Ag Breathnú ar Scrúdaithe na hArdteiste 2025 / Viewing of L.C Scripts 2025

A Chairde,
Beidh torthaí na hArdteistiméireachta le heisiúint ar an Aoine, 22ú Lúnasa. Ba bhrea linn cuireadh a thabhairt do na daltaí agus tuismitheoirí/camhnóirí teacht ag an scoil ó 12.30 - 13.30 chun na torthaí a chéiliúradh linn. Chomh maith le sin, tá eolas thíos maidir le breathnú ar scripteanna agus achomharc. Tá Caroline Ní Ghríofa i bhfeidhil ar an gcóras chun breathnú ar scripteanna agus achomharc.

Nasc (Leagan Béarla amháin ar fáil) : S50-25 Guidance for Results Viewing And Appeals 2025.pdf

Nasc eile ar eolas breise: Candidate Info Guide 3.pdf

A Chairde,
The provisional results of the 2025 Leaving Certificate are due for issue on Friday 22 August. We would liek to invite students, parents and guardians into the school between 12.30-13.30 to celebrate their results with us. As well as this, please see information below regarding the viewing of scripts and exam appeals. Caroline Ní Ghríofa is in charge of the viewing of scripts and appeals.

Link (English version): S50-25 Guidance for Results Viewing And Appeals 2025.pdf

Additional link to further information: Candidate Info Guide 3.pdf

* There are some exceptions which will be detailed in Candidate Information Guide 2: A Guide to Results
and Appeals, Section 6 – ‘The viewing of examinations scripts facility’.
**The appeal results issue date is provisional until such time as the number of appeals is known.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE KEY DATES TABLE
• The facility to view examination scripts is provided free of charge.
• The fee to appeal a result is €40 per subject for Leaving Certificate and €15.50 per subject for Leaving
Certificate applied. The fee is refunded in the case of a successful appeal.
• To provide for the earliest possible issue of the appeal results, the timelines for candidates to apply to view
scripts and to lodge their appeal applications are very short. To ensure that the remaining stages of the
appeals process can be completed as quickly as possible, the deadlines will be strictly applied.
• Candidates should take note of these dates.
• Schools are also asked to alert candidates to the timeframes in order that candidates do not miss the
opportunity to apply to view their scripts or to make an application to appeal.
• The SEC will not accept late applications for viewing or for appeals.

9.2. Candidate Helpline
A separate SEC Candidate helpline will be available at 1800 111 135 or 1800 111 136 from
9 AM to 5 PM from 22 August to 1 September including the weekend. Outside of these hours
queries may be e-mailed to candidateportal@examinations.ie. Please note this helpline is
provided for queries relating to the Candidate Self Service Portal and the services provided
through that portal.
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Candidates have been advised that they should contact their school if they wish to schedule a
visit to meet with members of the Student Support Team such as Guidance Counsellors, Year
Heads, Tutors and Chaplains.

The wellbeing of the candidates who receive Leaving Certificate results will be supported
through a number of additional measures.
a) The SEC Candidate helpline will be available at 1800 111 135 or 1800 111 136 from 9
AM to 5 PM from Friday 22 August to Monday 1 September. Outside of these hours
queries may be emailed to candidateportal@examinations.ie. Please note this helpline
is provided for queries relating to the Candidate Self Service Portal and the services
provided through the portal.
b) The National Parents and Students Leaving Certificate Helpline (1800 265 165) will be
available free of charge from 22 August, offering vital support to Leaving Certificate
students and their parents/guardians during the critical period when exam results and
CAO offers are released.
New this year: students and parents/guardians can choose to phone or text the
helpline. Whichever option is chosen, an experienced guidance counsellor will be on
hand to provide live, person-centred support.
The Helpline is funded by the Department of Education and Youth, coordinated by the
Institute of Guidance Counsellors, and supported by the National Parents Council
Post-Primary and the Irish Second Level Students’ Union. The Helpline is sponsored by
Trinity College Dublin

Part C – After Results Day

Access to Data
From 12pm on Tuesday 26 August candidates will be able to see their component marks and
adjusted marks through the CSSP. Candidates will also be provided with a further Candidate
Information Guide 3 –Guide to Understanding your Results to guide them through this process.
This will be published on Monday 25 August and it will also be distributed to candidates and
schools by email.

The purpose of Candidate Information Guide 3 is to provide candidates with information about
their Leaving Certificate grades in the 2025 examinations and to assist them should they
choose to view their scripts. The Guide will: clarify details concerning the marking of the 2025
examinations, outline how grades were generated, including how a post-marking adjustment
was made to marks before grading, and explain how marks and grades are displayed on
examination scripts and how they will be displayed on the Candidate Portal. There is a specific
section providing information on Leaving Certificate Applied.
Where the result is not based on all mandatory components, the candidates will see the reason
beside the relevant component. This information is provided to the schools as a
supplementary report as part of the results PDF Matrix. (As noted earlier, this will be available
on the schools portal and hard copies will not issue via post). Please check that information
provided is correct. If any issues arise in relation to information provided please contact the
SEC helpdesk.

Viewing of Scripts
Applications to view Leaving Certificate examination scripts must be made by candidates
through the Candidate Self Service Portal between 5 PM on Tuesday 26 August and 8 PM on
Wednesday 27 August.

Leaving Certificate Applied viewing applications must be made by email. Candidates will be
provided with an LCA Viewing Application Form on the Candidate Self Service Portal which
should be emailed to viewlcascript@examinations.ie. The same application timeline applies
and all applications must be made before 8 PM on Wednesday 27 August.

There are two different processes this year for viewing of scripts depending on how the script
was marked.

1. Viewing online through the Candidate Self Service Portal
2. Viewing in-person in schools

It is important to note that candidates may have to attend school to view some of their scripts
and use the portal to access others.

Viewing online through the Candidate Self Service Portal
With the expansion of online marking to the majority of subjects for the 2025 Leaving
Certificate, most script viewing will be online through the Candidate Self Service Portal. The
online viewing process is delivered through the Candidate Self Service Portal and involves
candidates having timebound access to PDFs of the scripts. Online viewing in these subjects
will be available from 9 AM on Saturday 30 August to 9 AM on Sunday 31 August.

Viewing in schools
There is still a need to provide candidates with in-person script viewing in schools for those
subjects, or components of subjects, which were manually marked. Even in subjects which
were marked online there are some exceptions which require scripts to be returned to schools
for viewing.

The following material will be returned to schools for in person viewing;
• Examination scripts in subjects which were manually marked
• Certain components of subjects which one component was marked online (e.g. the
LCVP portfolio)
• Examination scripts in the Deferred Examination series will be returned for viewing to
the school in which the candidate had been due to sit the main examinations in June.
(These examinations were not marked online)
• Scripts in online marked subjects that were in atypical format such as Brailled, Enlarged
or Modified scripts or scripts in audio format
• LCA scripts where viewing request received.

Please refer to the table of manually marked subjects and components at Appendix B.
Viewing in Schools will take place on Saturday 30 August and candidates will be assigned to
one of two viewing sessions as follows;
1. Session 1. 9.30 AM – 12.30 PM
2. Session 2. 2 PM – 5 PM

Application to View Scripts :

A valid application will comprise both the application to appeal and the payment of the appeal
fee. The fee to appeal a result is €40 per subject for Leaving Certificate and €15.50 per subject
for Leaving Certificate applied. The fee is refunded in the case of a successful appeal.
In order that the SEC can process the appeals as quickly as possible, the appeal
application deadline will be strictly applied.

Late applications will not be accepted under any circumstances.