Revealed: The Toughest Leaving Cert Subjects

/ 12th August 2015 /

Leaving Certificate Results 2015

Subject	Level	Students	A Grade (%)	B Grade	C Grade	D Grade	Fail

IRISH	A	19,460	15.6	37.8	34.9	11.3	0.5
IRISH	B	3,543	7.0	28.3	39.0	19.8	5.8
IRISH	G	23,562	2.2	28.9	42.9	22.0	4.0

ENGLISH	A	36,059	9.0	27.0	40.0	22.9	1.2
ENGLISH	G	17,064	7.1	29.2	39.6	20.3	3.8

MATHEMATICS	A	14,691	10.6	25.3	34.6	24.2	5.2
MATHEMATICS	B	5,613	9.2	32.3	34.5	18.7	5.3
MATHEMATICS	G	33,266	5.5	32.3	35.9	20.4	5.9

HISTORY	A	8,441	14.0	32.7	32.8	18.2	2.4
HISTORY	G	3,742	14.3	29.3	32.9	19.6	4.0

GEOGRAPHY	A	19,795	8.9	30.8	36.3	22.0	2.1
GEOGRAPHY	G	5,336	4.3	27.5	42.8	21.3	4.1

FRENCH	A	15,408	13.2	26.3	32.6	24.1	3.8
FRENCH	G	11,390	1.9	23.5	37.7	27.7	9.1

GERMAN	A	5,154	14.8	26.7	33.4	22.5	2.7
GERMAN	G	2,118	2.7	31.7	37.8	20.8	7.0

SPANISH	A	3,655	16.2	33.1	33.6	15.7	1.3
SPANISH	G	2,138	2.8	28.3	38.0	23.7	7.3

APPLIED MATHS	A	1,729	27.8	27.2	21.2	15.9	7.9
APPLIED MATHS	G	190	36.9	27.9	18.5	8.0	8.9

PHYSICS	A	5,764	20.6	24.9	23.7	21.3	9.5
PHYSICS	G	1,744	14.4	31.2	28.4	17.2	8.8

CHEMISTRY	A	7,533	21.9	28.4	23.1	17.9	8.6
CHEMISTRY	G	1,405	6.4	21.0	29.7	24.2	18.6

PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY	A	437	14.4	27.0	26.6	19.7	12.3
PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY	G	115	1.7	13.1	23.5	25.2	36.5

AG. SCIENCE	A	6,067	10.9	27.9	28.7	24.1	8.2
AG. SCIENCE	G	1,605	0.3	9.5	33.8	37.6	18.7

BIOLOGY	A	25,596	15.1	30.0	29.2	20.5	5.1
BIOLOGY	G	8,269	1.4	18.7	41.7	30.3	7.9

ENGINEERING	A	4,408	8.8	36.0	35.7	17.3	2.2
ENGINEERING	G	968	2.5	27.5	38.9	25.6	5.4

CONSTRUCTION	A	6,877	8.3	32.2	34.7	20.3	4.5
CONSTRUCTION	G	1,391	0.1	13.3	40.3	34.4	11.8

ACCOUNTING	A	4,748	20.7	31.8	23.5	16.9	7.1
ACCOUNTING	G	1,727	18.3	30.7	20.4	15.8	14.8

BUSINESS	A	12,154	11.0	28.5	29.7	23.3	7.5
BUSINESS	G	4,722	10.5	30.9	32.6	19.3	6.7

ECONOMICS	A	4,088	11.6	30.9	29.9	22.2	5.6
ECONOMICS	G	960	11.2	34.6	32.4	17.0	4.6

DESIGN & COMM.	A	4,192	14.3	33.9	32.6	16.4	2.8
DESIGN & COMM.	G	1,170	9.6	30.9	33.2	18.1	8.1