Deputy Principal of Achievement

Our final NCEA results for 2021 have recently been pubIished by NZQA and it is wonderful to see that Ōtūmoetai College (ŌTC) students continue to achieve excellent results. Tracking achievement and offering additional support when required is yielding positive returns for our students and enabling them to pursue their next steps in life. Stephen Tisch, Deputy Principal

In addition to these great results, our top academic students have performed extremely well in the NZ Scholarship exams. In total, ŌTC gained 23 scholarships from ten different subjects - our best result in recent times. The highlight being Megan Sushames gaining a scholarship in Calculus as a Year 10 student!

In the Junior School, we use the national norm referenced Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) as a school-wide ‘health check’. This will complement other assessment tools that are used. For example, Education Perfect in Mathematics and Write That Essay in Social Studies. Our start of year data for Year 9 in the table below highlights that there is a need for us to respond to our Māori learners in particular, which we will.

This year, ŌTC is supporting the Ministry of Education and NZQA to pilot the new literacy and numeracy standards for NCEA. Most of our Year 10 students will be piloting three standards in Week 9 of Term 2. Further information will be emailed to parents and students. We look forward to a more settled term enabling high achievement.