Date announced for this year's Leaving Cert results

The Athlone-based State Examinations Commission has indicated that this year's Leaving Certificate results will be issued on Friday, August 23.

The date was announced by Education Minister Norma Foley today (Wednesday).

The Minister also confirmed that, as in 2022 and 2023, the State Examinations Commission would continue to apply a post-marking adjustment, after all marking on the Leaving Certificate examinations is completed, in order "to ensure grades in the aggregate reach the appropriate levels".

She said "the gradual return to normal Leaving Certificate outcomes" would begin in 2025.

"As is widely recognised, we must return aggregate results towards pre-pandemic levels," said Minister Foley.

"However, given the disruption to teaching and learning for students, it was right to maintain overall results at their current level in the last two years through a post-marking adjustment.

"It is right to do so again in 2024, with the majority of students this year not having had the opportunity to sit Junior Cycle examinations given that most students sitting the Leaving Certificate examinations in 2024 would have completed Junior Cycle in 2021.

"We must over time return to the normal arrangements for the Leaving Certificate outcomes, and by making a modest, gradual reduction in the level of post-marking adjustment applied, we will minimise the impact on students in so far as possible.

"I can confirm that the process of returning Leaving Certificate outcomes to pre-pandemic levels will begin for 2025 students and it will be a gradual process, in line with my commitment that there would be no cliff-edge in terms of a return to pre-pandemic outcomes," she said.