Let say most school’s open between 9am and 3.30pm on average. That’s 6 and a half hours per day, 5 days a week – a total of 32.5 hours including lunch breaks and break time – taking away that time and the time you waste moving between classes and you’re probably only really supposed to be focused on tasks in the classroom for 25 hours max.

Just in case you’ve forgotten about the leaving cert or the exact day it all starts, we’ve added a countdown timer to the site as a friendly reminder