100% Subject Choice Satisfaction for 2nd & 5th Years

For the 2017/2018 school year, one hundred percent of our 2nd and 5th Year students have obtained places in all of their first-choice subject options.

Students at CCS have free choice when it comes to choosing their option subjects, with no restrictions on the combinations they may choose.

5th Year

5th Year students take English, Irish and Maths as their core examination subjects, and choose a further four from the following list:

  1. Physics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Biology
  4. Accounting
  5. Business
  6. Economics
  7. Geography
  8. History
  9. French
  10. German
  11. Music
  12. Art
  13. Design & Communication Graphics
  14. Construction Studies
  15. Home Economics
  16. Engineering

Applied Maths is also available as an extra subject.

2nd Year

Along with their core examination subjects of English, Irish, Maths, French/German*, History, Geography, Science and CSPE, students going into 2nd Year for 2017/18 also chose three further subjects from the following options:

  • Business Studies
  • Materials Technology (Wood)
  • Home Economics
  • Technical Graphics
  • Metalwork
  • Music
  • Art
  • German* (Students who wish to study both French and German may do so)

Information evenings will be held for parents of 1st Year, 3rd Year and 4th Year students in advance of their subject choices in early 2018.