Lawyers have reported a surge in queries from parents and teaching staff in fee-charging and grind schools who feel they lost out under the new calculated grades process.
Many believe the decision to drop “school profiling” – a controversial measure which took into account a school’s past performance in the Leaving Cert – from the calculated grades process ended up penalising high-achieving schools., however, has said that the calculated grades process has been “blind” to socio-economic status of schools and that all students were treated fairly and equitably.
One legal source, who declined to be named, said parents and teachers from fee-paying schools in particular were surprised at the relatively low proportion of top grades in many cases at a time when there was significant grade inflation in results nationally. “We’ve been getting lots of queries today on this from parents and teachers who saw fewer top grades and lower points then they would have expected,” said one lawyer.