Parents at St Cuthbert’s, a private school in Auckland, think so because they’re backing the school’s decision to drop NCEA Level 1.
A quick reminder how the NCEA system works. In Year 11 (which is the old Form 5) the kids can do NCEA Level 1 (which, if you need to think about it in the old ways - is the equivalent of School Cert).
And then in Year 12 (which used to be Form 6), they do Level 2. And then in Year 13 (the old Form 7), and they do NCEA Level 3.
So St Cuthberts in Auckland is ditching Level 1 and is going to be doing its own thing in Year 11, and then its students will pick up NCEA in Years 12 and 13.
