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National secondary examinations timetable

Find all the dates for 2025 NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship examinations and assessments

Exams on Tuesday, 4th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics
Level 3 Dance
Scholarship Classical Studies
2:00pm
Level 2 Latin This subject is digitally assessed
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, 5th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 3 English This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 2 Geography
Scholarship Earth and Space Science

Exams on Thursday, 6th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 English This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Latin
2:00pm
Level 2 Chinese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 History This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship French

Exams on Friday, 7th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 3 Chemistry
Scholarship Accounting
2:00pm
Level 2 Accounting
Scholarship Biology

Exams on Monday, 10th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 French This subject is digitally assessed
Level 1 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Te Reo Maori 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, 11th 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 Gagana Tokelau This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Dance
Level 3 Biology
Scholarship Art History This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 12th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Chemistry
Level 3 Drama
Scholarship Geography
2:00pm
Level 1 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Cook Islands Maori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Drama
Level 3 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Samoan This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Psychology This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Thursday, 13th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics
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 Physics
Level 3 Accounting
Scholarship Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Monday, 17th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Te Reo Maori 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 Biology
Level 3 Economics

Exams on Tuesday, 18th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Physics
Scholarship Te Reo Rangatira
2:00pm
Level 1 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 19th 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 This subject is digitally assessed
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, 20th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Physics Earth and Space Science
Level 2 Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Te Reo Maori This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Calculus
2:00pm
Level 1 Vagahau Niue This subject is digitally assessed
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

Exams on Friday, 21st November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Reo M?ori K?ki '?irani This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Music Studies
Scholarship Spanish
2:00pm
Level 1 Geography
Level 2 Music
Scholarship History This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Monday, 24th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Gagana S?moa This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Geography
2:00pm
Level 1 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Earth and Space Science
Scholarship Religious Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Tuesday, 25th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Chemistry and Biology This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Home Economics This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Classical Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Te Reo Maori
2:00pm
Level 1 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Home Economics This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 26th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Religious Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 French This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Japanese
2:00pm
Level 1 Health Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Business Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Health This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Thursday, 27th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Economics
Level 3 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 2 Health This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Business Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Friday, 28th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Cook Islands Maori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship German

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, 199 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)

Assessment sessions

Date
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
8-12 September
Level 2 Digital Technologies (91899)
Level 3 Digital Technologies (91909)

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 22 October
Level 1 Visual Arts
Wednesday 29 October
Level 1 Dance
Level 1 Design and Visual Communication
Level 1 Drama
Level 1 Materials and Processing Technology
Level 1 Music
Level 1 New Zealand Sign Language
Level 1 Physical Education
Level 2 Design and Visual Communication
Level 2 Technology
Level 2 Visual Arts
Level 3 Design and Visual Communication
Level 3 Education for Sustainability
Level 3 Technology
Scholarship Dance
Scholarship Design and Visual Communication
Scholarship Music
Scholarship Health and Physical Education
Scholarship Technology
Thursday 6 November
Level 3 Visual Arts
Scholarship Visual Arts
TBC
Scholarship Drama

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

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, 210 KB]