The Department of Education has revealed that 10% of Leaving Cert results were downgraded incorrectly following an independent investigation. Two errors were found in the Calculated Grades process. The first error was a single line of code incorrectly entered by the contractor. The second error was the use of subjects from the Junior Certificate in the calculated grades process, in this case the grade for CSPE was included by mistake. Due to these errors students will now received the correct grade in one or more subjects. It is expected that 6,500 students will be regraded to higher grades, no student will receive a reduced grade. The majority of students will only see an increase in one subject.

The Department of Education and Skills has announced the Leaving Certificate results for over 60,000 secondary students. Due to COVID-19 the students did not sit exams. The results come on the completion of a calculated grading system put in place by the department. The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, T.D., congratulated all of the Leaving Cert students who received their results today (7th of September, 2020).