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Leaving Cert

Following completion of Junior Cycle and/or Transition Year, students enter Senior Cycle and follow a two year course leaving to the completion of either The established Leaving Certificate or Leaving Cert Applied.

For those who choose the established Leaving Cert, in general, most students will study seven subjects on which they are examined in June of 6th Year.

Alongside these seven subjects, all students follow prescribed courses of study in Physical Education (PE), Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE), Career Guidance and Religion. Students also have 1 tutorial period per week.

 

At Ratoath College, all students study the following three core subjects for the Leaving Cert exam:

  • Irish (unless exempt)
  • English
  • Maths

Students then choose four other subjects to study for their Leaving Cert from the options below.

The Arts

Both Art and Music include a portion of the final marks awarded for the completion of a project and/or a practical exam in 6th Year.

  • Art
  • Music

 

Business & Finance

Economics includes a portion of the final marks awarded for the completion of a project in 6th year.

  • Business
  • Economics
  • Accounting

 

Humanities & Social Sciences

Geography, History and Religion include a portion of the final marks awarded for the completion of a project in 6th year.

  • Classics
  • Geography
  • History
  • Religious Education

 

Languages

  • French
  • Italian

 

Practical Subjects

All the practical subjects include a portion of the final marks awarded for the completion of a project and/or a practical exam in 6th Year.

  • Construction Studies
  • Design and Graphics Communication (DCG)
  • Engineering
  • Home Economics
  • Physical Education (PE)

 

Sciences

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Applied Maths

 

Click the button below to visit the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) webpage with more information on Leaving Cert subjects.

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Since 2016, the NCCA has been conducting a review of Senior Cycle. Click the button below to visit the NCCA webpage with more information on the review of Senior Cycle.

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Contact Details

Address:     Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath,
  A85 TW84, Ireland
Principal: Seamus Meehan
Deputy Principals: Colm Connolly, Donna Kelly,
  John McCarthy
Phone: +353 1 8254 102
Fax: +353 1 8254 541
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @RatoathCollege


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