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Mini Revision Courses
Get the edge with Mini Revision Courses from Ashfield College
Mini Revision Courses
Supercharge Your Leaving Cert Success with Ashfield College’s Mini Revision Courses
Get exam-ready with Ashfield College’s powerful 3-hour Mini Revision Courses—expert-led sessions designed to sharpen focus, boost confidence, and deliver results. Held in October, November, March, and May, these targeted courses cover the core topics that matter most, using concise notes and proven exam strategies to help students maximise their performance. Whether you’re aiming for top points or solid improvements, our expert teachers will guide you every step of the way.

Overview
Studying a Mini Revision Course at Ashfield College allows students to benefit from our expert teaching in focused, intensive sessions that complement their existing Leaving Certificate studies.
These short, targeted courses are designed to maximise exam performance by strengthening subject knowledge, refining exam technique, and providing concentrated practice in key areas. Courses are scheduled at key points during the academic year to support effective revision and exam preparation.
Mini Revision Courses are ideal for both 5th and 6th year students who want to boost confidence, close gaps in their understanding, and improve results in the lead-up to the Leaving Certificate.
Subjects available include:
English (Higher)
Business
Chemistry
Geography
Biology
History
Maths (Higher)
Accounting
Each course is delivered outside normal school hours, making them accessible to students from all schools who wish to take advantage of Ashfield College’s teaching expertise.
Mini Revision Courses 2025-2026
All Mini Revision Courses run as focused 3-hour sessions delivered at key points throughout the school year, with the first session starting on Friday, 17th October 2025, followed by additional sessions in November, January, March, and May.
Each subject is taught in an intensive block designed to support revision, boost exam technique, strengthen understanding of core topics, and provide targeted practice on the areas students find most challenging.
Timetable 2025-2026
| Mini Revision Courses (3-hour blocks) – October 2025 | |
| Friday Oct 17 – 5:00 pm | English (Higher) |
| Saturday Oct 18 – 9:00 am | Business, Chemistry, Geography |
| Saturday Oct 18 – 12:30 pm | Biology, History |
| Saturday Oct 18 – 4:00 pm | Maths (Higher) |
| November 2025 | |
| Friday Nov 28 – 5:00 pm | English (Higher), Accounting, History |
| Saturday Nov 29 – 9:00 am | Business, Chemistry, Geography |
| Saturday Nov 29 – 12:30 pm | Biology |
| Saturday Nov 29 – 4:00 pm | Maths (Higher) |
| January 2026 | |
| Friday Jan 16 – 5:00 pm | English (Higher),Accounting |
| Saturday Jan 17 – 9:00 am | Business, Chemistry, Geography |
| Saturday Jan 17 – 12:30 pm | Biology, History |
| Saturday Jan 17 – 4:00 pm | Maths (Higher) |
| March 2026 | |
| Friday Mar 20 – 5:00 pm | English (Higher),Accounting |
| Saturday Mar 21 – 9:00 am | Economics, Chemistry, Geography |
| Saturday Mar 21 – 12:30 pm | Biology, History |
| Saturday Mar 21 – 4:00 pm | Maths (Higher) |
| May 2026 – Final Revision (Leaving Cert. Refresher) | |
| Friday May 1 – 5:00 pm | English (Higher),Accounting |
| Saturday May 2 – 9:00 am | Economics, Chemistry, Geography |
| Saturday May 2 – 12:30 pm | Biology, History |
| Saturday May 2 – 4:00 pm | Maths (Higher) |
Fees 2025-26
- Fee: €99 per course
Perfect for quick, focused exam preparation.
If you have any questions, call a member of our Registration Team at 01 490 4050
Mini Revision Topics for March 2026
English (Higher)
- Prescribed Poetry
- William Butler Yeats
- John Donne
Economics
- Demand/Supply/Elasticity
- Costing
- Market Structures
Accounting
- Published Accounts
- Club and Service
Geography
- Changing Patterns of Economic Development in a Developing Country/The Impact of Colonisation on a Developing Country
- The Impact of the CAP on Ireland’s Economy
- The Impact of the CFP on Ireland’s Economy
- Conflict between Economic Development and Environmental Protection
- Two 70 Minute Time Trial with Brendan Guildea
- Paper16 questions, attempt 5 in 70 Minutes
- Paper 26 questions, attempt 5 in 70 Minutes
- Join Brendan to go through the detailed solutions (with sketch of marking scheme)
- Europe 1920-45
- 3 Case Studies
- Stalins Show Trials
- Titration
- Atomic structure
- Periodic table
- Isotopes and mass spectrometer
- Radioactivity
- Ecology
- Ecology theory
- Ecology experiments
- Excretion and homeostasis
- Movement through cell membranes
Mini Revision Topics for January 2026
English (Higher)
- Prescribed Poetry
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- Elizabeth Bishop
Business
- Unit 4 and Unit 5
- Exam Strategy
Accounting
- Interpretation of Accounts
- Correction of Errors ( Suspense)
Geography
- Human Interaction with the Rock Cycle – Natural Gas Exploration
- Human Interaction with Surface Processes – Three Gorges Dam in China and the River Rhine in Germany
- Formation of One Landform of Deposition – Levees
- Formation of One Landform of Erosion – Waterfalls
- Complex Numbers usually asked in Section A awarded 30marks = 10% of Paper 1 Complex Numbers is a question for the shrewd candidate
- Probability, covering and unifying the following:
- Expected value
- Sets, independence mutually exclusive #
- Conbinatorics (counting)
- Tree Diagrams Binomial Expansions
- Algebra covering Simultaneous Linear equations and 1 Linear within the quadratic Log Theory
- Detailed solutions and Marking Scheme Sketch
- Documents Based Question on The Pursuit of Sovereignty and Impact of Partition 1912 – 1949 focusing on
- 3 Case Studies
- Past Paper Questions
- Analysis of the Essay Marking Scheme
Rates and Equilibrium
Genetics and Evolution
Mini Revision Topics for November 2025
English (Higher)
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare (as a single text) including
- Character analyses
- Essay plans
Business
- Applied Business Question
- Enterprise and Management Question 5
Accounting
- Sole Trader
- Company Final
- Manufacturing
Geography
- Formation of intrusive volcanic landforms
- Formation of underground landforms in a karst landscape
- Two types of mechanical/physical weathering
- Two types of chemical weathering
Algebra
Coordinate Geometry
Calculus
Area
Probability
Complex Numbers
Calculus in Context
Area, Volume & Nets
- Documents Based Question on Ireland 1870 -1914 specifically focusing on
- Case Studies
- Analysis of the Marking Scheme
Organic experiments Q2
Titration Q1
Microbiology and genetics
Mini Revision Topics for October 2025
English (Higher)
- The Essay and Paper 1
Business
- Unit 1 and Short Answer Questions
Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
Geography
- Formation Of Rocks
- Landform of Erosion
- Landform of Deposition
Biology
- Photosynthesis
- Respiration
- Enzymes
History
- Document Based Question
- Ireland Topic 2
- 3 Case Studies
Maths (Higher)
- Triangles in Trignometry – From Basic Sine/Cosine rules all the way to the top level required.
- Normal Curve, Reading Normal Curve Tables, “Exotic” Questions on Normal Graph and More!
- Algebra – Solving Cubic Equations, Synthetic Division Inequalities and Modulus