St Paul’s offers New Zealand’s National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE).
Senior students are also offered the opportunity to sit New Zealand Scholarship examinations in addition to NCEA and CIE. Academic Scholarship is for high-achieving students, providing them with recognition and monetary rewards in their final years of schooling.
St Paul’s prides itself on making the students’ experience a fulfilling one. Having small class sizes enables teachers to form strong relationships and deliver programmes that meet students’ academic needs and expectations.
Our approach to this sees innovation in teaching and learning, multifaceted approaches for learners, and technology seamlessly integrated into learning and assessment. It is also pivotal at St Paul’s that excellence is rewarded and celebrated, with excellence evidenced by academic success.
Year 11
National NCEA examinations are changing and St Paul’s is in the planning stages of providing a robust academic programme for Year 11s to adequately prepare them for NCEA level 2 and 3. English, Mathematics and a Science subjects are compulsory and up to two Science subjects can be taken. Year 11 students take six subjects for the academic year.
Year 12
Students are offered a full range of NCEA Level 2 and Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary (AS) in Mathematics and English. Students may also be offered the opportunity to sit Scholarship. English along with an additional four or five subjects can be taken during this year.
Year 13
Students generally take five subjects and are offered NCEA Level 3. They are also provided with the opportunity to sit Scholarship.
Writer’s Toolbox
St Paul’s uses an online web-based essay writing programme called Writer’s Toolbox in both the junior and senior school. Click here for more information.
