Qualifications
NCEA Requirements
Level 1 NCEA
To be awarded a Level 1 Certificate you need to achieve:
80 credits at Level 1 or higher, including 10 literacy credits, and 10 numeracy credits
Level 2 NCEA
To be awarded a Level 2 Certificate you need to:
Achieve 60 credits at Level 2 or above, and
Achieve 20 credits at level 1 or above (these can be credits that counted towards your Level 1 Certificate), and
Have met the Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements.
Level 3 NCEA
To be awarded a Level 3 Certificate you need to:
Achieve 60 credits at Level 3 or above, and
Achieve 20 at Level 2 or above, and
Have met the Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements.
University Entrance
To achieve University Entrance you will need all of the following:
NCEA Level 3
14 credits at level three in each of three subjects from the list of approved subjects.
Level 1 numeracy
UE literacy - 10 credits (five in reading and five in writing) at Level 2 and above from specific standards.
New Zealand Scholarship.
New Zealand Scholarship provides recognition and monetary reward to top students in Year 13. Scholarship assessments enable candidates to be assessed against challenging standards, and are demanding for the most able candidates in each subject. Assessment is by either a written/spoken examination or by the submission of a portfolio or report of work produced throughout the year.
Scholarship candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations.
About 3 per cent of Year 13 students studying each subject at Level 3 are awarded Scholarship, if they reach the standard that has been set.
For more information about New Zealand Scholarship see your teachers, your Dean or the Principal’s Nominee.