Leaving Cert Appeals – 2019 Statistics

Leaving Cert 2019 resulted in 395,117 grades given to 56,071 students. Over 16% of candidates (9,049) appealed 16,965 results. Out of the appeals made, 2,916 upgrades were made which means 17.2% of appeals were successful. Just 2 appeals resulted in downgrades. A full breakdown of appeals on a subject by subject basis can be seen below. This is broadly in line with previous years and the takeaway is that if you appeal, you have a 1 in 5 chance of getting an upgrade.

SubjectLevelCandidatureAppealsUpgradesAs % of Grades
AccountingH6,095350721.2%
Agricultural ScienceH6,6055681201.8%
Applied MathsH1,988119160.8%
ArtH7,624517851.1%
BiologyH27,06320913921.4%
BiologyO7,0462140.1%
BusinessH13,8058421140.8%
ChemistryH8,2435131051.3%
Classical StudiesH4424851.1%
Construction StudiesH7,896204110.1%
Design & CommunicationH4,567 298200.4%
EconomicsH4,990337531.1%
EngineeringH4,765106110.2%
EnglishH40,2171,9112400.6%
EnglishO14,4774880.1%
FrenchH15,6549562051.3%
FrenchO7,7076580.1%
GeographyH19,9836871580.8%
GermanH6,246438811.3%
HistoryH8,825383620.7%
Home Economics S&SH9,730546991.0%
IrishH23,17619252561.1%
IrishO22,322112150.1%
ItalianH36121110.3%
JapaneseH2081352.4%
Link ModulesC13,128270840.6%
MathematicsH18,15014103251.8%
MathematicsO31,4725591110.4%
MathematicsF5,4673440.1%
MusicH6,234476480.8%
PhysicsH6,583396350.5%
Physics & ChemistryH4641100.0%
PolishH7801670.9%
Politics & SocietyH6763330.4%
Religious EducationH1,1643650.4%
SpanishH5,6464521081.9%
SpanishO2,0651350.2%
TechnologyH1,69555100.6%
Totals 395,117 16,9652,9160.7%

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