ESRI study found all private schools offered physics and chemistry as part of their suite of science subjects, unlike girls’ and DEIS schools. Photograph: iStock

Fee-paying schools give students the edge in physics and chemistry while girls’ schools and DEIS schools lag behind, analysis of the Leaving Cert subject choices of more than 6,000 Irish children shows.

It found that all private schools offered physics and chemistry as part of their suite of science subjects, unli

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