Another year of impressive NCEA achievement

St Andrew’s College students once again achieved impressive success in NCEA, with a total of 227 Excellence endorsements across all three year levels (77 at Level 1, 91 at Level 2, and 59 at Level 3). Congratulations to all students who gained overall Excellence endorsements, along with the many students who gained subject endorsements.

99.1% gained NCEA at Level 1

99.1% gained NCEA at Level 2

98.6% gained NCEA at Level 3

90.3% gained University Entrance

Dux of St Andrew’s College: Lachlan Odlin

As well as being awarded the David Wilton Prize for St Andrew’s College Dux, Lachlan Odlin was awarded the Newton Cup for Deputy Head Boy, the Physical Science Prize, and a General Excellence Prize. Lachlan gained three NZQA Scholarship passes as a Year 12 student, and gained an impressive eight NZQA Scholarships in Year 13, including two Outstanding Scholarships. Lachlan also received an Outstanding Scholar Award from NZQA, given to the top 60 scholarship students in New Zealand.

New Zealand Scholarship Awards success

We were delighted that a group of 34 St Andrew’s students (including six in Year 12 and two in Year 11 in 2023) gained a total of 64 NZQA Scholarships with six of these at Outstanding level. Dux of the College, Lachlan Odlin, was successful in gaining an incredible eight Scholarships (including two Outstanding). Joint Proxime Accessit, Gemma Lewis, gained five Scholarships (including one Outstanding) and Annika MacDonald achieved four Scholarship passes. Both Lachlan and Gemma received an Outstanding Scholar Award from NZQA, which is given to the top 60 scholarship students in the country.

• Lachlan Odlin (Year 13) – English, Chemistry, Physics (Outstanding), Calculus, Geography, Economics, History (Outstanding), Classical Studies;

• Gemma Lewis (Year 13) – Biology, Chemistry (Outstanding), Agriculture and Horticulture, Statistics, Calculus;

• Annika MacDonald (Year 13) – Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus;

• Daniel Robertson (Year 13) – Biology, Chemistry, Physics;

• Kotori Mori (Year 13) – Japanese, Calculus;

• Bailey Moir (Year 13) – Calculus, Technology;

• Finlay Fairweather-Logie (Year 13) – Chemistry, Economics;

• Kyle Sander (Year 13) – Biology, Statistics;

• Alexandra Irwin (Year 13) – English, Biology;

• Holly Walker (Year 13) – History, Classical Studies;

• Marco Leighs (Year 13) – Drama (Outstanding);

• Poppy Rumble (Year 13) – Photography;

• Portia Bennie (Year 13) – English;

• Jacob Giles (Year 13) – Geography;

• Jedd Bright (Year 13) – Accounting;

• Noah Mellish Temple (Year 13 – Technology;

• Meghan Shearer (Year 13) – Statistics;

• Luke Wylie (Year 13) – History;

• Guy Daniels (Year 13) – Statistics;

• Gabriella Kenton-Smith (Year 13) – Biology;

• Vivien Kuziel (Year 13) – Biology;

• Emily Keith (Year 13) – History;

• Lorna Hart (Year 13) – Biology;

• Kyrielle Spenner (Year 13) – Design;

• Ben Schelp (Year 13) – Calculus;

• Aaron Moore (Year 12) – Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, Technology;

• Liam Hackston (Year 12) – Geography, History, Religious Studies (Outstanding);

• James Hart (Year 12) – Physics, Chemistry (Outstanding);

• Yuzhou (Chantelle) Xiong (Year 12) – English, Calculus;

• Megan Simpson (Year 12) – Geography, History;

• Bryan Cooper (Year 12) – Calculus;

• Jack Li (Year 12) – Technology;

• Joshua Adams (Year 11) – Calculus;

• Jasmine Hooker (Year 11) – Music.

Board Scholarship Awards

The following group of student leavers from 2023 were presented with Board of Governors Scholarships after gaining NCEA Level 3 Excellence endorsements.

Portia Bennie, Cleo Beynon, Jackson Blake, Neko Brewer, Grace Burnett, Isla Calder, Lily Champion-Smith , Nina Clarke, Makayla Dai, Samuel Edwards, Finlay Fairweather-Logie, Mia Fraser, Jacob Giles, Ewan Hamer, Sophie Hayden, Alexandra Irwin, Chelsea Jenkins, Gabriella Kenton-Smith, Tom Kerry, Kyra Lazor, Marco Leighs, Thomas MacLean, Kate McFerran, Evangeline McNeill, Noah Mellish Temple, Bailey Moir, Kotori Mori, Juliet Noordanus, Joshua Ongley, Charlotte Palmer, Poppy Rumble, Kyle Sander, Sienna Stowers Smith, Friederica Todhunter, Radha Vallabh, Lauren Whittaker, James Hart (Year 12 2023), Yuzhou (Chantelle) Xiong (Year 12 2023).