NCEA and CIE Provisional Results 2011

National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)

Level 1
Thirty-nine Year 11 students sat NCEA Level 1 (4 or more subjects) in 2011. Thirtythree
gained their Level 1 Certificates, which is a success rate of 84.6%.
The 84.6% success rate is our second best to date.
To gain a Level 1 Merit endorsement on their certificate a student must gain 50 credits at
Merit or Excellence level at the same level or higher. Nine students gained a Merit
endorsement. These students are Nathan AARTS (St John’s), Kurt BARKER (School),
Patrick FOSS (Peart), Mathew HOPE (St John’s), Tepaki HUI (Averill), James
MCCLOY (Greenbank) Jay NAND (St John’s) Timothy WAIT (Averill) and Jozef
WRIGHT (School).

Twenty-four students gained at least 100 NCEA Level 1 credits. This represents 61.5% of
the cohort which is up on last year’s total of eighteen students or 50% of that cohort.
Highest credit scores were attained by Kurt BARKER (School) (146 credits), Monty
BROWN (Averill) (134 credits) and Patrick FOSS (Peart) (125 credits).

Level 2
Seventy-four Year 12 students sat NCEA Level 2 (4 or more subjects) in 2011. Sixtyeight
gained their Level 2 Certificates, which is a success rate of 91.9%.

To receive a Level 2 Certificate a student requires 60 Credits at Level 2 or higher plus 20
credits at Level 1 or higher.

The 91.9% success rate is our best to date, particularly bearing in mind the increased
number of students sitting NCEA Level 2.

To gain a Level 2 Excellence endorsement a student must gain 50 credits at Excellence
level. Three students gained an Excellence endorsement. These students are Paige
HARWOOD (Taylor), Sophie KEMBER (Taylor) and Alexandra TAPPER
(Taylor).

To gain a Level 2 Merit endorsement a student must gain 50 credits at Merit or
Excellence level. Fifteen students gained a Merit endorsement. These students are Maddie
AIKEN (Taylor), Timena APA (Taylor), Imogen BRADDOCK (Tayor), Amelia
BRITTAIN, (Taylor), Phillipa DINGWELL (Middlemore), Emilie FERRIER
(Taylor), Anna GARRETT (Taylor), Rosemary HEBDEN (Middlemore), India
LEISHMAN (Taylor), Elizabeth MACCULLOCH (Taylor), Sarah-Jane MITCHELL
(Middlemore), Harrison NASH (Marsden), Olivia SANDELIN (Taylor), Kate
STIASSNY (Taylor) and Kate SYMS (Taylor).

Harrison NASH features in both Excellence and Merit endorsements.

These are our best Level 2 results to date with 19 students gaining at least 100 NCEA
Level 2 credits. This represents 25.7% of candidates compared with 20% in 2010, which
was our previous best result.

Highest credit scores were attained by Paige HARWOOD (Taylor) (118 credits), Anna
GARRETT (Taylor) (117 credits) and Harrison NASH (Marsden) (115 credits).

Level 3
Sixty-five Year 13 students sat NCEA Level 3 (4 or more subjects) in 2011. Fifty-four
gained their Level 3 Certificates, which is a success rate of 83.1%.

To gain a Level 3 Excellence endorsement a student must gain 50 credits at Excellence
level. Two students gained an Excellence endorsement. These students are Latafale
AUVA’A (Taylor) and Rose HEWETSON (Middlemore).

To gain a Level 3 Merit endorsement a student must gain 50 credits at Merit or
Excellence level. Five students gained a Merit endorsement. These students are Alannah
DIXON (Middlemore), James LAY (Parnell), Georgina RISING (Taylor), Maddison
WAITE (Taylor) and Georgia WOODBRIDGE (Taylor).

Five students gained at least 100 NCEA Level 3 credits. This represents 7.4% of
candidates compared with 20.7% in 2010.

Highest credit scores were attained by Rose HEWETSON (Middlemore) (116 credits),
Latafale AUVA’A (Taylor) (115 credits) and James LAY (Parnell) (112 credits).

Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)

IGCSE
Nineteen students gained 6 ‘A’ grades including at least 3 ‘A*’ grades. This compares with
18 in 2010, 16 in 2009 and 18 in 2008.

These students are James ALACH (Peart), Joshua FUGE (Marsden), Sean
GLASGOW (School), Sam GOODWIN (Peart), Sebastian GOULD (Major), Jack
HOPKINS (Marsden), Jonathan KENNEDY-TILL (Peart), Jaehwan KIM (Major),
Samuel MACGILL (Major), Luke PATERSON (Major), William RITCHIE
(Selwyn), Ayrton ROY (Greenbank), Rajeev ROY (Marsden), Emerson TAMURAPAKI
(Marsden), Ben TREADWELL (Peart), Henry TUCK (Major), Jack WAN
(Averill), James WONG (Greenbank) and Jimmy YAO (Marsden).

