Leaving Cert Results 2026

Wed, Aug 19th, 2026

Dear Class of 2026,

I hope that you’ve been enjoying the summer, since we were last talking in late June, at the end of your exams.

As you know, the big day is almost upon us. Your Leaving Cert results will be issued this Friday, August 21^st.

• On Friday, you will be able to access your results from 10.00am on the Candidate Self Portal. You should have your login details saved from when you used them previously.

• On Friday morning, also at 10.00am, the school will be issued with your results. We will then download them and will have a hard copy available for you, if you would like to come to the school to collect them. It will take us some time to do this, but we will do our best to be as prompt as possible.

We would like to invite you to come to the school on Friday, at any time from around 10.30am. Can you please share this invitation with other class members, as they may not be accessing their emails.

• On Friday, we can help you to access your results.
• Mr Forde, Ms Casey, Mr O’Riordan, Ms O’Regan and I will be available to you throughout the morning. If you need advice/support, we will be there for you.

You can access the Candidate Self Portal here.

Careers Portal have a useful step-by-step guide to results here.

CAO Round 1 Offers

• Please note that CAO Round 1 offers will be released on Wednesday the 26th of August at 14:00. 
• The Guidance Team will be available to support you on the day, if you have any queries or if you need any support around this.

Access to Grades

• From 12 noon on Tuesday, August 25^th,  you will be able to access your marks/grades .
• As with everything else in this process, you can do this on the Candidate Self Portal.

Application to View Scripts  

• From 5.00pm on Tuesday, August 25th to 8.00pm on Wednesday, August 26^th, you can apply to view your Leaving Cert scripts and will have access to component marks.
• Leaving Certificate Established Students: Applications to view their scripts must be made by candidates through the Candidate Self Portal.
• Leaving Certificate Applied Students: LCA students may apply to view their scripts via email.

Viewing Scripts

• The scripts for a small number of subjects are not available to view on the Candidate Self Portal. These scripts will have been ‘manually’ marked.
• If you wish to view your manually marked scripts, you may request to do so, again on the Candidate Self Portal.
• These scripts will be available to view, at the school, on Saturday, August 29^th.  
• Note: Scripts may only be viewed at the school if an application to do so has been made on the Candidate Self Portal, and by prior appointment with the school.

Appeal Grade

• If you wish to appeal your grade in any subject, you can apply to do so on the Candidate Self Portal from 10.00am on Sunday, August 30^th to 5.00pm on Monday, August 31^st.  

Appeal Results

• The results of appeals will be available on the Candidate Self Portal from 11.00am on Friday, September 25th.

Supports for Candidates

• Key school personnel will be available at St. Kilian’s, every day during this extremely important period. Students are encouraged to keep communications with the school open at this time.
• The Leaving Certificate Candidate Helpline (1800 265 165), which is provided by the National Parents Council Post-Primary, will be available on Friday, August 21^st. Guidance Counsellors will be available to deal with students’ queries.  
• The SEC Candidate Helpline (1800 111 135 and  1800 111 136) is available to support candidates. Queries may also be emailed to candidateportal@examinations.ie.
• Further information is available at: https://cssp.examinations.ie/.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday morning.

The very best of luck to you all!

John Murphy,

Principal.