Qualifications -  NCEA Level 2 - 3

At St Hilda's we offer two levels of NCEA certificate (2 and 3). At each level, learners must achieve a certain number of credits to gain the NCEA certificate. Credits for a level certificate can be gained over more than one year. See the NZQA website for full details.

Learners are required to achieve Numeracy and Literacy co-requisites as part of gaining their NCEA qualification, including University Entrance (UE) at Level 3. 

All the subjects offered in 2024 at this school will have an internally assessed component. 

External assessment for achievement standards will be by way of a national examination in November, or by way of external achievement standards that are moderated nationally. For example, Visual Arts at all three levels, Photography and Design Visual Communication at Levels 2 and 3 are assessed externally on the work undertaken during the year. 

NCEA, Qualifications - overview

Ākonga will gain a subject endorsement for a course if, in a single school calendar year, they achieve:

• 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, where at least 3 of these credits are from externally assessed standards and 3 credits are from internally assessed standards. Note, this does not apply to Physical Education and Level 3 Visual Art

Ākonga will gain an NCEA Level endorsement if :

• a student gains either 50 merit or better credits, or 50 excellent credits or better. This can be achieved over more than one year. For school Academic Blues, the level endorsement must be achieved in one calendar year.

For further and more comprehensive information please check with the NZQA website.