Guides, key dates and study advice for the Leaving Cert.
About four weeks to the June written papers. Why the unit of work is a marked past paper, what a month cannot do, and why your mock is not a ceiling.
September 11, 2026
A triage plan for the last three months before the Leaving Cert: what the CAO points grid says to work on first, and how to use past papers.
September 09, 2026How long per question in Leaving Cert maths and English, worked from the 2026 exam durations and the real mark allocations on the 2025 papers.
September 07, 2026
A H1 in Leaving Cert English is 360 of 400 marks. What Paper 1 and Paper 2 ask, how the PCLM criteria mark every task, and which cohort sits which exam.
September 04, 2026
Organic chemistry leads the 22 Leaving Cert Chemistry papers from 2015 to 2025. Strand counts, marks, Section A splits, and the 2027 specification.
September 02, 2026A H1 in Leaving Cert Chemistry is 90%. On the new specification that is 450 of 500 marks, split between a 300-mark exam and a 200-mark investigation.
August 31, 2026
A H1 in Higher Maths is 90%, or 540 of 600 marks. The real paper structure, the marking scheme's partial credit, and the 25 bonus points.
August 28, 2026
Which Biology topics came up most, counted across the 22 Higher and Ordinary papers from 2015 to 2025, with marks, section splits and the 2027 changes.
August 26, 2026A H1 in Leaving Cert Biology is 90%. The new 300-mark written paper, the 200-mark Biology in Practice Investigation, and what the SEC papers show about both.
August 24, 2026
A directory of Leaving Cert revision websites and apps, free official sources first, with what each paid study site charges, checked in August 2026.
August 21, 2026
There is no set number of Leaving Cert past papers. What counts is syllabus coverage and marking each paper, and early on the unit is the topic.
August 19, 2026The Leaving Cert written exams run three weeks in June. 2026 ran 3 to 23 June, exams start 9.30am and 2pm, and what is published for 2027 so far.
August 17, 2026
The Leaving Certificate is Ireland's state exam at the end of secondary school. The three programmes, subjects, levels, grades, CAO points and NFQ level.
August 14, 2026
H1 rates by Leaving Cert subject at Higher Level, from the SEC's official 2025 statistics, with candidate numbers and what a high rate does not tell you.
August 12, 2026
Leaving Cert appeal upgrade rates from SEC figures, the €40 fee and its refund, whether a grade can go down on appeal, and how an upgrade reaches the CAO.
August 10, 2026Key dates and steps for Leaving Cert script viewing and appeals: seeing your marks, viewing your scripts, appealing a grade, and the remaining CAO rounds.
August 07, 2026Where the official Leaving Cert past papers and marking schemes are published, how to find a specific paper, and what to do with one once you have it.
August 06, 2026A count of how often each maths topic appeared in the 22 Leaving Cert Higher Level papers from 2015 to 2025, split by Paper 1 and Paper 2, from our own corpus.
August 04, 2026
An honest look at where ChatGPT helps with Leaving Cert study, where it fails on marking schemes and past papers, and how to use any AI study tool well.
July 31, 2026
Published grinds prices per hour and per year from Irish grind schools, what the ESRI found about whether grinds are worth it, and cheaper things to try first.
July 29, 2026What dropping to Ordinary Level costs in CAO points, when you can change level (including on exam day), and how to test the decision with a past paper.
July 27, 2026
What the past papers show about repeated Leaving Cert questions: exact wording almost never returns, but topics and question structures recur.
July 24, 2026When to start studying for the Leaving Cert, phase by phase: 5th year, September, Christmas tests, February mocks, orals in March, and the June exams.
July 22, 2026
How to read a Leaving Cert marking scheme: where to find one, what the abbreviations mean, and how partial credit works in real 2025 SEC schemes.
July 20, 2026
Every place you can get Leaving Cert past papers and marking schemes free, what the official examinations.ie archive covers, and what the shop books add.
July 17, 2026
The Leaving Cert points system explained: the full H1-H8 and O1-O8 grade table, your best six results, the 25 maths bonus points, LCVP, and round one offers.
July 15, 2026A H1 is 90% or above at Higher Level. The full H1-H8 and O1-O8 percentage bands with CAO points, what happens below 30%, and whether a H7 counts as a pass.
July 13, 2026
How to choose your Leaving Cert subjects for 5th year: what's fixed, how to check course requirements, and reading a real exam paper before you commit.
July 06, 2026
More than half of Leaving Cert students take grinds. What one-to-one maths help gives you, and how an AI tutor covers the stuck moments on past papers.
January 29, 2024
How an AI tutor built on the Leaving Cert maths past papers explains the exact step you're stuck on, so you can work through real exam questions on your own.
January 09, 2024