Education Minister Norma Foley announced this evening that the Student Portal for the Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades will open next Monday.
All of the eligible young people will be able to confirm through this online hub, at 12 noon, that they wish to receive calculated results.
Minister Foley also confirmed on Thursday that more than 61,000 students will be able to access their final grades on Monday, September 7, three weeks later than the usual date.
She said this deadline ensures that the results will be issued in time to work in tandem with the CAO college entry system here and the UCAS system in the UK.
Minister Foley added: “To each student, I want to say: ‘From Monday, 20 July at 12pm, 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.
"They will be fair and reliable, and will be accepted by employers and colleges.
“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."
Minister Foley added that "enormous care" had been taken to collect information about students to ensure the marks were based on "reliable evidence".
She added: "Important checks were built in to ensure fairness, and teachers responded magnificently to the challenge.”
A small number of students who were self-taught or taught a subject by a parent will not be able to received calculated grades.
