The anxious wait is over for Dunstan High School students who can now access their NCEA results online. 

The results went live on Tuesday 17th of January with thousands of students from across the country swarming to the NZQA website to view their results. 

Around 160,000 students from across the country sat NCEA exams with subjects ranging from Chemistry and Algebra to Music and Drama. 

In past years, students from Dunstan have achieved above the national average and the school hoped that this trend continued for the 2022 results. 

Exams are often “unpredictable and you can never fully prepare for what will be in the paper but if you work hard you will get good results,” head girl Isla Redgrave said.

Lucy McLellan, a year 13 student in 2022, said “it was a very long two months of waiting” (for results). 

She felt “extremely nervous” because her exam results would determine whether she got chosen for her course. 

”Even though I felt well prepared, it isn’t always easy to know how well you’ve done after walking out of exams.” 

It was a relief when results came out as Lucy was accepted into her course, a Bachelor of Nursing at Otago Polytech. 

2022 was another year plagued by Covid interference with some students being forced to learn online while isolated. As a result, learning recognition credits were used to take some of the pressure off students who have were affected by the virus. 

For every five credits a student achieves, they earn one additional Learning Recognition Credit, up to a maximum of 10 Learning Recognition credits at NCEA Level 1, or eight Learning Recognition Credits at NCEA Levels 2 or 3.

“Considering the disruptive 2022 we had, I am really proud of our students and how they have come through such a challenging year. While our NCEA results are not the best we have ever had, we have had some outstanding performances across all NCEA Levels,” Dunstan High School principal Reece Goldsmith said.

Considering an excellence endorsement requires 50 or more credits at excellence level, highlights include:

Year 11: 

Caleb Ludlow: 117 Excellence Credits at Level One or higher

Isla Nelson: 105 Excellence Credits at Level One or higher

Ariana Webb: 89 Excellence Credits at Level one or higher

Year 12:

Sofia Druce: 104 Excellence Credits at Level Two or higher

Emily Attfield: 88 Excellence Credits at Level Two or higher

Isla Redgrave: 87 Excellence Credits at Level Two or higher

Year 13:

Kieran Boyd 99 Excellence Credits at Level Three 

Vanessa Gallagher 80 Excellence Credits at Level Three 

Maz Cameron 73 Excellence Credits at Level Three 

Students will be able to access their marked exams online from January 24, and results for New Zealand Scholarship exams will be available online from February 8.