The Leaving Certificate 2024 written exam will start on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 and finish on Tuesday, 25 June 2024.
Timetables for the examinations are available on the State Examination Commission’s website here
Information on the Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations, including regular updates throughout the examinations period, is available from the website of the State Examinations Commission www.examinations.ie . The phone number for all enquiries is 090 6442700.
Throughout the written examinations period (5th to 25th June 2024), staff members are on hand to deal with queries from 8.30am to 9.00pm on examination days and from 9.30am to 1.00pm at weekends. Outside of these hours contact may be made through the main number 090 6442700 and a brief message can be left with the security staff.
The State Examinations Commission intends to issue the Leaving Certificate 2024 results on Friday 23 August 2024.
In May 2023, Minister Foley announced that adjustments will be made to the assessment arrangements for students due to sit State examinations in 2024. These are the same as the assessment adjustments that applied for students sitting the 2023 examinations.
Assessment Arrangements For Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate Examinations 2024
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Leaving Certificate Applied 2023-24 – Summary Advice Note
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Examination entry fees for the 2024 Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle examination are being waived. Students sitting the examinations in 2024 will not have to pay these fees, which would usually be €116 and €109 for the Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle examinations respectively.
An alternative set of Leaving Certificate examinations will be run in 2024 after the main set of examinations to cater for students who, for reasons such as the death of a close family member, or a serious accident, injury or illness, are unable to sit the first set of papers.
The scheduling of the deferred Leaving Certificate Established examinations is fixed from (Wednesday 26 June to Saturday 13 July inclusive, including Saturday 29 June and Saturday 6 July). In the case of Leaving Certificate Applied the timetable is also fixed from Wednesday 26 June to Thursday 4 July including Saturday 29 June
For further information visit the State Examinations Commission website, www.examinations.ie
For the 2024 Leaving Certificate, the SEC extended the arrangements for these examinations for a further year during the first week of the Easter holiday period pending a full review of the timing of the Orals. For 2024, the relevant dates were Saturday 23 March to Thursday 28 March 2024 inclusive. For further information visit the SEC’s website www.examinations.ie
The Leaving Certificate Music Practical Performance test was held during term time, after the Easter holidays, between Monday 8 April and Friday 19 April. Junior Cycle Music Practical Performance tests commenced after the Easter holidays from Monday 22 April to Friday 3 May. For further information visit the SEC website www.examinations.ie