All Leaving Cert students will be given the option of availing of calculated grades and/or sitting written exams for each subject. This can be in addition to, or instead of, sitting the Leaving Cert exams. Leaving Cert students are likely to return to the classroom from March 1st, but this is still under discussion. Public health authorities are understood to have advised that it is safe to conduct Leaving Cert exams in schools with modifications, similar to the delayed November Leaving Cert exams. This saw socially distanced students sit exams in classrooms and exam halls, typically overseen by an external supervisor.

Source: The Irish Times February 17, 2021 16:48 UTC