A record breaking year of academic achievement

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Many St Andrew’s College students achieved outstanding success in NCEA, with a total of 279 Excellence endorsements across all three year levels (103 at Level 1, 101 at Level 2, and 75 at Level 3). Congratulations to all students who gained overall Excellence endorsements, along with the many students who gained subject endorsements.

99.6%

gained NCEA at Level 1

100%

gained NCEA at Level 2

98.0%

gained NCEA at Level 3

89.2%

gained University Entrance

Samuel Croot – Dux 2020

The David Wilton Prize for the Dux of St Andrew’s College for 2020 was awarded to Samuel Croot, who achieved outstanding academic results across a range of subjects. Samuel was awarded the General Excellence Prize, a gold certificate in the Chemistry Olympiad Competition, the Mathematics and Statistics Prize, the Extension Calculus Prize, the Physical Science Prize, and the Timothy Sturge Cup for Mathematics. Samuel also achieved five New Zealand Scholarships, including one Outstanding Scholarship.

New Zealand Scholarship Awards

St Andrew’s College celebrated unprecedented success in 2020, with 53 subject New Zealand Scholarships awarded, including four Outstanding. This was a fantastic achievement and a reflection of a lot of hard work and preparation. The challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic made the results even more impressive. Twelve of the Scholarships gained were by nine students in Year 12 and two Scholarships were achieved by Year 11 student, Luke Zhu, which was a great achievement. Dux, Samuel Croot, achieved five Scholarships, including one Outstanding. Proxime Accessit, Imogen McNeill, also achieved five Scholarships, including two Outstanding. Both students were named in the Top 58 Outstanding Scholars in New Zealand.

Oscar Bloom (Year 12) – Geography, History;
Jordan Bourke – English, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus;
Samuel Croot – Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Calculus, Technology (Outstanding);
Aleisha Davis – Biology, Geography;
Xavier Dickason – English, Chemistry, History;
Jasmine Donald – Health and Physical Education;
Maya Field – Biology;
Benjamin Frazer – Biology, Classical Studies;
Alan Fu – Technology;
Isabella Galvan (Year 12) – Health and Physical Education (Outstanding);
Lily Goodwin – Design;
Eva Hitchon (Year 12) – Physics;
Samuel Jeon (Year 12) – Music;
Hannah Jones – Health and Physical Education;
Felix Kenton-Smith (Year 12) – Chemistry, Physics;
Sophia Lazor (Year 12) – Geography;
Elena Limmer-Wood – English, Biology, Statistics;
Sage Liu (Year 12) – Painting;
Harrison McMillan – Economics;
Imogen McNeill – Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, English (Outstanding), History (Outstanding);
Arisa Mori (Year 12) – Japanese;
Oliver Odlin (Year 12) – Chemistry, Calculus;
Hayden Riches – Geography, Technology;
Kelly Ting – Design and Visual Communication;
Emily Tyrrell – Biology;
Jack Wang – English, Biology, Economics;
Emily Whitnall – Photography;
Campbell Wilson – Geography;
Luke Zhu (Year 11) – Calculus, Geography.

Board Scholarships

The following group of student leavers from 2020 were presented with Board of Governors Scholarships after gaining NCEA Level 3 Excellence endorsements.