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National secondary examinations timetable

Find all the dates for 2024 NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship examinations and assessments

Exams on Tuesday, 5th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics
Level 3 Dance
Scholarship Classical Studies
2:00pm
Level 1 Gagana Sāmoa This subject is digitally assessed
Level 1 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Biology
Level 3 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Making Music
Level 3 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Statistics

Exams on Wednesday, 6th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 3 English This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Geography This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Cook Islands Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship German

Exams on Thursday, 7th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 English This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Latin
2:00pm
Level 1 Te Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Accounting
Level 3 History This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship French

Exams on Friday, 8th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics
Level 3 Chemistry
Scholarship Accounting
2:00pm
Level 2 Music
Scholarship History

Exams on Monday, 11th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 French This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Calculus
Scholarship Samoan
2:00pm
Level 1 Commerce This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Chinese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 German This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Tuesday, 12th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 English This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Physics
2:00pm
Level 1 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Drama
Level 3 Samoan This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 13th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Chemistry
Level 3 Drama
Scholarship Geography
2:00pm
Level 1 Vagahau Niue This subject is digitally assessed
Level 1 Gagana Tokelau This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Geography
Level 3 Biology
Scholarship Art History

Exams on Thursday, 14th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Art History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Statistics
Scholarship Drama
2:00pm
Level 1 History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Chinese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Accounting
Scholarship Agricultural and Horticultural Science

Exams on Monday, 18th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 French This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Latin
Level 3 Psychology This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Te Reo Rangatira This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Chemistry
2:00pm
Level 1 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Health This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Economics

Exams on Tuesday, 19th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Chemistry and Biology This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Physics
Scholarship Te Reo Rangatira
2:00pm
Level 1 Health Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Business Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Cook Islands Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Health This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 20th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Chinese (Mandarin) This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Te Reo Rangatira This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship English
2:00pm
Level 1 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Classical Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Art History This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Economics

Exams on Thursday, 21st November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Physics Earth and Space Science
Level 2 Latin This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Calculus
2:00pm
Level 2 Economics
Level 3 Korean This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Friday, 22nd November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Religious Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Physics
Level 3 Business Studies This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Biology

Exams on Monday, 25th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Geography
2:00pm
Level 2 Earth and Space Science
Scholarship Religious Studies

Exams on Tuesday, 26th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Home Economics This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Classical Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Te Reo Māori
2:00pm
Level 2 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Home Economics This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 27th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 French This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Japanese
2:00pm
Level 2 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Thursday, 28th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Education for Sustainability This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Samoan This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Earth and Space Science
Scholarship Chinese
2:00pm
Level 3 Music Studies
Scholarship Spanish

Exams on Friday, 29th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Dance
Scholarship Earth and Space Science

2024 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment timetable

This timetable shows all 2024 external assessment dates for NCEA and NZ Scholarship.

Download the 2024 assessment timetable [PDF, 246 KB] 

Common Assessment Tasks (CATs)

Guidelines for administration for the CATs will be published on the Subject pages and communicated by circular.

Go to the main NCEA subjects page (external link)

Schools must indicate which day they will offer the Digital Technologies CATs.

Assessment sessions

Date
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
9-13 September
Level 2 Digital Technologies
Level 3 Digital Technologies
14-18 October
Level 2 Digital Technologies
Level 3 Digital Technologies

Final dates for submitting portfolios and reports to NZQA

Schools must submit materials to NZQA by these final dates. Submissions can be made any time before then. Students should check their internal submission deadlines with their schools.

Dates for submitting portfolios and reports

Date
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
Wednesday 23 October
Level 1 Visual Arts
Wednesday 30 October
Level 1 Agricultural and Horticultural Science (91931)
Level 1 Chemistry and Biology (92022)
Level 1 Commerce (92031)
Level 1 Dance
Level 1 Design and Visual Communication
Level 1 Digital Technologies (92007)
Level 1 Drama
Level 1 English (91926)
Level 1 Geography (91934)
Level 1 Health Studies (92011)
Level 1 History (92027)
Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics (91946)
Level 1 Materials and Processing Technology
Level 1 Music
Level 1 New Zealand Sign Language
Level 1 Physical Education
Level 1 Physics Earth and Space Science (92046)
Level 1 Religious Studies (91919)
Level 1 Science (91923)
Level 1 Social Studies (92051)
Level 2 Design and Visual Communication
Level 2 Technology
Level 2 Visual Arts
Level 3 Design and Visual Communication
Level 3 Technology
Level 3 Education for Sustainability
Scholarship Dance
Scholarship Design and Visual Communication
Scholarship Music
Scholarship Health and Physical Education
Scholarship Technology
Thursday 7 November
Level 3 Visual Arts
Scholarship Visual Arts

Te Ao Haka assessment dates

Find the Te Ao Haka assessment dates on the main subject page:

Te Ao Haka assessment dates

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa subject assessment dates

Go to the assessment dates for each subject:

Hangarau

Hauora

Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia

Pāngarau

Pūtaiao

Te Reo Rangatira

Tikanga ā-Iwi

Toi Ataata

Toi Puoro

2025 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment timetable

This timetable shows all 2025 external assessment dates for NCEA and NZ Scholarship.

Download the 2025 assessment timetable [PDF, 192 KB]

2026 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment timetable (provisional)

This timetable shows all 2026 external assessment dates for NCEA and NZ Scholarship.

These dates may change at any time until we provide a final timetable.

Download the provisional 2026 assessment timetable [PDF, 208 KB]