High Court Rules Against Student Who Challenged Amended Leaving Certificate Grading System

After a protracted case that involved 5 weeks of Court time over a two-month period, Freddy Sherry, a past pupil of Belvedere College Dublin has lost his High Court legal action to have the revised Calculated Grades system that was applied to his Leaving Certificate results of 2020 deemed unlawful.
Brian Gill on Today FM: What Will Record High Leaving Cert Results Mean For Course Points?

This year’s Leaving Cert students have received the best results on record, with average grade inflation of 4.4% after the calculated grading system was used.
Leaving Cert 2020: The Leaving Cert …. but not as we know it

For the first time in the history of the State, students did not sit their Leaving Cert in June in the traditional format. Instead a new system of “calculated grades” was devised.