NZQA Scholarship and NCEA results

St Andrew’s College students once again achieved impressive success in NCEA, with a total of 223 Excellence endorsements across all three year levels (72 at Level 1, 81 at Level 2, and 70 at Level 3). Congratulations to all students who gained overall Excellence endorsements, along with the many students who gained subject endorsements.

Dux of St Andrew’s College: Jasmine Hooker

The exceptional academic achievements of Jasmine Hooker saw her win the David Wilton Prize for the Dux of St Andrew’s College for 2025. Jasmine earned an A+ in Mathematics at the University of Canterbury and achieved the highest result of any female competitor in the South Island for the New Zealand Mathematics and Physics Competition. She also received a General Excellence Prize, and gained NZQA Scholarships in Music as a Year 11 student, Chemistry as a Year 12 student, and English, Chemistry, and Statistics in Year 13.

2025 NZQA Scholarship Awards

A group of 33 St Andrew’s students (including seven in Year 12 in 2025) gained an impressive 64 NZQA Scholarships in 2025 examinations, with three of these at Outstanding level. High achievers included Joshua Adams (Year 13 in 2025) who was awarded six scholarships, and Cohnor Walsh (Year 12 in 2025) who received a perfect 24 out of 24 score in the Technology examination and was one of only 55 students nationwide to receive a Top Scholar Award.

• Joshua Adams (Year 13): Calculus, Geography, Physics, Accounting, Statistics, Technology;

• Cameron Aldridge (Year 13): Geography;

• James Anthony (Year 13): Religious Education, English, Chemistry, Physics;

• Max Barclay (Year 13): Economics

• Alexander Black (Year 13): Health and Physical Education;

• Katie Chan (Year 12): Chemistry, Biology;

• Hoi Sang (Kevin) Chen (Year 13): Biology, Statistics;

• Penny Dai (Year 13): Design

• Samuel Edwards (Year 13): Technology;

• Jake Elvidge (Year 13): History;

• Flynn Gallagher (Year 13): Biology;

• Charlotte Galvan (Year 12): English, Health and Physical Education;

• Kaelan Graham (Year 13): Technology;

• Jasmine Hooker (Year 13): English, Chemistry, Statistics;

• Miu Kim (Year 13): Design;

• Savannah Lin (Year 13): Biology;

• Alex Manson (Year12): Calculus, English (Outstanding), Chemistry, Physics;

• Luke Manson (Year12): Calculus (Outstanding), English, Physics;

• Theodore Meek (Year 13): Religious Education;

• Daniel Officer (Year 13): Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Statistics;

• Ken Minh-Ky Pham (Year 13): Chemistry, Biology;

• Trinity Powell (Year 13): Design;

• Samuel Richardson (Year 13): Economics;

• Jade Scott (Year 13): Classics

• William Sherborne (Year 13): Calculus, Chemistry, Physics;

• Kate Simcock (Year 13): History, Biology, Health and Physical Education;

• Sophia Voice (Year 13): Physics, Chemistry, Biology;

• Sarah Waddington (Year 13): History

• Cohnor Walsh (Year 12): Technology (Outstanding);

• Cayden Wang (Year 13): Calculus, Accounting, Statistics, Technology;

• Thomas White (Year 13): Physics;

• Hannah Withers (Year 12): English;

• Jinyang (Yang) Zhang (Year 12): English.

Board Scholarships

The following group of student Leavers from 2025 were presented with Board of Governors Scholarships, after gaining NCEA Level 3 Excellence endorsements:

Joshua Adams, Cameron Aldridge, Ruby Allan, James Anthony, Fraser Balasingam, Guy Bentley, Olivia Bloom, Sophie Burnett, Wan Yu (Coe) Chen, Hoi Sang (Kevin) Chen, Noah Cole, Penny Dai, Madeline Davidson, Emily Edwards, Lily Ellis, Jake Elvidge, Kiera Faass, Rory Forsythe, Connor Frew, Cooper Gallagher, Olivia Glass, Kaelan Graham, Lachlan Grant, Hazel Hall, Sarah Heffernan, Hansen Hong, Jasmine Hooker, Aarkin Kesar, Miu Kim, Ricky Kotepong, Anthony Kutovoy, Mookmanee Lee, Savannah Lin, YiNan (Vivian) Lu, Manny MacDonald, Matilda MacMillan, Nadia Marriott, Rylee McBride, Spencer Menzies, Mia Montgomery, Daniel Officer, Edison Pang, George Paterson, Maria (Masha) Pospolitak, Trinity Powell, Samuel Richardson, Thomas Richardson, Jade Scott, Connor Sharp, William Sherborne, Elia Short, Kate Simcock, Jackson Slattery, Milla Smith, James Steel, Jaxon Timbs, Ella Van der Bent, Sophia Voice, Sarah Waddington, James Walker, Cayden Wang, Thomas White, Gemma Wong, Junqi (Kingsley) Xu, Manzhao (Cherry) Xu, Amy Zhu, Katie Chan (Year 12 in 2025), Alex Manson (Year 12 in 2025), Luke Manson (Year 12 in 2025), Hannah Withers (Year 12 in 2025).

97.8% gained NCEA at Level 1

100% gained NCEA at Level 2

99% gained NCEA at Level 3

93.6% gained University Entrance