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2023 Qualification Summary

Our thanks to parents who drew our attention to a recent opinion piece in the media that used incorrect university entrance data to report what your sons achieved academically in 2023. As the School offers a dual qualification pathway, our actual achievement rates are often misrepresented in a number of public domains. Given this, you may find a further copy of the School’s reported 2023 achievement data useful.

University Entrance

Of the entire 2023 Form 7 cohort (485 students), 87.8% gained University Entrance.

Cambridge Results

  • The overall pass rate at A level was 99.4%
  • The overall pass rate at AS Level was 91.0%

NCEA

  • 72% of students gained NCEA Level 2 certificates
  • 72% of NCEA Level 3 students were awarded NCEA Level 3

NZQA Scholarship

In NZQA Scholarship examinations, our young men gained 217 individual subject scholarships, which is the highest number the School has achieved in a single year.

At the NZQA Top Scholar Awards:

  • Three students were named as Premier Scholars (out of only 10 awarded nationally);
  • Nine students received Outstanding Scholarship Awards (out of 60 awarded nationally); and
  • Four students earned Top Subject Scholar Awards (out of 37 subjects)

Of interest:

  • The School’s University Entrance attainment rate has increased in the last three years
  • The total number of Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards has increased in the last three years and the School has been one of the top two schools in New Zealand during this time
  • The total number of Scholarship awards has increased in the last three years and the School has been one of the top three schools in New Zealand during this time