Everyone has an opinion
Friends share their experiences. Teachers explain their subjects. Parents look ahead. Useful perspectives—but none can replace understanding what suits your child.
Your child will live with these subject choices for years. Don't let guesswork decide.
Everyone has advice: friends, teachers, other parents. But very little of it is about how your child actually works. That's why we built SubjectMatch. Spend 20 minutes answering questions together. Get a personalised, human-reviewed 36-page report: which subjects may suit them, what could be difficult, and what to ask before deciding.
Clear in her answers
Interest decides how hard she works, in both directions
When a topic grabs her, Maisy goes well past what's asked. When she can't see the point of a task, her effort drops, and she says herself that it shows.
What helps: when she's dragging her heels on a task, ask her what it's for.
Which choice is coming up?
Junior Cycle
Picking subjects for 1st year, and getting ready for the move from primary.
For 4th to 6th class
Their top subjects, ranked, with the reasons What the first weeks of secondary will be like CBAs, homework and class tests explained
See the Junior Cycle reportLeaving Cert
Picking subjects for 5th year, and planning the two years that follow.
For 3rd year and Transition Year
How their top subjects work together as a set Whether to keep a language, and what it affects Coursework dates and how study has to change
See the Leaving Cert reportIn development
College courses
Building the CAO list, and routes outside the CAO.
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Built in Ireland, around the Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert.
Every report is checked for accuracy and clarity before it's sent.
Used only to write your report. Never sold or shared.
We turn guesswork into reasons you can use
Not another generic subject guide. Five parts built around your child's answers, with reasons, trade-offs and next steps. Choose a part to see an actual page from a sample report.
Pages 1 to 4 · 4 pages
Student Card
What your child's answers say about them, where they're strongest, and where a teacher could read them wrong. Every point shows the answers it comes from.
- Three things that stand out about your child
- Where your child is strongest
- How your child could be misread, at school or at home
- What's clear in the answers, and what's still to check
After you read itYou'll have the words to describe your child to the school.
Pages 5 to 14 · 10 pages
Part 1: Choosing subjects
Which subjects suit your child, by how much and why, and what each choice keeps open later.
- The subjects that came out on top, and what the numbers mean
- A page each on the top three: why it suits your child, and the hard part
- A straight answer on a subject you named, or your child loves, that didn't make the top three
- The closest call, and how to decide it
- Languages
- What each choice closes off or keeps open
- Making a subject-choice plan to discuss with the school
After you read itYou'll have a shortlist you can explain, rather than another opinion to weigh up.
Pages 15 to 21 · 7 pages
Part 2: Starting secondary
What first year really looks like for your child, what's normal, and what isn't.
- How secondary works compared with primary
- A different teacher for every subject
- The first weeks: what's normal, and when to ring
- Things your child might say at home, and what they usually mean
- Liking the teacher, not the subject
- More independence, and how much to give
- A page written to your child directly
After you read itYou know what's coming before it lands.
Pages 22 to 28 · 7 pages
Part 3: Homework, tests and study
A way of studying that suits how your child learns, broken down by subject, with a sample week.
- Starting a routine
- A study method that suits how your child learns
- How to study each subject
- Class tests, and the Christmas and summer exams
- CBAs explained in plain words
- Your child's CBAs, subject by subject
- A sample study week
After you read itA plan on the table instead of a shout up the stairs.
Pages 29 to 36 · 8 pages
Part 4: At home
Your part: when to step in, when to leave it, and a straight answer to the worry you wrote in the quiz.
- A part written for you
- When to leave it, and when to ring the school
- A straight answer to the worry you wrote in the quiz
- The subject your child might avoid, and what to do
- Confidence or study help, depending on your answers
- Exam pressure or parent-teacher meetings, depending on your answers
- One page for the fridge
- Next steps
After you read itInvolved without hovering. You know your part.
Pages 1 to 4 · 4 pages
Student Card
What your child's answers say about them, where they're strongest, and where a teacher could read them wrong. Every point shows the answers it comes from.
- Three things that stand out about your child
- Where your child is strongest
- How your child could be misread, at school or at home
- What's clear in the answers, and what's still to check
After you read itYou'll have the words to describe your child to the school.
Pages 5 to 14 · 10 pages
Part 1: Choosing subjects
Which subjects suit your child, by how much and why, how they work as a set, and what each choice means for college courses later.
