The Senior Cycle caters for students in the 15 to 18-year age group.
It includes an optional Transition Year, which follows immediately after the Junior Cycle. Transition Year provides an opportunity for students to experience a wide range of educational inputs, including work experience.
During the final two years of Senior Cycle students take one of three programmes, each leading to a State Examination: the traditional Leaving Certificate (LCE), or the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA).
Please see the presentation below given by our Guidance Team regarding Senior Cycle Options here in Maynooth Post Primary School -
Subject Choice Presentation 2026
Further information relating to LCE can be found under the Leaving Cert Subjects TAB