Education in Ireland 2024

3 years

Free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) children aged between 3 years 3 months and 4 years 6 months on 1st September each year. There are nearly 5,000 pre- school services notified to the Health Service Executive or registered with the Irish Montessori Educational Board. 3 years 3 months to 4 years 6 months

Maternelle Petit Must be 3 by December of the year the first term commences.

Junior Infants

Year 1

K

4 to 5 years

Kindergarten 4yrs by 1st Sept

Moyhenne Must be 4 by December of the year the first term commences. Grande Must be 5 by December of the year the term commences. CP Must be 6 yrs. by December of the year the term commences. CE1 Must be 7 years by December of the

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Senior Infants

Vorschule

Year 2

1

7

First Class

Year 3

2

1 6 years by 1st Sept

8

Second Class

2

Year 4

3

year the term commences.

9

Third Class

3

Year 5

4

CE2 Must be 8 years by December of the

year the term commences.

10

Fourth Class

4

Year 6

5

CM1 must be 9 years by December of the

year the term commences.

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Fifth Class

5

Year 7

6

CM2 Must be 10 years by December of the year the term commences.

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Sixth Class First Year Second Year

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CCM

Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 (GCSE) 6th Form

7 8 9

First Year

Cinquieme Quatrieme

Second Year

15

Troisieme

10

Third Year (Junior Cert)

Third Year (Junior Cert)

16

Seconde

11

Transition Year (optional in some schools)

Transition Year

17

6th Form (A level)

12

Fifth Year

Fifth Year

Premiere Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB)/French Baccalauréat

18

Terminale Final Exams Internationale du Baccalauréat

13

Sixth Year (Leaving Cert)

Sixth Year (Leaving Cert)

(OIB)/French Baccalauréat

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