NCEA Qualifications Attainment

Summary

NCEA Qualifications

New Zealand's National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) are national qualifications for senior secondary school students and is part of the New Zealand Qualification Framework (NQF).

	Current Year Level	Gender	Ethnicity
Ethnicity
Student Gender
Education Region
Regional Council
Territorial Local Authority
Decile
Electorate
Māori electorate

The spreadsheet below provides time series data in a single table for National NCEA results:
NCEA Qualifications Achieved at Each Level for Years 11 to 13 Students (Time Series)

Typical levels of study

There are three levels of NCEA certificates and most students work at an NCEA level typical for their year group. At each level, students must gain a certain number of credits to achieve an NCEA certificate and credits can be gained over more than one year.

Typical levels of study are:

Year 11 - NCEA Level 1:
NCEA Level 1 is awarded to people who are credited with a minimum of 80 credits at level 1 or above and who have met the literacy and numeracy requirements.

Year 12 - NCEA Level 2:
NCEA level 2 requires a minimum of 80 credits. Up to 20 credits at NCEA level 1 can be cross-credited towards an NCEA level 2 qualification. 60 or more of the credits must be at level 2 or above.

Year 13 - NCEA Level 3:
NCEA level 3 also requires a minimum of 80 credits. Between 0-20 credits from an NCEA level 2 can be cross-credited towards an NCEA level 3 qualification. 60 or more of the credits must be at level 3 or above.

For more information on the requirements for each level, please see the NZQA website.

Calculating Achievement

Students: Number of students on the Roll as at July 1 in any given year from Ministry roll returns

Candidate: Some one who has achieved at least 1 NCEA credit in any given year

Achievement statistics

n = Count of students who achieved that particular qualification

% = Proportion of students who achieved that qualification, divided by the number of students in that particular year level, in that year.

NCEA Achievement Data Dimensions Notes

The dimensions are:

Dimension	Description
Current Year Level	The number of years a student has studied for.
Student Gender	The gender of the student.
Ethnicity	The prioritised ethnic group a student identifies with. IFP (International Fee-Paying student): An international student (prior to 2009 these were Foreign Fee Paying students) who meets the full tuition costs on their own or from funds provided to them by sponsors other than the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Students can be studying at a secondary or tertiary level. NZAID Funded Student: New Zealand Agency for International Development funded student. A student on a scholarship from the New Zealand Agency for International Development. Prior to 2004 this was known as a MFAT scholarship. As of 2009 these students are now part of the domestic count and not included in international fee paying student totals. Note: Due to different data sources, the ethnicity-based comparisons on the NZQA website may differ from Ministry of Education ethnicity-based comparisons.
Ethnicity Grouping & Descriptions	Ethnicity Grouping	Ethnicity Descriptions
	NZ Māori	NZ Māori
	Pasifika	Samoan
		Cook Island Māori
		Tongan
		Niuean
		Tokelauan
		Fijian
		Other Pasific Island
	Asian	Chinese
		Indian
		Other Asian
	European/ Pākehā	NZ European/ European/ Pākehā
	MELAA	Middle Eastern
		Latin American
		African
	Other	Other
	Unknown/ No Response	No Response
	Unknown/ No Response	Unknown
Decile:	The decile rating is the indicator used to measure the extent to which schools draw pupils from low socio-economic communities. A decile is a 10% grouping. Decile 1 schools are the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of students from low socio-economic communities. Decile 10 schools are the 10% of schools with the lowest proportion of these students. A school’s decile does not indicate the overall socio-economic mix of the school.
Regional Council:	The regional council area (as reported by Statistics New Zealand) the school of the student is located in.
Territorial Authority:	The territorial authority area (as reported by Statistics New Zealand) the school of the student is located in.
Education Region:	The education region the school of the student is located in. These are four administrative regions created by the Ministry of Education and aligned with the Ministry’s four regional offices.
Year:	Data is presented for 2004 through to 2010. Data is updated on a yearly basis.

More Information on NCEA Attainment on Education Counts

Links:
NCEA Qualifications Attainment The latest NCEA achievement data on Education Counts.
Literacy and Numeracy Requirements The latest literacy and numeracy data on Education Counts.
University Entrance Attainment The latest university entrance data on Education Counts.
NCEA English Attainment The latest NCEA English participation and achievement data on Education Counts.
NCEA Maths Attainment The latest NCEA Maths participation and achievement data on Education Counts.
NCEA Science Attainment The latest NCEA Science participation and achievement data on Education Counts.

Downloads/Links

NCEA Achievement (Roll Based)

Links to NCEA qualifications attainment data on Education Counts:

Literacy & Numeracy Requirements

University Entrance Attainment

NCEA English Attainment

NCEA Maths Attainment

NCEA Science Attainment

Where to Find Out More

For more information on the requirements for each NCEA level, visit:

NZQA website: NCEA Information

Contact Us

For more information please contact:
Information.Officer@minedu.govt.nz