Reaction to 2026 Leaving Certificate French (Higher Level) by Corinne Gavenda, French teacher at The Institute of Education. A brilliantly topical paper that reflects the lives of young people. Familiar topics with nuanced questions will allow everyone to demonstrate their command of the…
Reaction to 2026 Leaving Certificate Biology (Higher Level) by Róisín Doyle, Biology teacher at The Institute of Education. A paper that will have ignited their nervous systems. Niche topics were drawn from the full breadth of the syllabus. This exam…
Reaction to 2026 Leaving Certificate Irish Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Anna Hughes, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. Students will be smiling from prose and poetry questions that reward their revision in the lead up to the exam. The unseen…
Reaction to 2026 Leaving Certificate Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Anna Hughes, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. Open-ended essay questions will have students smiling The aural starts with familiar vocabulary from recognisable scenarios by gets more challenging…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 2 (O) by Jean Kelly, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. The ethos of this paper was to let student engage with their lives through a mathematical lens. It was less about…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 2 (H) by Aidan Roantree, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. More familiar questions with the proportion of innovative, challenging and conceptual questions scaled back. Students entering today’s exam will have been anxious after Friday’s paper but will…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 1 (H) by David Callan, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. An accessible beginning followed by lengthy and conceptual Section B made the exam a marathon that rewarded those who kept moving. Students…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 1 (O) by Jean Kelly, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. The goal of the Maths course has been to develop students who can use Maths to investigate, model, interpret, communicate and make decisions about real world situations rather than…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Geography (H) by Lesley Aslin, Geography teacher at The Institute of Education. A challenging selection of short questions was balanced with perfect essay choices. Geography might no longer be a core subject for Junior Cert,…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 English Paper 2 (H) by Liam Dingle, English teacher at The Institute of Education. The paper challenged candidates to navigate the specifics of the question while also offering them a movable feast of material. …
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Home Economics by Alice Quinn, Home Economics teacher at The Institute of Education. Students who focused on covering the syllabus will find the paper very approachable but those who tried to streamline their work…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 English Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Clodagh Havel, English teacher at The Institute of Education. An emphasis on discursive writing in Section 1 won’t suit everyone. Viable choices for everyone, but not everyone’s preferences.…