Nelson College for Girls achieved above the national average in all three NCEA levels, University Entrance (UE), and certificate endorsements in 2023.
Principal Claire O’Fee says pass rates at NCEA Level 1 was 76.6 per cent, Level 2 was 83.3 per cent, and Level 3 was 81.3 per cent.
“We’re really happy with our results, we’ve above the national mark in all three year levels which is great, including UE as well as Level 3,” she says.
“We’re slightly down at Level 1 and 3, but when I look at 2022 nationally, this year is slightly down on last year as well, so we’re still tracking in the same way results nationally have been.”
Claire says she suspects the marginal drop could be due to students’ disruptions in previous years.
“Even though we weren’t in the thick of Covid last year, we’re still coming out of a different way of learning, and so I think we’re still seeing the hangover of students who haven’t been in face-to-face classrooms consistently,” she says.
“Whether that has something to do with the slight drop, I don’t know, but the drop compares with national data, so it’s not a massive red flag for me.”
Claire says students had also achieved above national averages for certificate endorsements.
“We had just over 25 per cent excellence endorsement at Level 1 and 39.7 per cent merit endorsement at Level 1, both above national,” she says.
“For Level 2, we had just over 20 per cent with excellence endorsement and 35 per cent Level 2 merit endorsement, and both of those well above national data.
“Then at Level 3 we had 15 per cent excellence endorsement, and 30 per cent merit, so that’s fantastic.”
Claire says her plans for 2024 were ensuring each individual student achieves what they need for their future pathways.
