Ireland — Maths

NCCA — National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

The Irish maths curriculum runs from Junior Infants through 6th Year. Primary school follows the 2023 Primary Maths Curriculum; post-primary follows the Junior Cycle Maths Specification (3 years, ending in the Junior Cert) and the Leaving Certificate syllabus (Project Maths), examined at Higher, Ordinary, or Foundation level.

112 topics — click any topic for a full virtual lesson with worked examples.

Junior Infants · Senior Infants · 1st Class · 2nd Class

Primary — Infants to 2nd Class

Early-years maths: numbers to 100, basic shapes, measuring, and beginning to spot patterns. Lots of hands-on and oral work.

Number

Shape & Space

Measures

Data

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Sorting & representing
Pictograms · Block graphs
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3rd Class · 4th Class · 5th Class · 6th Class

Primary — 3rd to 6th Class

Fluency with the four operations, fractions/decimals/percentages, formal geometry vocabulary, and the beginnings of algebraic thinking.

Number

Algebra

Shape & Space

Measures

Data & Chance

1st Year

Junior Cycle — 1st Year

First year of the three-year Junior Cycle. Chapters follow Active Maths 1 (39 chapters across Section A & B), each mapped to its NCCA strand.

Section A — Chapters 1–22

Section B — Chapters 23–39

2nd Year · 3rd Year (Junior Cert)

Junior Cycle — 2nd & 3rd Year (Junior Cert)

Years 2–3 of the Junior Cycle, assessed at the Junior Cert. Organised by the five NCCA strands. Sat at Higher or Ordinary level.

Strand 1 — Statistics & Probability

Strand 2 — Geometry & Trigonometry

Strand 3 — Number

Strand 4 — Algebra

Strand 5 — Functions

Transition Year

Optional year between Junior Cert and Leaving Cert. No fixed maths syllabus — schools mix consolidation, financial maths, statistics projects, and intro Leaving-Cert topics.

Bridging topics (typical)

5th Year · 6th Year (Leaving Cert)

Leaving Certificate (5th–6th Year) — Project Maths

Two-year senior cycle programme examined as two papers. Sat at Higher (H), Ordinary (O) or Foundation (F) level. Higher level carries 25 CAO bonus points if you score 40%+.

Ireland — Maths

Primary — Infants to 2nd Class

Number

Shape & Space

Measures

Data

Primary — 3rd to 6th Class

Number

Algebra

Shape & Space

Measures

Data & Chance

Junior Cycle — 1st Year

Section A — Chapters 1–22

Section B — Chapters 23–39

Junior Cycle — 2nd & 3rd Year (Junior Cert)

Strand 1 — Statistics & Probability

Strand 2 — Geometry & Trigonometry

Strand 3 — Number

Strand 4 — Algebra

Strand 5 — Functions

Transition Year

Bridging topics (typical)

Leaving Certificate (5th–6th Year) — Project Maths

Strand 1 — Statistics & Probability

Strand 2 — Geometry & Trigonometry

Strand 3 — Number

Strand 4 — Algebra

Strand 5 — Functions & Calculus

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