2026 Assessment specifications by subject and level
Accounting
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 406 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 410 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 403 KB]
Agricultural and Horticultural Science
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 404 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 399 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 402 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 149 KB]
Art History
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 452 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 491 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 148 KB]
Biology
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 402 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 409 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 152 KB]
Business Studies
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 153 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 159 KB]
Calculus
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 193 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 167 KB]
Chemistry
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 421 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 445 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 157 KB]
Chemistry and Biology
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 412 KB]
Chinese (Mandarin)
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 404 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 405 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 406 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 181 KB]
Classical Studies
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 422 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 414 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 181 KB]
Commerce
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 402 KB]
Cook Islands Māori
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 426 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 407 KB]
Dance
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 441 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 437 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 437 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 198 KB]
Design and Visual Communication
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 421 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 412 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 409 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 189 KB]
Digital Technologies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 183 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 171 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 155 KB]
Drama
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 481 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 422 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 466 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 228 KB]
Earth and Space Science
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 413 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 403 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 148 KB]
Economics
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 401 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 426 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 159 KB]
Education for Sustainability
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 407 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 416 KB]
English
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 403 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 423 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 405 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 152 KB]
French
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 387 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 405 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 406 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 181 KB]
Gagana Sāmoa
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 423 KB]
Gagana Tokelau
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 460 KB]
Geography
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 387 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 404 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 424 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 154 KB]
German
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 402 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 178 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 180 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 183 KB]
Health
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 179 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 404 KB]
Health and Physical Education
Scholarship [PDF, 206 KB]
Health Studies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 183 KB]
History
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 403 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 408 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 408 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 167 KB]
Home Economics
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 408 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 402 KB]
Japanese
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 148 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 150 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 135 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 184 KB]
Korean
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 404 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 406 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 408 KB]
Latin
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 410 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 428 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 185 KB]
Lea Faka-Tonga
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 404 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 406 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 408 KB]
Literacy and Numeracy
Literacy Reading [PDF, 216 KB]
Literacy Writing [PDF, 216 KB]
Numeracy [PDF, 199 KB]
Materials and Processing Technology
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 420 KB]
Mathematics and Statistics
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 411 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 410 KB]
Media Studies
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 177 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 181 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 150 KB]
Music
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 459 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 410 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 457 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 249 KB]
New Zealand Sign Language
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 401 KB]
Physical Education
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 442 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 206 KB]
Physics
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 407 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 406 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 174 KB]
Physics, Earth and Space Science
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 402 KB]
Psychology
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 403 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 157 KB]
Religious Studies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 423 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 148 KB]
Samoan
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 423 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 406 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 426 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 181 KB]
Science
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 403 KB]
Social Studies
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 175 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 186 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 182 KB]
Spanish
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 403 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 405 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 407 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 181 KB]
Statistics
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 190 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 149 KB]
Technology
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 430 KB]
NCEA Level 2 (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 171 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 175 KB]
NCEA Level 3 (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 155 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 162 KB]
Scholarship (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 172 KB]
Te Reo Māori Kūki ‘Airani
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 390 KB]
Vagahau Niue
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 404 KB]
Visual Arts
NCEA Level 1 [PDF, 433 KB]
NCEA Level 2 [PDF, 429 KB]
NCEA Level 3 [PDF, 458 KB]
Scholarship [PDF, 270 KB]
