Important – The Candidate Self Service Portal will close this Thursday 12th February at 5 pm.
For the Attention of 6th Year Students, Parents/Guardians
The Candidate Self Service Portal will close this Thursday 12th February at 5 pm.
For students who have not yet registered, the process should not take more than ten minutes from start to finish and requires candidates to;
- access the portal using their examination number and the first four digits of their PPSN.
- create an account adding their mobile phone number, an email address that they can access immediately and will have access to over the summer, and a secure password.
- confirm their registration by clicking a verification link in an email that they will receive from the SEC
- log into their account to check their subject entries; confirm their entry level, removes any subjects they will not be sitting and adds any subjects which are not recorded.
As well as confirming their subjects and levels at this time, the Candidate Self Service Portal is the gateway to further stages of the 2026 Leaving Certificate including access to the results and the later stages of the process such as the appeals application process.
The portal can be accessed here 2026 Candidate Self Service Portal The CSSP helpdesk is available for assistance from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours candidates can email candidateportal@examinations.ie
Kind regards,
The Leadership Team