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Updating Your Examination Data for CAO Offer Rounds 2025

If you're applying through the CAO and need to update your Leaving Certificate, QQI FET, or GCE examination data, it's important to do so within the designated timeframes to be considered for the next offer round e.g. if you wish to be considered for Round 1, you must have updated your LC examination number by the closing date of 18 August at 10:00; to be considered for Round 2, you must have updated your LC examination number by the closing date of 03 September at 12:00, etc.

Leaving Certificate Exam Number Facility

Offer RoundOpensClosesVisible in applicant's account
Round 107 August at 10:0018 August at 10:0019 August at 10:00
Round 227 August at 14:0003 September at 12:0005 September at 10:00
Round 305 September at 14:0010 September at 12:0012 September at 10:00
Round 412 September at 14:0017 September at 12:0019 September at 10:00
Round 519 September at 14:0024 September at 12:0026 September at 10:00

QQI Exam Data Facility

Offer RoundOpensClosesVisible in applicant's account
Round 107 August at 10:0011 August at 10:0020 August at 10:00
Round 227 August at 14:0029 August at 12:0005 September at 10:00
Round 305 September at 14:0008 September at 12:0012 September at 10:00
Round 412 September at 14:0015 September at 12:0019 September at 10:00
Round 519 September at 14:0022 September at 12:0026 September at 10:00

🛠️ How to Update Your Leaving Certificate/QQI Examination Data:
  1. Log in to your CAO account.
  2. Go to the Qualifications and Assessments section.
  3. Click on 'Modify Details' to update your Leaving Certificate or QQI examination data
If the ‘Modify Details’ option is not visible:
Contact CAO via the Correspondence section of your account and request that the relevant examination category (e.g., Leaving Certificate, QQI FET/FETAC) be added to your application.

GCE Results - Supporting Document Closing Dates

The tables to enter GCE AS/A Level & GCSE Examination Data are now closed.
CAO will add examination data to your application for you upon receipt of valid supporting documents.

Offer RoundDocuments Received ByVisible in applicant's account
Round 120 August at 16:0022 August at 10:00
Round 203 September at 16:0005 September at 10:00
Round 310 September at 16:0012 September at 10:00
Round 417 September at 16:0019 September at 10:00
Round 524 September at 16:0026 September at 10:00

If you have received a re-mark please upload or post a document that has been produced by the exam board, and which shows the new grade awarded. See the table above for document cut-off dates.

ONLY evidence of results NOT appearing in your application should be uploaded/posted.
Uploading/posting duplicate documents that are already appearing in your CAO account may delay processing of your application.
Further information on uploading documents can be found at cao.ie/gceupload

Other School Leaving Applicants

If you are an Other School Leaving applicant and you need to supply supporting documents at this time, please post photocopies of your documents to CAO, Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway, Ireland.
For more information on submitting supporting documents, please read here:
Supporting Documents FAQs

When we receive your documents, we will scan them and add them to your application for the HEIs to assess.
Please contact the Admissions Office of the Higher Education Institutions that you have applied to for further assistance. Contact details can be found at www.cao.ie/hei