NCEA 2024 exam results released on NZQA website

High school students across New Zealand can now see if their hard work has paid off. Photo / Brett Phibbs.

NCEA results have been released and are available on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority’s website.

High school students have faced a nervous wait to see if their hard work has paid off with the release of the 2024 NCEA results today.

More than 160,000 students can access the results through the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) website.

This morning, the website read, “students, your NCEA results are now available”.

In addition to their results, students can see if they have been awarded Course Endorsements, a Certificate Endorsement or University Entrance.s

But if students think their grade is wrong, they’ll still have to wait as the assessed NCEA exam papers aren’t online until January 21. After assessed papers are available, students can apply for a review or reconsideration if they believe an error has been made in marking.

Results for NZ Scholarship exams are on track to be released on February 11, with the announcement of Top Scholar Award winners the following day.

Forgotten your login?

“Students who have forgotten their National Student Number (NSN) or Student Login details can get assistance from Awhina, NZQA’s chatbot,” an NZQA spokesperson said.

NZQA has also extended its call centre opening hours until 7pm, with extra staff ready to answer queries.

The NZQA call centre can be contacted on 0800 697 296. For privacy reasons, NZQA can only give results and NSNs to the students themselves.

What will the stats show?

Last year, results showed that overall attainment at all levels of NCEA and UE decreased across Year 11 to 13 students for a third consecutive year.

Between 2022 and 2023, attainment of NCEA Level 1 among Year 11 students dropped by 3.2 percentage points, adding to a decrease over the last five years.

The Post Primary Teachers’ Association president Chris Abercrombie said secondary teachers were calling on the Government to adequately resource and support major changes to NCEA to avoid issues with last year’s implementation of Level 1.

“We are seriously concerned that the NCEA has become a political football and has not been supported or resourced adequately,” Abercrombie said.

“Students’ and parents’ confidence in the qualifications system is being undermined.

“There should be a broad consensus among politicians that our standards-based qualifications system is what NZ is committed to having, and that the task of government is to ensure that ours is the very best system that can be developed,” he said.

“Our students deserve nothing less.”

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