Gisborne Boys’ High deputy principal Peter Ray said the school was particularly pleased with this year’s results given the effect the cyclones had on the school’s teaching programmes last year.
“We were worried that the lost time would adversely affect our boys at all levels.
“Level 1 NCEA was disappointing for us. We had a 3 percent drop in pass rate for our Year 11 students.
“However, nationally, Level 1 results dropped 5 percent and GBHS is still sitting 8 percent above the national pass rate.
“At Level 2, the pass rate for our Year 12 students improved compared with 2023, while the national pass rate dropped and now sits below Boys’ High.
“We had a 4 percent improvement in pass rate for our Year 13 students doing level 3 NCEA, bringing us on par with the national average, with a similar improvement for our students gaining University Entrance.
With a few late results still to be included in our statistics, Gisborne Boys’ High achievement figures for 2023 NCEA were — Year 11, Level 1 — 68.2 percent; Year 12, Level 2 — 75.8 percent; Year 13, Level 3 — 62.4 percent; University Entrance: 46.5 percent.
For Ruatoria’s Ngata Memorial College, results were up across key indicators.
The school’s Level 3 percentage pass rate was 62.5 percent, which was higher than the national Maori average of 55 percent, and higher still than Maori in the same EQI band (old decile) of just 50 percent.
Level 2 pass rates hit 70 percent, again higher than national Māori and equivalent Maori kura in the EQI band.
As was the school’s Level 1 pass rate of 58 percent.
“We are very proud that our students exceeded the national average results for Maori students across all three levels,” principal Peter Heron said.
New Zealand Qualifications Authority deputy chief executive Jann Marshall said attainment was provisional at this stage as students had an opportunity to request a review or reconsideration of their exam papers, additional results could be received from summer school programmes and schools may submit corrected or late-reported results from internal assessment.
“The provisional attainment rate in 2023 is lower than in 2022 for Year 11 students entered for a full NCEA Level 1 assessment programme, and for Year 12 students working towards NCEA Level 2.
“Attainment amongst Year 13 students of NCEA Level 3 and University Entrance was slightly lower than in 2022.
“These changes are likely to reflect the compounding impact of three years of disruption from Covid-19. No Covid-related adjustments were made to the qualification or award requirements in 2023,” Ms Marshall said.
“Attainment data will be published in April once results are finalised.
“The Annual Statistics Report, produced by NZQA in May each year, provides a detailed analysis of the final data at a system level.”
