Junior Cycle

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Our broad junior cycle curriculum is designed to ensure that the needs of all our students are met.

Our innovative teaching approach, team teaching and a willingness to continuously review and improve our practices, all help ensure that we unlock the potential in all our students

Junior Cycle Key Skills

Junior Cycle Subjects:

Core Subjects

Gaeilge  (Higher & Ordinary)
English
Maths
Wellbeing  (CSPE, SPHE and PE)*
MFL (French or Spanish)*

Additional Subjects (Examinable):

*Common Level

History Geography
Science Business Studies
Visual Arts Music
Technology Subjects (Engineering, Graphics, and Wood Technology)  

 Non-examination subject(s):   

Religious Education

Short Courses

As part of the Junior Cycle reforms, your son can now choose to complete Short Courses. These courses are available at junior cycle level.

Short courses based on specifications produced by the NCCA and at the same time developing our own short courses to reflect the needs of our students and community. Please note that the availability of short courses may vary throughout the academic year depending on staff availability and are subject to change based on decisions made by the Department of Education & Youth.

For more: https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Junior-cycle/Short-Courses/

Classroom-Based Assessments (CBA):

Each subject has Classroom Based Assessments (CBA), these are completed at junior cycle level.

CBA 1 is  completed in 2nd year and CBA 2 completed in 3rd year. A percentage of the marks from the CBA’s will go towards your son’s final mark. Your son’s Classroom Based Assessments will also appear on their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA).

What is JCPA?

JCPA stands for Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement. This is awarded to students upon completion of the junior cycle examinations. It will report on student achievement across a broad range of areas of learning in junior cycle. The JCPA, alongside other reporting arrangements in junior cycle, will offer students/teachers/parents/guardians a clear, broad picture of a child’s learning journey over the three years of junior cycle.

Junior Cycle Grading 

As part of junior cycle reforms students will be graded in written assessments and classroom based assessments (CBA) under the following grading bands (students are no-longer graded from A to NG).

Find out more: www.juniorcycle.ie