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CAO & SUSI guides
Straight answers on the CAO, the SUSI grant and the choices families face together
College Routes That Do Not Depend on Points Alone
Further education with progression links, apprenticeships that pay while they train, and the DARE and HEAR routes that change how an application is read.
The Real Cost of First Year College Beyond the Student Contribution
Rent, digs, commuting, books, a laptop and a first-term spike nobody budgets for. A clear-eyed look at what a year away actually costs a family.
What the SUSI Grant Actually Covers and How Income Is Assessed
The grant can cover the student contribution, a maintenance payment, or both. How reckonable income is assessed on your household, and what it never counts.
How the CAO Points System Really Works
Why points are set by demand rather than a pass mark, how the best six subjects are counted, and the subject requirements that sit quietly underneath the points.
Your Child Got a CAO Round One Offer: What to Do Now
An offer has landed in your child's CAO account. Here is what it actually commits them to, and the one deadline that matters more than the offer itself.
Your Child Missed Their First Choice: What Is Still Open
A missed first preference is not a verdict. Later rounds, available places, a further education year, an apprenticeship: what is genuinely still open, and when.
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