Watch the video above for reaction to 2026 Leaving Certificate Biology (Higher Level) from Róisín Doyle, Biology teacher at the Institute of Education. She thought it was a challenging paper.
Róisín says: “This exam will have really challenged students as the question setter has deliberately reached for the more niche material not seen on previous papers. It demanded that students have a command of the full course in all three of sections of the exam.
“The Biology exam isn’t a race against the clock, but students will feel tired and embattled leaving the exam hall. There were several places where they will have found quite nice questions but that was not the dominant narrative of the paper.
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