Senior Cycle

Read about our senior cycle offerings.

5th Year

These are the subject choices that will be offered each year to 5th year students.

Core subjects: Maths, English and Irish and One subject from each of the following bands;

Band 1: French or German or Spanish*

Band 2: Ag, Science or Accounting or Biology

Band 3: History or Business or Chemistry

Band 4: Geography or Economics or Physics

Band 5**: Music or Art or PE

Optional Evening Subject: Design & Communication Graphics

*Spanish is timetabled in the evening time only – it is not timetabled during the day.
**Please note that in Band 5, there are 3 timetabled class periods per week for these subjects plus one evening class per week for Art during study.

Leaving Certificate

The Leaving Certificate programme is taught over two years and most subjects are offered in any given year. Students select between seven and nine subjects from a broad curriculum of 20. The timetable can facilitate three science subjects, three business subjects and three modern languages.

  • English
  • Irish
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Geography
  • Music
  • Art
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Design & Communication Graphics
  • Agricultural Science
  • PE
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Accounting
  • Business
  • Economics
  • English
  • Irish
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Geography
  • Music
  • Art
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Design & Communication Graphics
  • Agricultural Science
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Accounting
  • Business
  • Economics
  • PE