AS Levels
Thirteen students gained three ‘A’ grades in AS examinations.

These students are Joshua CARMICHAEL (Peart), Claude DRAPER (Major), Robert
GLENGARRY (Major), Kim KINGSTONE (Greenbank), Uday KOYA (Major),
Calvin LIM (Averill), Olivia MILLER (Taylor), Lucy PARKER (Taylor), Ashley
VARNEY (Taylor), Guy WALLACE (Greenbank), Hamish WALLACE (St John’s),
Guy WAYNE (School) and Hamish WU (Major). This compares with 17 students in
2010 and 16 students in 2009.

Twenty-three students gained 4 or more ‘A’ grades in AS Examinations.
These students are Jamie BEATON (Greenbank), Jason CHIANG (Marsden), Elliot
COUPER (Parnell), Johanna DOERING (Taylor), Xavier FIELD (School), Lacey
FULFORD (Taylor), Cosmo FYERS (Greenbank), Nicol FYFE (Marsden), James
GEORGETTI (Marsden), Nathan GREEN (Marsden), Cameron KENDALL
(Major), Kyeong-Jun KIM (Parnell), Jefferson KO (Marsden), Emily Mcgarry (Taylor),
Henry NEWELL (Major), Richard NGO (St John’s), Preyanka REGUNATHAN
(Taylor), Oliver TOWLE (Peart), Robert WANG (St John’s), Charlotte
WILKINSON (Taylor), William YAXLEY (St John’s), James YOUNG (Major) and
Steven YOUNG (Greenbank).

A Levels
Thirty students gained at least three A Level ‘A’ grades. These students are Mitchell
BAKER (Major), Henry BLACK (Greenbank), Kelsey BROOKE-COWDEN
(Taylor), Conor BURNS (Greenbank), Shan Jun CHANG (St John’s), Margaret
COONEY (Middlemore), Evan COOPER (Averill), Robert DRUMMOND
(Marsden), Rachel EATON (Taylor), Harriett FEEK (Taylor), Harry GOWER
(School), Shontelle GRIMBERG (Taylor), Rebecca HARDIE (Taylor), Samuel
JAFFE (Major), Jay JIM (Averill), Maverick LEE (Marsden), Frazer MacDIARMID
(Greenbank), John McHARDY (Peart), Milad MUSHFIQ (Major), Ashish PANDEY
(Peart), Rajul PATEL (Parnell), Tom PREBBLE (Selwyn), Chris SADLER (Major),
Jennifer SCOTT (Taylor), Nupur SHUKLA (Taylor), Frederick THURSFIELD
(Marsden), Nick TIMMS (Major), Kristina WHITE (Middlemore), Henry
WILKINSON (Greenbank) and Jimmy YANG (Greenbank). In 2010, 19 students
gained three ‘A’ grades.

Shan Jun CHAN gained five ‘A*’ grades averaging 94.4%. Ashish PANDEY gained three
‘A*’ grades this year and one ‘A’ grade in addition to two ‘A*’ grades in 2010. He averaged
93% over his five ‘A*’ grades. Maverick LEE gained four ‘A*’ grades in addition to one
‘A*’ grade in 2010.

CIE AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who achieved at the very highest level in the
2011 Cambridge Examinations.
Zachary VAN HOUT: 1st - AS Level - Top in the World - Physical Education
Richard NGO: 1st - AS Level - Top in the World - Thinking SkillsT
Thomas PREBBLE: 1st - A Level - Top in the World - Thinking Skills
Luke PATERSON: 1st - IGCSE - Top in New Zealand - Design and Technology
Jamie BEATON: 1st= - AS Level - Top in New Zealand - English Language
Frazer MacDIARMID: 1st - AS Level - High Achievement - Divinity
John-Jospeh MARIE 1st - AS Level - High Achievement - French Language
James YOUNG: 2nd= Best Across 3 x AS Levels
Jamie BEATON: 1st= Best Across 5x AS Levels
Richard NGO: 3rd= Best Across 5x AS Levels
Jefferson KO: 3rd= Best Across 5x AS Levels
Shan Jun CHAN: 3rd Best Across 4x A Levels

AICE DIPLOMA

The following students received the AICE diploma, which recognises all-round excellence
in a range of subjects.
Congratulations to Jay KIM, Jack MIAO, Matthew WAIT, Henry BLACK, Conor
BURNS, Henry WILKINSON, Melad MUSHFIQ, Chris SADLER, Robert
DRUMMOND, Thomas HUMPHREY (Merit) Maverick LEE, Frederick
THURSFIELD, Imogen SCOTT, Harriett FEEK, Rajul PATEL, Kurt VERNALL
(Merit), Scott WONG.

Philip Coombe

Director of Studies