Leaving Cert Home Economics 2025

The 2025 Leaving Cert Home Economics exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Section ASection B&CMarking Scheme
What's in the 2025 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 nutrition, fatty acids, emulsions, food choice · 80 marks
  • Q1 carbohydrates, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q1 home design, lighting, ventilation, housing · 80 marks
  • Q2 osteoporosis, calcium absorption, cheese production · 50 marks
  • Q2 digestion, protein, enzymes · 6 marks
  • Q2 textiles, fashion design, fabric performance tests · 40 marks
  • Q3 minerals, sodium, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q3 work, education, childcare, poverty · 80 marks
  • Q3 food safety, food poisoning bacteria, food legislation · 50 marks
  • Q4 vitamins, deficiency diseases · 6 marks
  • Q4 environmental responsibility, household appliances, consumer protection · 50 marks
  • Q4 meat, mortgages, meal planning, cooking methods · 80 marks
  • Q5 meal planning, coeliac disease, special diets · 6 marks
  • Q5 family, social studies, state supports · 50 marks
  • Q6 food preservation, fish, smoking · 6 marks
  • Q7 food processing, functional foods · 6 marks
  • Q8 heat transfer, cooking methods · 6 marks
  • Q9 food additives · 6 marks
  • Q10 insurance, consumer studies · 6 marks
  • Q11 household budgeting, family resource management · 6 marks
  • Q12 consumer research, consumer studies · 6 marks
  • Q13 merchandising, consumer behaviour · 6 marks
  • Q14 consumer protection, consumer credit act · 6 marks

Ordinary Level

Section ASection B&CMarking Scheme
What's in the 2025 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 home insulation, electricity, interior design · 80 marks
  • Q1 nutrition, food science, true or false · 6 marks
  • Q1 convenience foods, nutritional labelling, vitamin c, consumer studies · 80 marks
  • Q2 eggs, menu planning, cooking effects · 50 marks
  • Q2 clothing design, fabric finishes, sewing, textiles · 40 marks
  • Q2 protein, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q3 food preservation, food spoilage · 50 marks
  • Q3 education, childcare, poverty, social studies · 80 marks
  • Q3 fish, nutrition, true or false · 6 marks
  • Q4 yoghurt, dairy, savings, family conflict · 80 marks
  • Q4 budgeting, personal finance, mabs · 50 marks
  • Q4 carbohydrates, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q5 cereals, cooking effects · 6 marks
  • Q5 marriage, family studies, social studies · 50 marks
  • Q6 meal planning, child nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q7 dairy, food choice · 6 marks
  • Q8 food labelling, consumer studies · 6 marks
  • Q9 meal planning, family resource management · 6 marks
  • Q10 energy, sustainability, home management · 6 marks
  • Q11 credit, consumer studies, personal finance · 6 marks
  • Q12 textiles, household textiles · 6 marks
  • Q13 online shopping, consumer studies, textiles · 6 marks
  • Q14 fabric care, textiles, consumer information · 6 marks
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Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers. Every link opens the original PDF on examinations.ie.