Leaving Certificate 2021 information for schools
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From: Department of Education
- Published on: 26 April 2021
- Last updated on: 15 April 2025
- Leaving Certificate 2021 results
- Guides on Accredited Grades and Leaving Certificate 2021
- Out-of-School Subjects and Out-of-School Learners
- Your questions answered
Leaving Certificate 2021 results
Leaving Certificate results for 2021 issued directly to candidates through the Candidate Self Service Portal at 10 am on Friday 3 September.
In any subject where a candidate sat the examination and opted to receive Accredited Grades, they were credited with the better of the two results.
Candidates’ results were transferred to the CAO to facilitate progression to higher education. The CAO issued Round 1 offers on 7 September. Information on these and subsequent rounds is available here.
Since 5 pm on 7 September, candidates have access to more detailed information about both sets of results.
For candidates who took only the certificate examinations in any subjects they can see the marks awarded in the written examination for those subjects, and the marks awarded in any components.
For candidates who opted only for Accredited Grades in any subjects, the estimated percentage marks submitted by their school, the accredited mark following the process of standardisation and the SEC Accredited Grades are available for those subjects.
Candidates who opted for both examinations and Accredited Grades in any subjects can access information in respect of both sets of results for those subjects.
A further, more detailed guide, Candidate Information Guide on Results and Appeals is available.
Candidates can now access results of the 2021 Leaving Certificate Appeals through the Candidate Self Service Portal.
SEC Circular S39/21: Leaving Certificate 2021 – Important Information in advance of the Issue of the Provisional Results
The State Examinations Commission has issued the circular S39/21: Leaving Certificate 2021 – Important Information in advance of the Issue of the Provisional Results.The purpose of this circular is to provide information on;
- issue to candidates this week of A Short Guide to the Accredited Grades Data Collection, National Standardisation and Quality Assurance Processes
- arrangements for access to results for candidates and schools including accessing the Schools’ Examinations Portal
- details of the arrangements that schools should make to support their students receiving results
- key dates for the stages following the issue of results including access to data, viewing of scripts and the appeals
- some preliminary details of the appeals process that will operate this year for both Accredited Grades and Examinations
Guides on Accredited Grades and Leaving Certificate 2021
Text guides, video guides, circulars and other publications are available in the document library
A guide, written for candidates, on Accredited Grades Data Collection, National Standardisation and Quality Assurance Processes has been published and is available here.
The guide also provides information on the key dates for the viewing of scripts and application to appeal. The Candidate Information Guide on Results and Appeals is available here.
The Department of Education and State Examinations Commission prepared a Q&A video in collaboration with the Irish Second Level Students’ Union (ISSU) and SpunOut.
The video provides information on common questions asked by candidates in relation to Accredited Grades.