Freddy Sherry loses Leaving Cert grades challenge in High Court

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Freddy Sherry lost his challenge to the 2020 Leaving Certificate grading process in the High Court on 2 March 2021. The case concerned decisions to remove school historical data and reduce the effect of national historical data in the calculated-grades model.

Mr Justice Charles Meenan held that the decisions were executive policy matters and that the court could not review them. He also found that the measures were taken in the public interest and were not unlawful breaches of Mr Sherry’s legitimate expectations. The court refused the reliefs sought.