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FROM🇮🇪 IrelandTO🇨🇭 Switzerland

Ireland Grade 11 / Year 11 to Switzerland: education route

Compare Grade 11 / Year 11 in Ireland with the corresponding school stage in Switzerland, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

Ireland describes this point as Senior Cycle / Leaving Certificate. Switzerland describes the receiving stage as Upper-secondary general or vocational education. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGESenior Cycle / Leaving CertificateARRIVING STAGEUpper-secondary general or vocational education

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What crosses with the learner

Route point🇮🇪 Ireland🇨🇭 Switzerland
Current stageSenior Cycle / Leaving CertificateUpper-secondary general or vocational education
Education authorityThe Department of Education sets national policy; curriculum and state examinations are delivered through national agencies and schools.The cantons hold primary responsibility for compulsory education; the Confederation and cantons coordinate upper-secondary and tertiary pathways.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

Education system overviewGovernment of Ireland · Department of Education and Youth ↗State examinations and candidate informationState Examinations Commission ↗Swiss education systemSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗Swiss baccalaureate routes and recognitionSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗

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