Overview
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is New Zealand’s official secondary or high school qualification. The NCEA system has three levels. Each level is usually studied in each of the three final years (11, 12 and 13) of secondary schooling, though students can study across multiple levels. Our examination results for NCEA are well above the national average at all levels.
2021 Examination statistics
Students at our school continue to perform at a very high level. NCEA results for 2021 (as at June 2022) are shown below.
NCEA – Percentage of students gaining qualifications
| | Sacred Heart % | National % |
|---|
| Literacy | 98.7 | 90.0 |
| Numeracy | 97.1 | 89.1 |
| Level 1 | 88.6 | 69.2 |
| Level 2 | 88.6 | 77.9 |
| Level 3 | 87.7 | 70.5 |
| University Entry | 76.1 | 51.9 |
NCEA – Certificate Endorsements
| | Sacred Heart % | National % |
|---|
| L1 – Excellence | 30.8 | 21.1 |
| L1 – Merit | 32.7 | 31.9 |
| L2 – Excellence | 21.8 | 17.9 |
| L2 – Merit | 31.5 | 23.8 |
| L3 – Excellence | 14.9 | 17.9 |
| L3 – Merit | 32.2 | 25.3 |
With the exception of Level 3 Excellence results, our students continue to receive more certificate endorsements at all levels than all students nationally. It is worth noting that national results are not as comparable this year as only the Auckland and Waikato regions experienced lockdowns which significantly impacted on these results.