Standard annual fee
There's a standard annual fee for international fee-paying students who take any standards that lead to achieving NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship.
Schools are responsible for paying the NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship fees to NZQA for their international students. NZQA can't accept fee payments from international students directly.
Fees for international fee-paying students
Check entry data is accurate
Schools, make sure you check that the entry data you send NZQA accurately reflects your international students' NCEA assessment programmes.
In September, we provide a list of students your school is liable for. If there are any errors, contact the data team immediately.
After 1 September, we invoice the school to cover the relevant fees for all international students entered in assessment standards, including New Zealand Scholarship.
Payment due dates
Schools must pay the invoice by 31 October as noted in the Key dates for secondary assessment calendar.
Key dates for secondary assessment
Results or qualifications for an international student will not be withheld because of late fee payment by a school.
If there are any discrepancies between the invoice issued by NZQA and the data you hold, please contact the data team:
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How to make a payment
Schools can pay their invoices directly into NZQA's bank account:
NZQA
02-0536-0370579-00
Please quote the following information as your reference:
- the invoice number
- school name
- debtor code.
If you're not sure of your debtor code, please contact your NZQA School Relationship Manager. Direct credit confirmation (remittance slip) must be emailed to:
accountsreceivable@nzqa.govt.nz
Processing your payment
Your payment will be processed by our finance team. We'll contact you if there are any discrepancies between what you paid and the invoice we sent. If there are errors, contact the data team:
Fees for international fee-paying candidates who leave or transfer schools
For candidates who pay their fees to your school, then transfer or leave school:
- If a student leaves secondary education but has active results or entries in the current academic year, your school is still liable for their fees. Leave the student enrolment active in your data file submission to NZQA until the end of the following January. But you can update ENROL to record the leaving reason.
- If a student transfers to another school, withdraw them from all standards in your data file. Tell the new school's Principal's Nominee that the fee payment was made with your fee payments. If you haven't made your NCEA fee payment to NZQA yet, forward the fee to the new school.
For candidates who pay their fee to another school, then later transfer to your school:
- Check that the previous school received the student's fee. If the school hasn't yet made payment to NZQA, ask them to transfer the fee to your school.