errorsGovernment will work with colleges to give places to those who missed outWed Sept 30 2020 - 17:25
Scale of errors in Leaving Cert results rocks confidence in integrity of systemDisclosure will further raise anxiety among studentsWed Sept 30 2020 - 16:02
Many secondary students lack access to online learning amid Covid-19 pandemicOECD report highlights education disparities between Irish schools and other developed nationsTue Sept 29 2020 - 16:05
Schools fear losing teachers due to Covid-linked pupil absencesAnnual school census due Wednesday will determine staffing numbers for next yearTue Sept 29 2020 - 01:00
Almost 100 Leaving Cert students had six or more subject grades loweredApplications to sit the Leaving Certificate 2020 in November open this morningMon Sept 28 2020 - 07:39
Third level students urged to consider if they need rented accommodationColleges warn students that breaches of Covid-19 regulations may lead to expulsionMon Sept 28 2020 - 07:29
Leaving Cert students to get access to ‘highly sensitive’ class rankings from MondayTeachers’ unions concerned about releasing information to all students onlineTue Sept 22 2020 - 18:35
Removal of school profiling may have affected ‘accuracy’ of Leaving Cert results, study saysSome high-achieving schools have said students’ results suffered by taking out key dataSat Sept 19 2020 - 01:51
Thousands of third level students in Dublin to have limited access to college campusesSocial and club activities to be suspended until further noticeFri Sept 18 2020 - 15:57
Covid-19: Thirteen outbreaks in schools since early SeptemberTeachers’ union says delays getting test results are severely disrupting schoolsThu Sept 17 2020 - 16:51
Leaving Cert: How to access your class ranking informationStudents are legally entitled to obtain data by making ‘subject access requests’Thu Sept 17 2020 - 14:06
More than 12,000 Leaving Cert students appeal calculated gradesRecord rechecks follow controversy over extent to which some results downgradedWed Sept 16 2020 - 20:14
‘My parents are super-proud’: Dublin-based student name-dropped by von der Leyen18-year-old Syrian refugee and medical student hopes her story will inspire othersWed Sept 16 2020 - 19:59
School Covid-19 safety check results will not be shared with parentsInspectors to begin visiting schools to ensure safe and sustainable reopeningWed Sept 16 2020 - 02:06
Catholic schools say they are powerless in bid to end ‘sibling-first’ admissionsDublin Archdiocese asks schools to remove priority enrolment policy for siblingsMon Sept 14 2020 - 21:37
Catholic primary schools in Dublin to end ‘sibling-first’ enrolment policiesArchdiocese asks schools to remove priority entry for brothers and sisters of existing pupilsMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:06
Lawyers expect flurry of legal actions after release of teachers’ estimated gradesLeaving Cert students will have access to their school’s estimated marks from MondayMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
Calculated grades process: Agent of warped bias or great leveller?Schools of different types experience varied effects of 2020 Leaving Cert replacementMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
NUI Galway drops ‘behave responsibly’ pledge requirement‘Community promise’ no longer mandatory for students registering for academic yearSun Sept 13 2020 - 19:14
Universities to limit student deferrals amid fears many will want to take gap yearConcerns many college applicants may seek to defer due to Covid-19Sat Sept 12 2020 - 01:00
CAO points climb to record high across many coursesSeven courses break the 600 point barrierFri Sept 11 2020 - 21:25
Five takeaways from this year’s CAO resultsGrade inflation made points jump but extra places stopped them going through roofFri Sept 11 2020 - 19:51
CAO points for most college courses surge with some seeing 80-point hikes, new figures showGrade inflation results in points jumping with medicine in TCD up 5 to 735Fri Sept 11 2020 - 14:39
Have high-achieving schools lost out under the calculated grades process?Government sources feel the new system delivered results in the fairest way possible, with an overall increase in gradesFri Sept 11 2020 - 05:00
CAO points set to climb significantly for most college coursesSharp increase despite last-minute move to create thousands of extra third-level placesFri Sept 11 2020 - 02:00
Anger mounts at leading Dublin grind school over calculated gradesInstitute of Education claims analysis exposes ‘serious flaws’ in department’s modelThu Sept 10 2020 - 18:44
No plan to recast Leaving Cert grades for schools who ‘lost out’Calculated grades process biased against them, claim cohort of private academiesThu Sept 10 2020 - 02:13
Last-minute bid to ease CAO points pressure with 500 additional college placesConcern over impact of grade inflation on thousands of deferred college applicantsTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:39
Leaving Cert: South Dublin school says ‘warped bias’ downgraded studentsSt Kilian’s Deutsche Schule says there was dramatic drop in expected H1s for GermanTue Sept 08 2020 - 19:07
Countries with larger class sizes will find Covid rules more difficult – reportLatest data shows class sizes in Ireland’s primary schools are well above EU averageTue Sept 08 2020 - 14:07
Leaving Cert: Private schools turn to lawyers after ‘losing out’ in calculated gradesProcess ‘blind’ to social and economic status of schools, says Minister for EducationTue Sept 08 2020 - 03:55
Grade calculation: the precise method of markingTechnical report gives insights into Leaving Cert process of Department of EducationMon Sept 07 2020 - 21:10
Government may consider extra third level places if delayed applicants lose outResults for thousands of deferred college applicants ‘devalued’ due to grade inflationMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:55
Deferred college applicants: ‘It feels like my points are near worthless’Grade inflation set to ‘devalue’ results for thousands of deferred third-level hopefulsMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:39
Leaving Cert students across Ireland receive calculated exam resultsResults 2020: Dramatic increase in grades awarded to pupils under new processMon Sept 07 2020 - 13:19
Leaving Cert: New process results in highest grades on recordDramatic grade inflation will disadvantage thousands of deferred college applicantsMon Sept 07 2020 - 07:11
Leaving Cert 2020: Winners and losers from calculated gradesSchool leavers will benefit from grade inflation, but deferred college applicants may loseMon Sept 07 2020 - 06:00
Leaving Cert: Schools instructed not to discuss calculated grades with students60,000 Leaving Cert candidates will receive grades online at 9am on MondaySun Sept 06 2020 - 10:05
Leaving Cert results: All you need to know about calculated gradesConfused about standardisation or school profiling? We answer all your questionsSun Sept 06 2020 - 09:48
Government urged to ensure 20,000 deferred CAO applicants do not lose outResults for 25% of those seeking college places risk being devalued by grade inflationFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:36
‘The forgotten 20,000’: Deferred CAO applicants fear losing out on placesGrade inflation may ‘devalue’ results for thousands of applicants who took gap yearThu Sept 03 2020 - 19:36
Leaving Cert students will not have access to ‘highly sensitive’ class ranking dataTeachers’ unions feared details would damage student relationshipsThu Sept 03 2020 - 08:30
Schools face ‘chronic shortage’ of teachers in months ahead, unions warn‘High risk’ teachers anxious about returning to classrooms, Covid-19 committee hearsWed Sept 02 2020 - 13:42