- The subjects that came out on top, and what the numbers mean
- A page each on the top three: why it suits your child, and the hard part
- A straight answer on a subject you named, or your child loves, that didn't make the top three
- The closest call, and how to decide it
- Languages, and the college courses that ask for one
- What each choice keeps open for college
- Making a subject-choice plan to discuss with the school
After you read itYou'll have a shortlist you can explain, rather than another opinion to weigh up.
Pages 15 to 21 · 7 pages
Part 2: The two years ahead
How fifth and sixth year will go for your child, and where they usually get heavy.
- How fifth and sixth year work
- How your child's subjects work together
- The two years, stretch by stretch
- Things your child might say at home, and what they usually mean
- Learning off, and when it stops working
- What to do if a subject turns out wrong
- A page written to your child directly
After you read itYou know what's coming before it lands.
Pages 22 to 28 · 7 pages
Part 3: Study and coursework
A way of studying that suits how your child learns, broken down by subject, with a sample week.
- Starting a routine
- A study method that suits how your child learns
- How to study each subject
- Class tests, and the exams in June
- Coursework explained in plain words
- Your child's coursework, subject by subject
- A sample study week
After you read itA plan on the table instead of a shout up the stairs.
Pages 29 to 36 · 8 pages
Part 4: At home
Your part: when to step in, when to leave it, and a straight answer to the worry you wrote in the quiz.
- A part written for you
- When to leave it, and when to ring the school
- A straight answer to the worry you wrote in the quiz
- The subject your child might avoid, and what to do
- Confidence or study help, depending on your answers
- Exam pressure or parent-teacher meetings, depending on your answers
- One page for the fridge
- Next steps
After you read itInvolved without hovering. You know your part.
Clear in her answers
She learns by doing, and does her best work when she's making something
Hannah takes in a new topic by trying it straight away, then putting her own ideas into it.
What helps: let her have a go first, then explain.
Not just a score. The reasons behind it.
Every recommendation connects to what your child actually answered. We separate stronger patterns from close calls, explain why a subject may suit them, and show what still needs checking. Because a decision this important deserves more than a percentage.
The subject percentages compare subjects with each other for your child. They aren't grades, predictions or chances.
Twenty minutes now. Better questions before they choose.
- 1
Tell us how your child works
Your child shares what they enjoy, what they find difficult and how they like to work. About 20 minutes together.
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Add what only you know
Tell us what you notice at home, the subject you're wondering about or a worry you'd like the report to address.
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We connect their answers to subjects
Our scoring system compares their answers with subject demands. Our team reviews and curates the report before it goes out.
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Get reasons you can use
Your personalised PDF arrives by email, with delivery timing confirmed before you pay.
Why I built SubjectMatch
I'm Shane, and I'm 20. I picked my subjects not long ago, with a timetable and a guess. Later I found out things my parents and I would have wanted to know at the start. This is the report I wish had been on our kitchen table.
Shane, founder
Read our missionA decision this important deserves more than a guess.
One payment of €49.99 for the full Junior Cycle or Leaving Cert report: subject matches with reasons, important trade-offs and practical next steps. Nothing extra to buy later. If any part is unclear, reply to the email and we'll rewrite that part.
A report about your child, not the average student
€49.99Student Card: what stands out about them Choosing subjects, with a subject plan The years ahead and what to expect Study, tests and coursework At home, ending with the fridge page
Start your matchYou pay at the end of the quiz. Refund policy
Questions parents ask
All questionsThey'll have to make the choice. You can make sure they understand it.
A subject can look very different once you're studying it every week. Help your child understand their options, the difficult parts and the questions worth asking before they decide.
Start your matchFree guides to choosing school subjects in Ireland
Before you buy a report, start with the questions that matter: the school's real options, the work each subject involves and the trade-offs worth discussing together.
How to choose Junior Cycle subjectsHow to choose Leaving Cert subjectsFree 15-minute family checklist
For families who want more than a guess
Subject choice in Ireland has always run on a booklet, an options night and a chat in the car. I was the child in that car. I picked subjects with almost nothing to go on, and so did my parents. SubjectMatch is for the parents who've decided their child won't go through that. You sit down together for twenty minutes, your child answers honestly, you add what you know, and what comes back is about them, not a general guide with their name dropped in. Shane, founder. I read every report before it goes out.