Sat, Jul 18th, 2020
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today announced that the Student Portal for the Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades will open for students next Monday, 20 July 2020 at 12 o’clock.
Through this portal, all Leaving Certificate students will be able to confirm that they wish to receive their Calculated Grades results.
The Minister also announced that the results of the Calculated Grades will issue to students on Monday, 7 September 2020. This date ensures that the results will work seamlessly with the CAO college entry system in Ireland and with UCAS, the college application process that operates in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Each Leaving Certificate student who has registered for Calculated Grades when the portal opened initially in May will receive a text message about the portal opening on Monday next.
Over 61,000 Leaving Certificate students are eligible to receive Calculated Grades.
Minister Foley said: “To each student, I want to say: ‘From Monday 20 July at 12 o’clock, please go to the portal at Gov.ie/LeavingCertificate, log in and confirm that you wish to receive your Calculated Grades results later in the summer’
“Calculated Grades will provide you with a formal record of your work and achievements in second-level school. They will be fair and reliable, and will be accepted by employers and colleges.
“The results will be issued on 7 September, so that they will operate seamlessly with the CAO system and UCAS in the UK.
“All of this means that you have certainty that you will be able to use the grades to move on to the next phase of your life, either in work or further study, in the autumn.
“I know how important and exciting this ‘moving-on’ phase of your life is to you, and I am determined to enable you to do that.
“So, when you receive a text message next week, please respond and opt-in to receive your grades on the portal.
“I want to thank all of the stakeholders, students, parents, teachers and school authorities for their collective effort in collaborating with the Department to put in place the Calculated Grades process.
“Putting in place an alternative for Leaving Certificate students, when it was impossible to run the Leaving Certificate examinations in the summer has offered a real way forward for young people.
“I also want to thank the thousands of teachers and school leaders who have worked in schools to provide estimated marks and other data to the Calculated Grades Executive Office in the Department.
“Enormous care has been taken at school level to collect the information about students and to make sure that estimated marks are based on reliable evidence. Important checks were built in to ensure fairness, and teachers responded magnificently to the challenge.”
Calculated Grades Results
Minister Foley said: “The Department has been committed to issuing the Calculated Grades as close as possible to the usual timeframe.
“I know that many students will be anxious while awaiting their results. I want to assure them that the people working on this are taking every precaution to ensure fairness so that students can receive the grades that reflect their work.
“This standardisation process at national level is essential for fairness and equity. It is really important to me that we deliver these Calculated Grades to the highest possible standards, and that the outcomes are fair to students.
“The date of 7 September allows us to achieve this, while working seamlessly with the CAO higher education application processes in Ireland and with the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) system in the UK.
“The purpose of the Calculated Grades system is to arrive at the grade that each student would have achieved if the examinations had taken place as normal and that the results are in line with previous years. Over 450,000 individual grades have to be prepared and checked and the outcomes need to be reviewed using different demographic characteristics which will include gender and socio-economic status to ensure that the grades are as fair and equitable as possible.
“I have met and heard from the statisticians and experts involved about the intricate processing of the data that is being undertaken. I want to make sure that this work is done rigorously – so that the results of Leaving Certificate 2020 are of the same high quality and reliability as the results in any other year.
“This work is so important for students – we need to take the time it takes, to get it right.
Calculated Grades results will work seamlessly with the Irish CAO process and UK’s UCAS system
Minister Foley said: “Working with my colleague, Minister Simon Harris, I have secured the agreement of the CAO, UCAS and the admissions officers in Irish higher education institutions, that when the results are issued on 7 September to students, the Calculated Grades will be treated within the CAO and UCAS systems in the same way as the Leaving Certificate results of any other year. First round offers of places from the CAO system will issue later the same week, on Friday 11 September.
“The arrangements for the issuing of results on 7 September means that students hoping to study in Irish colleges and universities will be able to start their courses a few weeks later. It will also mean that Irish students, hoping to study in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, will meet all UCAS deadlines.
Minister Foley thanked the Ministers for Education in Belfast and London, the CAO, UCAS and the presidents, registrars and admissions officers in Irish colleges for the way in which they have worked with the Calculated Grades Executive Office to achieve this good outcome for the students of 2020.
Appeals
All students, whether they opted to receive the Calculated Grades or not, will have the option of taking the Leaving Certificate examination later in the year.
Any student who is unhappy with a Calculated Grade in any subject can seek an appeal and also opt to take the written examination in that subject.
Applications for appeals will open on 14 September.
Leaving Certificate Examinations
The State Examinations Commission stated that it hoped to be able to run the Leaving Certificate examinations during the month of November.
Small number of students will not be able to receive grades
A small number of students will not be able to receive a Calculated Grade for all of their subjects. For example, if students were entirely self-taught or taught by a parent for a particular subject, there would not be a credible source of evidence on which to base a Calculated Grade in a way that would be fair to other students.
The Calculated Grades Executive Office has been processing applications and reviewing cases with schools and decisions will be issued to students in the coming weeks.
26 Jan
This year's Music and Culture Week, from January 22nd to 26th, had a full programme of musical, dance and art activities. Highlights of the week included performances by the Garda Band and a performance of a Bach cantata, which is part of the Leaving Cert music curriculum. This recital, featuring a group of professional singers and musicians, including past-pupil Ross Scanlon, was attended by senior music students from other local schools and was a tremendous success. Everyone was also wowed by an excellent art exhibition, featuring the work of current and past-pupils.
26 Jan
This year's Multicultural Day was held on Friday, January 26th and had a range of events including Brazilian Capoeira and African Drumming workshops. As in other years, the centrepiece of the day was a major food fair with, and this year forty families, representing twenty-three different nationalities and cultures, were involved.
16 Jan
The Assessment Day for incoming First Year students for the 2024-2025 will take place on Saturday morning, January 27th, at the school.
Parents/Guardians are advised to check their emails for full details.
22 Dec
Every good wish to all of our students and former students, to their families and to all of our friends for Christmas and New Year.
We hope that you will all stay safe and well over the Christmas period, and that you will find time to relax and spend time with your loved ones.
Best wishes to everyone for health and happiness in 2024.
School reopens on Monday, January 8th 2024.
8 Dec
The school held another very worthwhile and successful College & Careers Awareness Week from December 4th to 9th.
Like in other recent years, there was a strong emphasis on involving past-pupils; those currently attending third-level colleges along with others who have gone on to pursue a variety of careers in the worlds of business and industry.
18 Oct
The Junior Cycle results for 2023 were issued today, Wednesday, October 18th. Congratulations to all of the students involved and their teachers and SNAs on some excellent results!
15 Oct
The school's Wellbeing Week takes place from Monday to Friday, October 16th to 20th. There is a wide range of activities for all year groups including Yoga and Meditation, as well as workshops with Shout Out and Zeeko and a Tony 10 talk. The week culminates with a First Year bonding trip to Avondale.
20 Sep
St Kilian's CS will hold its Open Night on the evening of Tuesday, September 26th, from 6.45pm to 8.45pm.
All primary school pupils and their parents, guardians and families are invited to join us as we celebrate our school and its students.
Past pupils and friends are also very welcome.
19 Sep
Applications for places in First Year 2024-2025 will be accepted from October 2nd until October 23rd 2023.
The Admissions Notice and Application Form (Part 1) are attached.
Please contact the School Office if further information is required.
6 Sep
From September 7th to 12th, four 6th Year students, Cara Byrne, Alannah Howick, Laura Kiselova, and Seán Fox Plunkett accompanied by the school Chaplain, Ms. Sheelagh Murtagh, will take part as helpers on the Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. We wish them good luck on their travels and in their important work in Lourdes.