St Andrew's impressive NCEA achievement

St Andrew’s College students once again achieved impressive success in NCEA, with a total of 213 Excellence endorsements across all three year levels (68 at Level 1, 80 at Level 2, and 65 at Level 3). Congratulations to all students who gained overall Excellence endorsements, along with the many students who gained subject endorsements.

Dux of St Andrew’s College: Aaron Moore

Aaron Moore was awarded the David Wilton Prize for the Dux of St Andrew’s College for 2024. Aaron gained New Zealand Scholarship passes in Chemistry, Physics, and Calculus as a Year 12 student, and sat seven NZQA Scholarship examinations in 2024, achieving six scholarships including one Outstanding. In addition, Aaron was one of 55 students nationally to receive a NZQA Outstanding Scholar Award. In 2024, Aaron was also awarded an ICAS Gold medal as the top student in Year 13 Science in New Zealand, along with the Physical Science Prize and the English Literature Prize from St Andrew’s.

New Zealand Scholarship Awards success

We were delighted that a group of 30 St Andrew’s students (including four in Year 12 and two in Year 11 in 2024) gained a total of 62 NZQA Scholarships with eight of these at Outstanding level. Dux of the College, Aaron Moore, was successful in gaining an impressive six Scholarships (including one Outstanding), with Proxime Accessit Meg Simpson, James Hart, Kobe Bayliss, and Yuzhou (Chantelle) Xiong, all achieving five Scholarships and Bryan Cooper achieving four.

• Aaron Moore (Year 13): Physics (Outstanding, English, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus, Technology;

• Meg Simpson (Year 13): English (Outstanding), Biology, Statistics, Geography, History;

• James Hart (Year 13): Physics (Outstanding), English, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus;

• Kobe Bayliss (Year 13): Technology (Outstanding), Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Calculus;

• Yuzhou (Chantelle) Xiong (Year 13): English, Biology, Statistics, Calculus, Geograpahy;

• Bryan Cooper (Year 13): Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Calculus;

• Sea-am Thompson (Year 13): English (Outstanding), Biology, Music;

• Oscar Reed (Year 13): English, Biology;

• Joe Mundy (Year 13): Chemistry, Technology;

• Grace Kempthorne (Year 13): Chemistry, Technology;

• Lily Hart (Year 13): English, Religious Studies;

• Reuben Dickason (Year 13): History (Outstanding), English;

• Dixel Vallabh (Year 13): Technology (Outstanding);

• Dara Ballard (Year 13): Biology;

• Leon Dias (Year 13): Technology;

• Isobel Forsey (Year 13): Design;

• Liam Hackston (Year 13): History;

• Cherng-Ching (Ivanka) Ho (Year 13): Design;

• Jack Li (Year 13): Calculus;

• James McIver (Year 13): Accounting;

• Owen Menzies (Year 13): Technology;

• William Ruge (Year 13): Religious Studies;

• Jack Slaughter (Year 13): Technology;

• William Tavendale (Year 13): Biology;

• Joshua Adams (Year 12): Calculus, Technology (Outstanding);

• Sophia Voice (Year 12): Chemistry;

• Theodore Meek (Year 12): Religious Studies;

• Jasmine Hooker (Year 12): Chemistry;

• Luke Manson (Year 11): Calculus;

• Alex Manson (Year 11): Calculus.

Board Scholarships

The following group of student Leavers from 2024 were presented with Board of Governors Scholarships by Deputy Chair, Nick Letham, after gaining NCEA Level 3 Excellence endorsements:

Isobel Bhatia, Ava Boock-Luhetoa, Connor Bradshaw-Waugh, Olivia Burdon, William Carrodus, Siara Clarke, Tamaroa Connelly, Olivia de Joux, Leon Dias, Reuben Dickason, Samuel Ferguson, Jack Flanagan, Isobel Forsey, Liam Hackston, Alexandra Hirschfeld Jenna Howell, Hannah Hughes, Benjamin Kassel, Hayden Lam, Christophe Lindlbauer, Holly McCarthy, Lucy McIntyre, James McIver, Felix Parkinson, Hugo Ranken, Billie Revis, Daniel Ruge, William Ruge, Joseph Ryan, William Tavendale, Jemma Treleaven, William Voice, Saskia Wells, Aria Wilke, Addison Williams, Joshua Adams (Year 12 in 2024), James Anthony (Year 12 in 2024).

98.7%
Of students gained NCEA at Level 1

98.3%
Of students gained NCEA at Level 2

95.2%
Of students gained NCEA at Level 3

84.1%
Of students gained University Entrance