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 home design, lighting, ventilation, housing · 80 marks
  • Q1 nutrition, fatty acids, emulsions, food choice · 80 marks
  • Q1 carbohydrates, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q2 digestion, protein, enzymes · 6 marks
  • Q2 osteoporosis, calcium absorption, cheese production · 50 marks
  • Q2 textiles, fashion design, fabric performance tests · 40 marks
  • Q3 work, education, childcare, poverty · 80 marks
  • Q3 minerals, sodium, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q3 food safety, food poisoning bacteria, food legislation · 50 marks
  • Q4 meat, mortgages, meal planning, cooking methods · 80 marks
  • Q4 vitamins, deficiency diseases · 6 marks
  • Q4 environmental responsibility, household appliances, consumer protection · 50 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 convenience foods, nutritional labelling, vitamin c, consumer studies · 80 marks
  • Q1 nutrition, food science, true or false · 6 marks
  • Q1 home insulation, electricity, interior design · 80 marks
  • Q2 eggs, menu planning, cooking effects · 50 marks
  • Q2 protein, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q2 clothing design, fabric finishes, sewing, textiles · 40 marks
  • Q3 food preservation, food spoilage · 50 marks
  • Q3 fish, nutrition, true or false · 6 marks
  • Q3 education, childcare, poverty, social studies · 80 marks
  • Q4 budgeting, personal finance, mabs · 50 marks
  • Q4 yoghurt, dairy, savings, family conflict · 80 marks
  • Q4 carbohydrates, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q5 marriage, family studies, social studies · 50 marks
  • Q5 cereals, cooking effects · 6 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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