2025 Assessment specifications by subject and level
Accounting
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 385 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 369 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 139 KB]
Agricultural and Horticultural Science
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 367 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 318 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 313 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 87 KB]
Art History
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 418 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 470 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 78 KB]
Biology
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 312 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 319 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 79 KB]
Business Studies
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 366 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 368 KB]
Calculus
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 338 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 141 KB]
Chemistry
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 379 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 95 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 85 KB]
Chemistry and Biology
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 313 KB]
Chinese (Mandarin)
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 363 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 141 KB]
Classical Studies
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 380 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 371 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 152 KB]
Commerce
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 358 KB]
Cook Islands Māori
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 364 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 363 KB]
Dance
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 397 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 386 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 382 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 140 KB]
Design and Visual Communication
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 368 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 377 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 376 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 142 KB]
Digital Technologies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 124 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 140 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 139 KB]
Drama
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 428 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 360 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 427 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 149 KB]
Earth and Space Science
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 370 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 360 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 77 KB]
Economics
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 358 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 337 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 85 KB]
Education for Sustainability
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 94 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 374 KB]
English
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 358 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 382 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 362 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 121 KB]
French
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 362 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 363 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 140 KB]
Gagana Sāmoa
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 362 KB]
Gagana Tokelau
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
Geography
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 381 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 126 KB]
German
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 360 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 135 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 137 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 160 KB]
Health
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 50 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 96 KB]
Health and Physical Education
Scholarship [PDF, 149 KB]
Health Studies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 55 KB]
History
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 362 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 364 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 363 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 136 KB]
Home Economics
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 365 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 359 KB]
Japanese
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 362 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 362 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 140 KB]
Korean
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 363 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 363 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 365 KB]
Latin
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 384 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 387 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 155 KB]
Lea Faka-Tonga
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 362 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 364 KB]
Literacy and Numeracy
Literacy Reading [PDF, 104 KB]
Literacy Writing [PDF, 104 KB]
Numeracy [PDF, 99 KB]
Materials and Processing Technology
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 375 KB]
Mathematics and Statistics
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 366 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 367 KB]
Media Studies
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 360 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 362 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 123 KB]
Music
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 379 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 367 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 422 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 165 KB]
New Zealand Sign Language
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 398 KB]
Physical Education
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 373 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 149 KB]
Physics
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 363 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 99 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 148 KB]
Physics, Earth and Space Science
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 314 KB]
Psychology
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 313 KB]
Religious Studies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 331 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 77 KB]
Samoan
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 362 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 363 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 139 KB]
Science
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
Social Studies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 312 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 367 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 360 KB]
Spanish
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 362 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 364 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 140 KB]
Statistics
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 385 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 78 KB]
Technology
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 388 KB]
NCEA Level 2 (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 140 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 388 KB]
NCEA Level 3 (Digital Technologies [PDF, 139 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 141 KB]
Te Reo Māori Kūki ‘Airani
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 363 KB]
Vagahau Niue
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 361 KB]
Visual Arts
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 386 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 373 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 404 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 224 KB]
