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Demo Application
Qualifications & Assessment Section

Please complete the following sections.

For demonstration purposes, we have included all Qualification & Assessment sections.
During your real application, it will only include the sections that you have ticked.
CAO Application No.:
26999999
Name :
David Smith

  1. Enter the required information below.
  2. Mature applicants and applicants with qualifications other than 1985-2026 Irish Leaving Cert and/or 2002-2026 QQI FET/FETAC Level 5/6 must supply all supporting documents to CAO within ten days of submitting an online application (Copies of results of 2026 examinations must be provided to CAO as soon as they become available).
  3. Applicants presenting GCE A/AS and/or GCSE qualifications must enter the details of all previously taken examinations in the tables provided AND supply evidence of all qualifications mentioned.
  4. Documents may be uploaded to your application (see cao.ie/upload for instructions) or sent by post (see cao.ie/post for instructions) - do not do both.
When you have completed this page, click on the "Continue with Demo" button below.
Second-level school(s) attended (latest first)

If none attended, please tick the following box:   
(Mature applicants can tick this box if none attended; other applicants can enter "Home Education" or "Home-Schooled" as the school)
School Name & Address Country From (yyyy) To (yyyy)
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Irish Leaving Certificate Examinations  

Tick the following box if you are sitting Leaving Cert exams in 2026.

Enter previous Leaving Certificate Exam Details, if any (1985-2025) :
  Year Exam Number
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2
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2002-2026 QQI FET/FETAC Level 5/6 Exams
If you are taking and/or have completed a QQI FET/FETAC Level 5/6 between 2002 and 2026, please enter your assigned PPS Number in the following box.

Your QQI exam number is your PPS number and is required in order to access your results electronically - please ensure that you enter the correct number as soon as possible.

PPS Number:
2006-2026 GCE A/AS Levels/GCSE 
(England, Wales, Northern Ireland Exams, and International GCE/GCSE Exams under CAIE, PEARSON, AQA, OCR Boards)

GCE/GCSE examinations already completed:

You MUST enter the details of GCE/GCSE examinations taken between 2006 and 2025 in the table below.

You must also upload or post to CAO photocopies of the appropriate certificates for any GCE/GCSE examinations which you mention in the table and for which a certificate has been issued - these will form part of your eligibility for consideration for entry to courses.

You must click the link here in advance of completing the table below.

2006-2025 GCE A/AS and/or GCSE Examination Details:

Year     Sitting Level Subject ? Grade
1

GCE A/AS Level examinations to be taken:

If you are a summer 2026 GCE A/AS/EPQ candidate then, for each subject being certified in summer 2026 the correct Board, Centre Number, Candidate Number, Subject and Level must be listed below.

Board Centre No. Candidate No. Subject Level
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5
6

Note: If you are a summer 2026 GCSE candidate, then you must upload or post copies of evidence of results to CAO once you have received them. CAO does not have electronic access to current year GCSE results.
Other School Leaving Exams   Help?

Enter your other school leaving exams:
School Exam Year (yyyy)
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Brief Description:
Characters left: 200 ( You may enter up to 200 characters. )
If the space available is insufficient, you may include the extra information with your postal documents.
Other Further Education   Help?

Mention any Other Further Education qualifications or awards that are not covered by the other sections on this application, for example:

  • City & Guild awards
  • SOLAS/FÁS awards
  • BTEC Level 4 or higher
  • Post-Leaving Certificate courses (excluding QQI Level 5 and 6 courses included under category 2)
  • Pre-2002 FETAC level 5/6 (NVCA Level 2/3).
  • Higher Education Access Programmes

Brief Description:  Help?
Characters left: 200 ( You may enter up to 200 characters. )
If the space available is insufficient, you may include the extra information with your postal documents.
Third-Level Higher Education  

Brief Description:
Characters left: 200 ( You may enter up to 200 characters. )
If the space available is insufficient, you may include the extra information with your postal documents.

Next Steps/Supporting Documents:
  1. If you have completed a course you must supply a photocopy of an academic transcript to CAO.
  2. If you have withdrawn from a course before completing it you should supply a certificate of attendance showing the relevant dates of entry and withdrawal to CAO.
  3. If you are still attending an institution of higher education, give full details (in the space provided above) stating institution(s) attended, course(s) taken, dates of attendance, current status and results obtained (at time of application). Supply photocopies of examination results received to date (if any). If you are awaiting results, supply photocopies of transcripts as soon as they are available to you. You do not need to supply the documentation mentioned in points 1 and 2 above.