Junior Cycle Results – Appeals

October 9, 2026

APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW OF RESULTS (APPEALS) – Junior Cycle Results 

SEC guidelines 

The following conditions apply to applications for a review of Junior Cycle results (appeals):

(i) Applications will be accepted only from the School Authority.

(ii) The SEC does not accept appeal applications or appeal fees directly from candidates, parents or individual teachers.

(iii) With the reintroduction of appeal fees, each appeal review carries a fee of €32 per subject. 

(Details of the payment of the fees are below). 

(iv) To raise an appeal, the Principal (or authorised representative), must attest that the 

examination result attained by the candidate is significantly at variance with the school’s 

considered judgement of the performance of the candidate concerned at the examination 

in question.

(v) For the reason set out in (iv), the SEC will not accept School or Class based appeal applications.

(vi) A valid appeal consists of both the online appeal application, made by 

the Principal via the schools portal at https://schools.examinations.ie/, and the payment 

from the school. School authorities should complete the procedures in both A 

and B below. Applications received where payment has been made by the 

candidate/parent will not be accepted.

(vii) It is the schools responsibility to ensure that the appeal fee is collected from the individual 

Candidates.

If a candidate wishes to appeal a result or results. The candidate’s parent/guardian must email office@mounttemple.ie by 10am on Tuesday the 13th of October, stating the students names, examination number, subject they wish to appeal and subject teacher in the Junior Cycle.

Following this application the school will issue a payment request, via the school app for the appeal fee. In order for the appeal to be processed the payment must be received by the school no later than Tuesday the 13th of October at 5 pm.

Please contact the school office if further details are required.