Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science (Higher Level) by Catriona Hendry, Agricultural Science teacher at The Institute of Education. Some curveballs in format but lots of viable choice Every Ag. Science paper needs a pause and breath in…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Mandarin Chinese (Higher Level) by Yun Wu, Chinese teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a harder paper than previous years. Emphasis was on the practical applications of the language rather than abstract…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate German (Higher Level) by Orla Ní Shúilleabháin, German teacher at The Institute of Education. The material on the paper was more detached from the oral material than past exams Students needed to think outside…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Art, Visual Studies (Higher Level) by Declan Kelly, Art teacher at The Institute of Education. Students will be thrilled by the early sections but the later essays will shake some students’ confidence. Section A…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Business (Higher Level) by Keith Hannigan, Business teacher at The Institute of Education. Students who really know their past papers will be delighted. An emphasis on definitions and the fundamentals of the subject will…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate History (Higher Level) by Stephen Tonge, History teacher at The Institute of Education. Questions with narrower focuses will require students to quickly edit and adjust their approach to topics. The reappearance of topics from…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate French (Higher Level) by Corinne Gavenda, French teacher at The Institute of Education. Trickier vocabulary and grammar questions in the 2nd Comprehension will test them more than usual. The absence of some predicted topics…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Irish Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Nuala Uí Cheallaigh, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. Broad questions allow students lots of opportunities, but they would need to focus their approach to avoid losing…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Nuala Uí Cheallaigh, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. The aural had familiar topics and questions. Broad aiste titles allowed students the scope to adapt their material…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Aidan Roantree, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. Familiar topics will help students earn marks early on, but the challenges grew as the paper progressed. Students…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 2 (Ordinary Level) by Jean Kelly, teacher at The Institute of Education. Unified topics within questions will help students build momentum Useful clarifications made the paper much more accessible than Paper 1 Students…
Reaction to 2025 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Paper 1 (Ordinary Level) by Jean Kelly, teacher at The Institute of Education. The core material was manageable but the students really need to read the questions carefully. This paper had everything thrown in…