KnowYourRights Is there a way to appeal my Leaving Cert calculated grade?

I’m not happy with my results. Can I appeal my Leaving Certificate calculated grades?

Your calculated grade in a subject is arrived at by using: your estimated percentage mark in that subject from your school; your position in your class/subject group as ranked by your school; a standardisation process is then applied to ensure consistency across all schools.

From September 14 at 9 a.m., you can log in to the Calculated Grades Student Portal to appeal your calculated grade results. There is no fee to appeal your Calculated Grade result.

The Calculated Grades Executive Office will follow three stages when considering your appeal:

Stage 1: They will check that the information was recorded and transferred correctly by the school. Stage 2: They will review that the data was correctly received and processed in the national standardisation process. Stage 3: If you are unhappy with the outcome of the appeals process you can ask for a review by Independent Appeal Scrutineers

The estimated percentage mark provided by your teacher cannot be reviewed.

If you are unhappy with the outcome of the calculated grades awarded or with the result of your appeal, you can choose to sit the written Leaving Certificate exam in the subject(s) in November 2020. Detailed information about the written exams will be published on the SEC website.

If you achieve a higher grade in the written exam than in your calculated grade, your results for that subject will be amended. If the higher grade means you would have been entitled to a higher offer of a CAO course, you will be facilitated in taking up that place as soon as practicable. However, it is not possible to guarantee that you will be able to take up a college course this year. You can find out more about how appeals will work with the timing of college courses.